Hello everyone and welcome to Florida state park! I am Noor Mostafa, a park naturalist who is a lover of the outdoors and would love to share with you about nature. Thank you for going to the adventure with me. There are so many species in our park and I am excited to tell all about it. I am very pleased today to introduce my favorite plant which it is golden bamboo, a scientific word for Phyllostachys aurea. Before I introduce this unique plant, I wanted to talk about invasive plants. Golden Bamboo is one of the invasive plants. Some of you know it, but others may not. It is fine, that is why I am here. Invasive plants are harmful to the environment because it has ability to bloom and spreading very quickly, which it will be damaging the …show more content…
BamBOO! Yes, we are learning about golden bamboo. Golden bamboo is tall and strong with green leaves, it can reach a height of 8 to 10 meters and always have a calming look. It is fast- growing plant that overtook the path and destroying the plants and habitats. Golden bamboo were from China, where Pandas live. In 1882, it was introduced to the United States of America in the state called Alabama. It been spreading to Southeastern United States, including Maryland to Florida, Louisiana to Arkansas, and Oregon. Golden bamboo’s stems are green, but it will turn into yellow when it is exposed to sunlight. The flowers of golden bamboo appear around 7 to 12 years, so it is very rare characteristics. It is blooming where there is full sunlight in most climates and growing in forests where sunlight can enter the landscape. It will grow faster if it has seen in moist, luxuriant soil and spreading because it is tolerant plant. When bamboo set in an area, it is really difficult to remove it. State and national agencies wanted to remove golden bamboo, they may manage or control this issue. They may mowing and making sure herbicides cannot be used. They need to cut plants as close to the ground and repeating several times because golden bamboo can
Featured are four of China’s most auspicious and culturally significant plants: rhododendrons, camellias, peonies and magnolias. These will be displayed as prize-winning cuts and talked about by several master gardeners during the Plant Talk Series.
The Everglades is a subtropical wilderness with hardwood hammocks, mangrove forests, along with grass marshes. The Florida Everglades used to be a home for many endangered species, that was until the sudden changes in the environment. The Everglades are facing water-related issues, such as its problems with the water supply. There are issues facing recent attempts to improve the water supply, and some history on the Everglades.
Did you know a colossal plant called a kudzu is taking over the world little by little? A kudzu is an aggressive vine, capable of growing up to 26 centimeters in a day, that’s half of a foot! This species is very dangerous in many different ways. That includes its capability to take over all plants. It can also spread as fast as lightning. Furthermore, this plant is extremely dangerous.
One of the biggest names in Florida’s species invasion is the Burmese Pythons (Python molurus bivittatus), a native constrictor species of Southeast Asia, which was first sighted in the Florida everglades in 1980, has now developed into a recognisable reproducing population.
Look around, what is seen wasn’t always there but it did just come out of nowhere. In Florida when driving at some point wild life and what's left of the Everglade that has not been changed or destroyed. There is a reason for the everglades being protected now after almost being completely ruined compared now to what it used to be. In the world there is only one of every ecosystem which makes each and every special in there own way and if one is no longer there is it a problem if fact it is; anything that depend on have internal systems working together to result in a balance need all of is parts. It is a fact that the Florida Everglades is a essential to the to wild life and many system on Earth as a whole.
The Maryland ecosystem is being ravaged by several invasive species. These species are introduced into the ecosystem in several ways, with several discoveries of invasive species every year. Whether it be Wavyleaf basketgrass or Purple loosestrife, these plants are capable of outcompeting with native plants and causing devastation to the native ecosystem. These invasive species are damaging to the environment and we should work as a community to halt the spread and limit its impact on the ecosystem of Maryland.
The Everglades, a vast wetlands ecosystem made up of marshes and swamps, begins at Lake Okeechobee, a large lake in the center of Florida, and ends in the Gulf of Mexico and Florida Bay. It is nearly 50 miles across and 110 miles long (Hinrichsen), and when viewed from the air, appears to be miles and miles of shallow water flowing through thick mats of grass. This perception has earned it the name “River of Grass”. Although it does flow like a river, the flow is so incredibly slow that, from a distance, it doesn’t seem to move at all.
An example of an invasive plant includes the Canada thistle. The Canada thistle harms the environment because it, “crowds out and replaces native plants, changes the structure and species composition of natural plant communities and reduces plant and animal diversity… prevents the coexistence of other plant species through shading, competition for soil resources… through the release of chemical toxins poisonous to other plants” (Canada). The Canada thistle’s only special way of harming the surrounding environment consists of poisoning the plants that surround it. Otherwise the Canada thistle does not have any special ways that it harms the environment. People brought the Canada thistle to the United States in the 1600’s. By the year 1954, Canada and the United States of America declare the Canada thistle as a “noxious weed.” However now many consider the Canada thistle as an invasive plant (Canada). The Canada thistle has many ways that you can control it. You can cut it by hand, pull the plant out, burn them, or use chemicals to kill these plants. The best way to get rid of the Canada thistle encompasses using chemicals. If you do not have any chemicals to do this job you can always cut the plant down to the ground, and when it regrows do this again until the roots become exhausted
Invasive species are animals, plants, or fungi that are non-native to the place they are currently in. Some non-native species are not invasive, but if the organisms cause harm to the native species, then they become invasive. Some invasive species on the Pacific Northwest are nutria, bullfrogs, and yellow star thistle. These plants and animals ruin the ground, eat whatever they can fit in their mouth, and can cause diseases. These invasive species don’t help the environment or the organisms living in the Pacific Northwest.
It is known as “the vine that ate the South”—Kudzu. Native to Japan and southeastern China, this invasive species spreads like wildfire in its new home in the southeastern United States.
There are many invasive species that populate Florida. An invasive species is defined as a plant, animal, or fungus that has come to occupy a location aside from its native grounds. Often times, because Florida is not their homeland, these animals play a negative part in the ecosystem. Because of this, the citizens affected are often forced to seek means of removing these animals to eliminate their negative effects. The Burmese Python, the Green Iguana, and the Wild Boar are just a few examples of some of the invasive species that can be found in Florida.
Throughout the years this species of trees has become invasive to much of the United States. It has spread from some places in the southeast all the way to places in the west like California. When this species was first brought to
Coccinia grandis is a common invasive plant species found on Hawaii (KISC, 2015). This vine-like plant displays broad, flat leaves with star-shaped white flowers, and is characterized by chili-like red fruits (Fox, 2008, p.D8). According to Fox, C. grandis (also referred to as 'Ivy Gourd') is native to parts of Southeast Asia, India, and Africa, and it is likely that this hardy (and hard to eradicate) plant found its way to the Hawaiian islands as a hidden passenger on immigrants from these areas. It is well established that C. grandis is a harmful invasive species posing a threat to native Hawaiian plants and ecosystems in direct and indirect ways. Despite the plant's negative effects on Hawaiian plants, however, research has shown that C.
According to the Invasive Species Advisory committee, (Committe, 2006), the term, “invasive species” relates to the establishment of a non-native species in an ecosystem. Furthermore, the presence of these species is likely to cause deleterious effects to the economy, environmental or human health. However, this characterization is sometimes contradicted as some non-native species seem to be beneficial either ecologically, economically, or esthetically, in the ecosystems to which they were introduced ( Definitions Subcommittee of the Invasive Species Advisory Committee, 2006). These alien species can include various organisms such as a plants, animal, fungus or bacteria.
The everglades national park is located in southern Florida. The variety of this habitat has made it a sanctuary for many animal species even some that are in danger of extinction. Some of the animals that take sanctuary in this national park are an assortment of reptiles such as alligators and snakes, an assortment of birds and even the endangered manatee. The everglades national park was put on the world heritage endangered list in 1993 after the parks superintendent informed the commission of the damage that was done to the park due to the urban growth around the area.