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Westbrooks, Randy G., 1953-
........Invasive plants: changing the landscape of America: fact book/ [senior author, Randy Westbrooks].-- Washington, D.C.: Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds, 1998.
........[vi], 107 p.: colt III.; 28 cm.
........Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-107) and index.
........"Published with a grant from the National Wildlife Refuge System, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service."
........1. Invasive plants--Control--United States. 2. Weeds--Control--United States. 3. Plant invasions--United States. I. United States. Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds. II. National Wildlife Refuge System (U.S.) III. Title. SB613.5W47 1998 639.9/9--dc20
Suggested Citation:
Westbrooks, R. 1998. Invasive plants, changing the landscape of America: Fact book. Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds (FICMNEW), Washington, D.C. 109 pp.
Cover photo: C. DiSalvo, National Park Service
Project Staff
Author
Randy G. Westbrooks, Ph.D.
Noxious Weed Coordinator
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Plant Protection and Quarantine
Whiteville, North Carolina
Project Director
Lee Otteni
District Manager
U.S. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management
Farmington, New Mexico
Editors
Lissa Fox
Writer/Editor
U.S. Department of the Interior
National Park Service
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Beth Vairin
U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Geological Survey
National Wetlands Research Center
Lafayette, Louisiana
Designer
Diane Baker
Lafayette, Louisiana
Publication Coordinator
Sue Lauritzen
U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Geological Survey
National Wetlands Research Center
Lafayette, Louisiana
Peer Reviewers
George K. Beck, Ph.D.
Weed Scientist
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado
Lloyd L. Loope, Ph.D.
Ecologist
U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Geological Survey
Biological Resources Division
Haleakala National Park, Hawaii
David T. Patterson, Ph.D.
Plant Physiologist
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Research Service
Fort Pierce, Florida
Technical Reviewers
Robert E. Eplee, Ph.D.
Center Director
Oxford Plant Protection Center
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Plant Protection and Quarantine
Oxford, North Carolina
William P. Gregg, Ph.D.
International Affairs Officer
U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Geological Survey
Biological Resources Division
Reston, Virginia
Sean Furniss
Biologist
U.S. Department of the Interior
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Arlington, Virginia
Deborah C. Hayes, Ph.D.
Noxious Weed Coordinator
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
Washington, D.C.
Gary Johnston
Biologist
U.S. Department of the Interior
National Park Service
Washington, D.C.
Publication made possible by a grant from the National Wildlife Refuge System. U S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Additional information, including how to order a copy, can be obtained from http://refuges.fws.gov/FICMNEWFiles/FactBook.html.
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Weeds sprout early and seize bare ground. Direct sun, wind and rain do not discourage them. They thrive in gravel beside railroad tracks, and in niches between slabs of concrete. They grow fast, seed early, and retaliate to injury with awesome power. They will even take root in the cracks of an old shoe: not much hope there, but perhaps the shoe will be thrown into the midden out back, and then they can burgeon and swallow the whole yard. ALFRED W. CROSBY |
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