Plant Patrol Past Events

Progress to Date

Plant Patrol had 123 volunteers spend 689 person-hours treating 16 invasive species during 35 work events at 13 locations in Indiana County. Those locations are Blue Spruce Park, Buttermilk Falls Natural Area, Ghost Town Trail, Hoodlebug Trail, IUP South Woods, Jimmy Stewart Airport, Pine Ridge Park, Pond Near Smicksburg, Tanoma AMD Wetlands Educational Site, White Township Recreation Complex, White's Woods Nature Center, YMCA of Indiana County and Yellow Creek State Park. The following table shows the total quantity of each invasive species treated.

Common Name	Scientific Name	Total Treated
Autumn Olive	Elaeagnus umbellata	223 shrubs
Barberry Bush	Berberis vulgaris	2,686 shrubs
Burning Bush	Euonymus alatus	21 shrubs
Garlic Mustard	Alliaria petiolata	20.5 bushels
Honeysuckle shrub	Lonicera spp.	1,195 shrubs
Japanese Stiltgrass	Microstegium vimineum	3 bushels
Knotweed	Polygonum spp.	4,052 sq yards
Mile-a-Minute Vine	Persicaria perfoliata	20.5 bushels
Multiflora Rose	Rosa multiflora	1,522 shrubs
Periwinkle	Vinca spp.	38 bushels
Poison Hemlock	Conium maculatum	3 bushels
Privet	Ligustrum spp.	141 shrubs
Purple Loosestrife	Lythrum salicaria	3 bushels
Thistle	Cirsium spp.	10 bushels
Tree-of-Heaven	Ailanthus altissima	634 stems
Water Chestnut	Trapa natans	137 bushels