BUREAU OF INVASIVE PLANT MANAGEMENT

LYGODIUM STRIKE TEAM
 

Since 1998, the Bureau of Invasive Plant Management, Upland Invasive Plant Management Program, has controlled more than 14,000 acres ofLygodium japonicum and Lygodium microphyllum at a cost of approximately $8.2 million.  This acreage does not include work done by WMD's and federal and local governments. 

In 2004, the Bureau of Invasive Plant Management began providing an additional service to public conservation land managers throughout the state.

If you should have a population of either species of Lygodium in your publicly owned managed area that is less than 10 acres in size, the Upland Plant Management Section staff will arrange for a qualified contractor to conduct initial herbicidal control of that plant population.

The Lygodium Strike Team is comprised of experienced weed control specialists under contract with the Bureau. They are prepared to provide either foliar applications or “poodle-cuts” (cut vines 4-5 feet up from the ground and apply herbicide to the rooted portion of the plant).

Mr. Andrew Leslie is the Bureau coordinator for this strike team.  He can be reached at (850)-245-2822 or by e-mail at: