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Submodule 9: Where to Get More Information about Invasive Plants
Colorado plateau (image courtesy USGS).
Regional Information
Land Use History of the Colorado Plateau
The Colorado Plateau encompasses a large land mass in southeast Utah, southwest Colorado, northeast Arizona, and northwest New Mexico. This link provides information on invasive species, in general, to these regions. It focuses on habitat destruction and how weeds contribute to this problem.
This resources is part of the Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC). It is one of many belonging to a national effort to bring rangeland information, resources, and tools to the web, and includes links to web sites for many individual western states.
Southwest Exotic Plant Information Clearinghouse
The Southwest Exotic Plant Information Clearinghouse (SWEPIC) is a cooperative effort involving the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the National Park Service (NPS) and Northern Arizona University (NAU) to organize comprehensive information on invasive weeds in the southwest on one web location. It aims to protect the ecological and economic values of southwest resources from degradation caused by harmful non-native weeds. SWEPIC provides reliable and organized information on the distribution and ecology of weeds in the southwest, with an emphasis on forests, rangelands, and other natural areas.
Southwest Exotic Plant Mapping Program
The Southwest Exotic Plant Mapping Program (SWEMP) is developing a regional database of exotic plant distributions for the southwest (which consists of Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado Plateau portions of Utah and Colorado). SWEMP distributes information on exotic plant species distributions, as well as provides information on the status of exotic species distributions on the Colorado Plateau, and the greater southwest. collection, compilation, and distribution.
Southwest Vegetation Management Association (SWVMA)
The goal of SWVMA, established in 1997, is to address the problem of invasive plants to conserve and protect Arizona's natural resources. They do this by presenting an integrated and cooperative approach to weed management.
This is a comprehensive database of exotic plant names and weed distribution records for five states in the northwestern United States. Maps are available that display the historical spread of weeds. The web site contains actual examples of how land management and weed regulatory agencies are using these data to improve their weed management programs.
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