Table of Acton Conservation Land Plant Invasions

AA

B

CA

CL

GP

GH

GB

HH

JL

NH

NB

PB

SH

SM

WB

WH

ACPL

&&

.

-

.

-

.

.

.

-

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

ALPE

$

.

$

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

$

.

.

.

.

$

BETH

+

+

+

.

+

.

+

+

.

+

+

+

.

-

.

-

BEVU

-

.

.

.

.

.

-

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

CEOR

+

$

$

.

$

$

&&

$

$

&&

$

$

+

$

$

+

ELUM

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

-

-

EUAL

-

.

-

.

+

&&

+

.

-

.

.

-

.

-

.

-

FRAL

-

-

-

.

+

+

&&

$

$

$

$

$

.

$

$

+

IRPS

+

.

.

.

.

.

+

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

LOSP

&&

+

$

.

.

.

-

+

.

.

.

+

.

&&

+

+

LYSA

$

.

.

.

.

.

&&

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

POCU

+

.

-

&&

.

.

+

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

$

+

POSA

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

+

PHAU

.

.

.

.

.

.

&&

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

RHCA

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

ROMU

&&

$

-

.

$

+

$

$

$

&&

+

+

.

$

.

-

Table Keys

Character

Name

How Many

-

Minus

less than 10 plants

+

Plus

10 – 100 plants

$

Dollar

More than 100 plants

&&

Double-Ampersand

More than an acre, or a large portion of the parcel.

 

Conservation land key

Invasive Species Key

AA

Acton Arboretum

ACPL

Acer platanoides

Norway Maple

B

Bulette

ALPE

Alliaria petiolata

Garlic Mustard

CA

Camp Acton

BETH

Berberis thunbergii

Japanese Barberry

CL

Canoe Launch

BEVU

Berberis vulgaris

Common or European Barberry

GP

Grassy Pond

CEOR

Celastrus orbiculatus

Oriental, Asian or Asiatic Bittersweet

GH

Great Hill

ELUM

Elaeagnus umbellata

Autumn Olive

GB

Guggins Brook

EUAL

Euonymous alata

Burning Bush / Winged Eunymous

HH

Heath Hen

FRAL

Frangula alnus

Glossy Buckthorn

JL

Jenks Land

IRPS

Iris pseudacorus

Yellow Iris

NH

Nagog Hill

LOSP

Lonicera spp.

Various invasive Honeysuckle bushes

NB

Nashoba Brook

LYSA

Lythrum salicaria

Purple Loosestrife

PB

Pratt’s Brook

PHAU

Phragmites australis

Common Reed

SH

Spring Hill

POCU

Polygonum cuspidatum

Japanese Knotweed, Japanese or Mexican Bamboo

SM

Stoneymeade

POSA

Polygonum sachalinense

Giant Knotweed

WB

Wetherbee

RHCA

Rhamnus cathartica

Common buckthorn

WH

Will’s Hole

ROMU

Rosa multiflora

Multiflora Rose

 

Change History

Base data from 2005 Survey.

Canoe Launch update from 2006

Increased ALPE count in Arboretum in 2006

Added ALPE invasion at Nashoba Brook in 2006