Restoring restoration: removal of the invasive plant Microstegium vimineum from a North Carolina wetland

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 781-793 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie E. DeMeester ◽  
Daniel deB. Richter
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Invasive Plant ◽  
Microstegium Vimineum

Environmental Factors Influence Early Population Growth of Japanese Stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum)

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea N. Nord ◽  
David A. Mortensen ◽  
Emily S. J. Rauschert
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Suitability ◽  
Invasive Plant ◽  
Seedling Recruitment ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Plant Species Richness ◽  
Microstegium Vimineum ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Japanese Stiltgrass ◽  
Site Characteristics ◽  
Physical Changes

AbstractHabitat suitability and disturbance can shape the early stages of biological invasions in important ways. Much that we know about habitat suitability and invasion originates from point-in-time studies, which characterize invasive plant abundance and associated site characteristics. In our study, we tested the influence of habitat suitability by creating small-scale invasions in a range of environments. Seeds of the invasive annual grass Japanese stiltgrass [Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus] were planted into six environments in a deciduous forest in central Pennsylvania, and patch growth was monitored for 4 yr. Each of the 30 sites included a subplot subjected to litter disturbance at time of planting. This litter disturbance led to increased seedling recruitment only in the first 2 yr. Although patches were generally larger in wetland and roadside habitats, site influence was highly variable. Environmental variables (soil moisture, ammonium–N, pH, and plant species richness) measured in each plot were better predictors of population success than broad habitat categories. We conclude that risk assessment for species such as M. vimineum should focus not on habitat types but on areas likely to experience the physical changes that release M. vimineum populations.

Forest Roads Facilitate the Spread of Invasive Plants

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 191-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Mortensen ◽  
Emily S. J. Rauschert ◽  
Andrea N. Nord ◽  
Brian P. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Plants ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Invasive Plant ◽  
Microstegium Vimineum ◽  
Plant Abundance ◽  
Habitat Types ◽  
Large Scale Survey ◽  
Patch Scale ◽  
Plant Survey

AbstractThe distribution and abundance of invasive species can be strongly influenced by habitat suitability and by corridors that facilitate dispersal. We synthesize results from a large-scale invasive plant survey with a patch-scale expansion experiment. The large-scale survey involved transects up to 250 m away from of all roads in a 32,000 ha forest. The patch experiment involved initiating invasions in different habitat types (roadside, wetland, disturbed, and intact forests), and then fitting statistical models to patch spread rates. The large-scale survey highlighted the importance of roads in predicting the presence of invasive plants, also revealing that one invasive plant, Microstegium vimineum, has spread rapidly since its purported introduction in 1994. The patch-scale experiments focused on Microstegium and demonstrated that spread rates are higher in roadsides than in forested and wetland patches, even in the absence of major disturbances. These results highlight the importance of landscape features when designing prevention and management practices aimed at limiting invasive plant abundance and spread.

Distribution and Management of Invasive Plant Populations in State Park Properties of the North Carolina Coastal Plain

2015 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 476-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
John B. Taggart ◽  
James G. Sasser ◽  
James W. Dodson ◽  
J. Marshall Ellis
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Invasive Plant ◽  
Plant Populations ◽  
The North

Between ‘Savage Man’ and ‘Most Faithful Englishman’ Manteo and the Early Anglo-Indian Exchange, 1584–1590

Itinerario ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Leroy Oberg
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Chesapeake Bay ◽  
One Year ◽  
Anglo Indian

In August of 1587 Manteo, an Indian from Croatoan Island, joined a group of English settlers in an attack on the native village of Dasemunkepeuc, located on the coast of present-day North Carolina. These colonists, amongst whom Manteo lived, had landed on Roanoke Island less than a month before, dumped there by a pilot more interested in hunting Spanish prize ships than in carrying colonists to their intended place of settlement along the Chesapeake Bay. The colonists had hoped to re-establish peaceful relations with area natives, and for that reason they relied upon Manteo to act as an interpreter, broker, and intercultural diplomat. The legacy of Anglo-Indian bitterness remaining from Ralph Lane's military settlement, however, which had hastily abandoned the island one year before, was too great for Manteo to overcome. The settlers found themselves that summer in the midst of hostile Indians.

Supervision: Supervision and Clinical Practicum in Telepractice

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sena Crutchley
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
First Year ◽  
University Of North Carolina ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Support Personnel ◽  
Clinical Practicum ◽  
Training Support ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
The University

This article describes how a telepractice pilot project was used as a vehicle to train first-year graduate clinicians in speech-language pathology. To date, six graduate clinicians have been trained in the delivery of telepractice at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Components of telepractice training are described and the benefits and limitations of telepractice as part of clinical practicum are discussed. In addition, aspects of training support personnel involved in telepractice are outlined.

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