Download Service Learning Project: Goodbye Invasives…

Service Learning Project:
Goodbye Invasives…
Hashawha Environmental Center
Ember Fleming, Lindsay Merkle,
Jamie Smith
Project Goal
• To remove invasive plant species at the Bear
Branch Center of Hashawha to prepare for a
picnic area coming soon.
• Invasive Plants Removed: Rubus
phoenicolasius, Lonicera maackii, Rosa
multiflora
• Dedicate 30 hours to removing invasive
species
Why are Invasive Species Bad?
• Decrease native plant diversity
– Outcompete native plants
– Hybridize with native plants
• Can alter soil properties which disrupts entire
ecosystem
Rubus phoenicolasius
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AKA: Wineberry
Family: Rosaceae
From: Asia
Characterized by: red fuzzy canes and
inflorescense
Lonicera maackii
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AKA: Amur Honeysuckle
Family: Caprifoliaceae
From: Asia
Characterized by:
deciduous, large shrub
Leaves arranged oppositely
Striated bark
Rosa multiflora
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AKA: Multiflora Rose
Family: Rosaceae
From: Asia
Characterized by:
Green stems
Prickles
Before
Gordy!!
It’s a bush,
not a tree!!!
Hashawha Intern
from Westminster
Highschool. Gordy
showed us what
plants to remove
and helped us do it.
He plans to go to
McDaniel College
as an EPS major.
Gordy taught us
Lonicera maackii is
a bush not a tree,
even if you can
climb it!
Removing Tactics
Gordy marked all the invasives
for us with caution tape… even
though we already knew which
to remove.
These were the tools we
used to remove invasive
plants.
Growing Debris Pile
Snack/Play Break!
After
What we learned..
• Invasive Species are BAADDDD
• It takes volunteers to take care of established
invasive species
• It takes hard work to successfully remove even
a small area of invasive plants
• Rosa multiflora has a better root system than
Rubus phoenicolasius