2013 FLEPPC/SE-EPPC Joint Annual Symposium
Plant Wars: The EPPC’s Strike Back
May 21st - 23rd, 2013
Edgewater Beach Resort in Panama City Beach, Florida
Tuesday, May 21st
Chair's Welcome Address and Announcements. Dennis Giardina, Brian Arnold
Keynote Speaker - Damon E. Waitt, Ph.D., Senior Director Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center: The Phantom Menace
SE-EPPC Chapter Updates
SE-EPPC Update on EPPC Invasive Plant Listing Methods, CWMAs and use of EDDMaps. Brian Arnold
Introduction to EDDMaps. Dave Moorhead
Apalachicola Regional Stewardship AllianceCISMA: Benefits of Public-private Cooperative Weed Management. Brian Pelc
Doing Things Differently: Tracking Invasive Exotic Plants in the Florida Park Service. Gregg Walker
The Florida Invasive Species Partnership – Working Together to Achieve Success. Erin Myers, Kristina Serbesoff-King
Billions and Billions of Dead Weeds—Florida’s Upland Invasive Exotic Plant Management Program. Ruark Cleary
Six Rivers Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (CISMA). Brooke Saari
Seven Years of Cooperation on Everglades Invasive Species Management, the ECISMA Experience. Tony Pernas, LeRoy Rodgers
Experimental Evidence for Indirect Facilitation among Invasive Plants. S. Luke Flory, Jonathan T. Bauer
Wednesday, May 22nd
Addressing a Growing Risk: Minimizing the Potential for Bioenergy Feedstocks to Become Invasive. Aviva Glaser
SESSION V: Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (CISMA) Panel Session – “Show me the money”
Monitoring Private Contractors on Public Lands. Linda King
Taking the Lowcountry Back - the Story of Oak Grove and Chinese Tallow: Using Story in Minidocumentary to Educate Stakeholders about Invasive Plants. Robin (Buz) Kloot, Sudie Daves Thomas
Fifty Years after the Old World Climbing Fern Invasion. Ken Langeland, Jeffrey Hutchinson, Melissa Smith, LeRoy Rodgers, Steve Smith
2013 Update on the Florida Advocacy Group, Invasive Plant Management Association (IPMA). Todd Olsen
Why we think EPPC's Should Include Invasive Exotic Animals in their Mission. Cheryl Millett, Erin Myers, LeRoy Rodgers, Sherry Williams
Potential Eucalyptus Invasiveness in Florida's Native and Modified Plant Communities. Kimberly A. Lorentz, Patrick J. Minogue
Six Rivers Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (CISMA). Brooke Saari
Award Presentation for Chuck Bargeron. Dr. David J. Moorhead
Thursday, May 23rd
Detection of Biotic Resistance to Mikania micrantha in Florida. Rodrigo Diaz, Veronica Manrique, Catherine Mannion, Erin Rosskopf, William A. Overholt
Molecular Characterization of the Noxious Introduced Weed Species, Imperata cylindrica (L.) Beauv. (cogongrass), Using High-throughput Sequencing Technology to Identify International Regions for Host-specific Biological Control Exploration and Development. Millie Burrell, Allen Pepper, Patricia Klein
Effects of Climate Change on Florida Plant Communities – et tu, Invasive Species? Chris Lockhart
Use of Prescribed Fire, Glyphosate and Seeding in Cogongrass Infested Longleaf Pine Stands: Impacts on Species Relative Dominance. Nancy J. Loewenstein, Stephen F. Enloe, Lori Eckhardt, David Held, Dwight Lauer
Biological Control of Chinese Tallow; Results from Foreign Exploration and Host Testing. Greg Wheeler, Sedonia Steininger, Chi Nguyen, Susan Wright, Ding Jianqing
Georgia's Cogongrass Program: An Early Detection Rapid Response Success. David J. Moorhead, James Johnson, Mark McClure, Chip Bates
Prospects for biological control of cogongrass. William A. Overholt, James P. Cuda
Update From The IFAS Assessment of Non-Native Plants in Florida’s Natural Areas. Deah Lieurance, Aimee Cooper, S. Luke Flory
Effects of Defoliation on Growth and Reproduction of Brazilian Peppertree (Schinus terebinthifolius). James P. Cuda, Lucinda Treadwell, William A. Overholt
Lakeville from Florida to Georgia. Karan A. Rawlins, Susan Reinhardt, Charles T. Bargeron, Kitty Lane
Spatial Invasives Infestation and Prioritization Analysis (SIIPA) GIS Model. Debi Stone
Is West Indian Marsh Grass (Hymenachne amplexicaulis) Poised to take over Freshwater Wetlands of the Southeast? Paula Benshoff, Jean Huffman
Poster Session
Poster Abstracts