Joyce Tomaselli of Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County provides you with the expert advice you need to control invasive plants on your property and in your community, including proper removal and disposal methods. Learn best practices for controlling some of the common and emerging invasives in the Hudson Valley.

Joyce mentioned many online resources in her presentation, including:

The Lower Hudson Partnership for Invasive Species Management https://www.lhprism.org/, which has numerous resources including recorded trainings, identification guides, management information (check out the “Best Management Practices for Common Invasive Plants of the Lower Hudson Valley (Non-Chemical)”), and species information.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s List of Prohibited and Regulated Plants https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/lands_forests_pdf/isprohibitedplants2.pdf

The Seek app by iNaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app

Learn to map invasive species on iMapInvasives: https://www.nyimapinvasives.org/

The National Wildlife Federation’s Native Plant Finder https://www.nwf.org/nativeplantfinder/

Info on Japanese Knotweed https://vtinvasives.org/news-events/news/a-new-way-to-treat-knotweed

The USDA’s Invasive Species Information Center https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/resources

Information for the Mid-Atlantic region on Invasive.org https://www.invasive.org/eastern/midatlantic/

Helpful videos on girdling, stump treatment and “hack and squirt” https://forestry.ca.uky.edu/controlling_unwanted_tree_videos

Containing and removing bamboo https://extension.umd.edu/resource/containing-and-removing-bamboo

Info on spotted lanternfly https://nysipm.cornell.edu/environment/invasive-species-exotic-pests/spotted-lanternfly/, Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus) https://extension.psu.edu/tree-of-heaven and beech leaf disease https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/120589.html

And please visit the website for Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County, http://ccedutchess.org/, which is chock-full of information on gardening, agriculture, and many other great programs and resources!