Items: Forest Health
FORFS 25-03: Invasive Plant Outreach Series: Defining Invasive Species - Weeding out the Words
By Ellen Crocker,
Frannie Preston,
and Matthew Springer
Published on Jan. 24, 2025
More people are becoming aware of the problems caused by invasive species. However, there is also confusion about what constitutes an invasive species as well as the meanings of related terms. This factsheet defines what “invasive,” “native,” “non-native,” and other related terms mean.
FOR177 - Field Guide to Kentucky's Invasive Plants
By Ellen Crocker
Published on Oct. 11, 2024
Invasive plants are non-native plants that cause ecological, environmental, or economic damage. Because they can spread rapidly and take over, forming dense monocultures, invasive plants threaten the diversity and health of forests, prairies, streams, and other natural areas.
FOR174 - Fall Webworms
By Ellen Crocker
Published on Oct. 31, 2023
Fall webworms are native tent caterpillars that can be found throughout the United States and southern Canada. This species is distinguished by its "tent" constructed at the ends of tree branches, allowing caterpillars to feed gregariously on enclosed foliage.
FOR175 - Woodland Invasive Plant Management Series: Bush Honeysuckle
By Billy Thomas,
Ellen Crocker,
Jacob Muller,
Jeffrey Stringer,
and John Cox
Published on Oct. 31, 2023
Several species of Asian bush honeysuckle in the genus Lonicera are invasive in North America. The most common invasive bush honeysuckle species in Kentucky is the Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) but other invasive honeysuckle species include L. morrowii, L. tatarica, L. x bella.
PPFS-OR-W-31-Common Problems of Common Shrubs: An Index
By Ellen Crocker
Published on Jul. 19, 2021
Authors: Ellen Crocker, Jamie Dockery, Nicole Ward Gauthier,
