#ERASETHEINVASE

Stop The Madness. Do Your Part. Get Educated.

Annual Cost of controlling invasive plants in

Education is Key
Invasive plants are plants that are introduced to
an environment which grow quickly and
aggressively displacing other native plants.
What Can You Do?
Make sure that the plants you are buying and putting in
your yard are not invasive. Also replace invasive plants in
your yard with native or non invasive plants.
the US is around $138 billion per year.
Invasives are suffocating 3.6 million acres of
natural forest.
Why: Can negatively affect property value,
agricultural productivity, public utility
operations, native fisheries, tourism,
and outdoor recreation.

Where: They are located all around you.

While boating, make sure to clean your boat by removing Know what to look for at
all debris and draining water before going to another
www.austintexas.org/invasive on the
location.

Volunteer Field Guide.

Clean your shoes and bags before you hike in a new
area.
Other: Visit greenbeltguardians.org or
erasetheinvaseaustin.weebly.com for
Volunteer at your local park, refuge or other wildlife area
to help remove invasive species. Help educate others
more information and to learn how to
about the threat.
help eradicate invasive plants near you!
 Works Cited

"Austin Invasive Plants Management." Austin Invasive Plants Management. City of Austin, n.d. Web.

21 Apr. 2015.

"Greenbelt Guardians." Greenbelt Guardians. Greenbelt Guardians, 2008-2013. Web. 21 Apr. 2015.

"Invasive Plant Species." Invasive Plant Species. The Nature Conservancy, 2015. Web. 21 Apr. 2015.

"Invasive Species." USDA Forest Service - Caring for the Land and Serving People. USDA Forest

Service, 30 Oct. 2006. Web. 21 Apr. 2015.

"Invasives." Invasives. The United States National Arboretum, 04 Nov. 2009. Web. 21 Apr. 2015.