Draft for Review: MNFI's Invasive Plant Species of Michigan

MNFI is in the process of creating a pocket field guide for invasive species with funding provided by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Our goal is to provide a useful tool for early detection and to stimulate a rapid response. We want to include enough information to readily identify invasives, particularly emerging problem species, along with initial guidance for beginning control efforts. Long term control techniques are beyond the scope of this booklet but we think it is useful to know whether hand-pulling is effective, or if a particular species has toxic sap, for example.

The draft is available in 2 formats:

Draft for Review

This version includes species accounts for 44 species. It has two field guide pages per 8.5" X 11" sheet - a photo page and a text page for one species. It is not set up to make into a booklet but is the easiest version to print.

Download Draft for Review - MNFI Invasive Species Field Guide (PDF file, 6.5MB)

Draft - Booklet Format

The second version, Invasive Plants of Southern Michigan, is slightly shorter (35 species) and is formatted to make into a booklet. The individual sheets will not necessarily have photos and text for the same species but when they are stapled in the middle and folded, the pages will be in the correct order.

Download Booklet Format - Invasive Plants of Southern Michigan (PDF file, 5.2MB)

Download directions for making booklet (PDF file, 26KB)

Please send any comments to Suzan Campbell at campbellsl@michigan.gov.

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