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• Introductions- Kris Serbesoff-King • SWFL- Erin Myers • TC CISMA- Mike Renda • NCFL CISMA- Derek Barber • Lygodium Biocontrols- Melissa Smith
Southwest Florida CISMA
Presenter: Erin Myers Erin Myers, SWFL CISMA Co-Chair
Website: www.Floridainvasives.org/southwest
Email: [email protected]
Workdays Fall/Winter 2012
Caloosahatchee Regional Park December 2012 Targeting Brazilian pepper, climbing cassia, shoe-button ardisia, rosary pea and ceasar weed
Private lands adjacent to Okaloacoochee Slough Targeting cogongrass and Brazilian pepper
Meetings of the Minds
Annual Meeting: We be holding our Annual meeting on March 7th at North Collier Regional Park in Naples. We will be accepting workday proposals, discussing CISMA goals for 2013, and conducting both a EDRR plant identification class and a REDDy Training.
Steering Committee: Met in November 2012 and February 2013.
Invasive Animal Subcommittee: Ian Bartoszek and Mo Patel developed and implemented a bilingual python training for farm workers at a local area where pythons are known to occur. Ian also planned conducted the first python survey in Southwest Florida from January 29th through February 1st. There were over 50 volunteers and no pythons were caught, but we did find shed python skins, multiple black racers and a Eastern indigo snake shed.
Invasive Plant Subcommittee: Dexter Sowell and the committee is working on our EDRR plant list and identification information. Dexter and Clark Ryals provided another great plant identification and treatment session at the December 2012 Annual Exotics Workshop. We are hoping to provide another workshop later this spring so that members may obtain CEUs.
Outreach Events Sept. 22- Florida Sportsman Event- Tampa FL
Oct. 20 -Pet Amnesty Day in Broward County
November 10 -Florida Panther Festival
November 17 -Charlotte Harbor Nature Festival
November 28-Python Presentation given to 180 Agricultural Farm workers-in Spanish in Collier County
December 11-13-Exotics Workshop, Python Workshop and Workday
Treasure Coast CISMA Update
Presenter: Mike Renda TC CISMA - February 2013 update
1. Several new achievements 2. Updates on continuing projects 3. Annual workplan and summary work
Re-occurring challenges: • Working throughout our 4 counties, coastal and interior. • EDRR attention • Maintaining enthusiasm, productivity, recruiting new members, and staying together New Achievements
• Outreach efforts – TC CISMA logo, table banner, improved focused Scaevola handouts New Achievements
Python Patrol efforts
• St. Lucie County IFAS taking lead • with powerpoint presentation and poster • Committee meetings • 5 trained and permitted python patrol folks
Private land work in Indian River County • Private 10 acre scrub site with scrub jays • 12.5 tons of Brazilian pepper and carrotwood debris hauled off site. • Joint project with TC CISMA partners: USFWS, Indian River County, 2 private environmental contractors, TC RC&D. Private land efforts with beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada)
• Increased efforts produced new more directed outreach materials • Small properties and 10 year maintenance agreement are still obstacle to address. • Another big push through this spring before re-evaluating.
Private land efforts at Camp Tanah Keeta Scout Reservation
• Multi partner and large group invasive plant workdays continue • Working with them more carefully, using their strengths and abilities • Received funding from Partners for Fish and Wildlife • Invasive efforts have been ongoing on this property for years, but the CISMA is bringing groups together, staying focused
JDSP
KEY: INIT. MAINT. LYGODIUM DOWNY R M BRAZ PEP MELALEUCA
CAMP WELAKA
CAMP TANAH KEETA: 640 ACRES MAP CREATED 9-15-2011 Annual Summary and Annual Workplan
We have moved forward with this and actually turned out to motivate us because folks felt we were organized, and probably felt guilty about not completing tasks. North Central Florida CISMA
Presenter: Derek Barber Lygodium Biocontrols
Presenter: Melissa Smith 100 MILLION HUNGRY CATERPILLARS Biological control on Lygodium microphyllum, Everglades Day 2013 Dr. Melissa C. Smith Dr. Ellen C. Lake USDA-ARS Invasive Plant Research Lab LYGODIUM MICROPHYLLUM
Lygodium evolved in Late Cretaceous and Early Cenozoic Coincides with massive rates of insect evolution Unique Twining occurs from single, indeterminate leaves LYGODIUM MICROPHYLLUM
Numbers game: Sori
• Each sorus has ~ 215 spores • Each fertile leaflet has ~ 133 sori • 215 X 133 = 28, 500 spores per fertile leaflet (Volin et al. 2004)
LYGODIUM MICROPHYLLUM
First discovered 1990 – undetected 1996 – Occupies naturalized in 1978 – Recorded 11% of Jonathon as rare, but present in Loxahatchee 1995 – Present in Martin County along several miles NWR 17,000 acres ~ 12% Dickenson State in 1966 of turnpike in of the islands Park Martin and Palm (more now) Beach counties LYGODIUM MICROPHYLLUM
WHAT CAN WE DO?
Pull it? WHAT CAN WE DO?
Spray it? WHAT IS BIOLOGICAL CONTROL?
Uses ecological theory (predation and parasitism) to control invasive plants All species are kept in check by “natural enemies” WHAT MAKES A GOOD BIOCONTROL?
Highly specialized feeders Eats NOTHING except the invasive species
LYGODIUM MICROPHYLLUM RANGE • Native to tropical SE Asia SEARCHING FOR BIOCONTROL AGENTS NEOMUSOTIMA CONSPURCATALIS
• Native to tropical SE Asia • Specialist on Lygodium species • Small, but prolific • Population explosions produce millions and millions of VERY hungry caterpillars
NEOMUSOTIMA CONSPURCATALIS • Native to tropical SE Asia NEOMUSOTIMA CONSPURCATALIS RELEASING NEOMUSOTIMA FEEDING DAMAGE FEEDING DAMAGE NEOMUSOTIMA IN THE FIELD NEOMUSOTIMA RELEASES 2008 - 2009 NEOMUSOTIMA RANGE 2012 - 2013 QUESTIONS:
How does the TINY moth move? Wind? QUESTIONS:
How does the TINY moth move? Do they fly?
47.5 km
67 km OTHER AGENTS TO TEST
Floracarus perrepae - Leaf galling might from Australia and SE Asia
Lygomusotima stria – another defoliating moth from Asia
Neostrombocerus albicomus – Sawfly (defoliating larvae) CONCLUSIONS
Biological control offers a viable option for long-term control Will we ever eradicate Lygodium? We must learn much more about these hungry little caterpillars!
THANKS!
Ted Center, USDA-ARS Don Schmitz, Florida FWC Elizabeth Mattison, USDA-ARS Hillary Cooley, Everglades NP Gloria Witkus, USDA-ARS Broward County Parks, Pat Howell Leroy Rogers, SFWMD Rayamahji Lab Group, USDA-ARS Arthur R. Marshall, Loxahatchee NWR
Southwest Florida Water Management District QUESTIONS? NISAW March 3-10
Ideas from another CISMA Call discussion about NISAW options. NISAW March 3-10
What FISP needs from the CISMAs for NISAW: • Who: Which CISMAs and if there are any affiliates/sponsers. • What: What activities will take place. • When: What days and times activities will take place. • Where: What locations will the activities take place. Next CISMA Call
March 27, 2013 Agenda: Updates: • Heartland CISMA • Central Florida CISMA • Six Rivers CISMA • Kudzu in Florida (?) This image cannot currently be displayed.
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