Plant Patrol Past Events

Progress to Date

Since its start in 2022, Plant Patrol had 160 volunteers spend 1,005 person-hours treating 16 invasive species during 51 work events at 14 locations in Indiana County. Those locations are Blue Spruce Park, Buttermilk Falls Natural Area, Ghost Town Trail, Hoodlebug Trail, IUP South Woods, Jimmy Stewart Airport, Pine Ridge Park, Pond Near Smicksburg, Tanoma AMD Wetlands Educational Site, Thomas Covered Bridge, White Township Recreation Complex, White's Woods Nature Center, YMCA of Indiana County and Yellow Creek State Park. The following table shows the total quantity of each invasive species treated.

Common Name	Scientific Name	Total Treated
Autumn Olive	Elaeagnus umbellata	253 shrubs
Barberry Bush	Berberis vulgaris	3,823 shrubs
Burning Bush	Euonymus alatus	50 shrubs
Garlic Mustard	Alliaria petiolata	26.5 bushels
Honeysuckle shrub	Lonicera spp.	1,626 shrubs
Japanese Stiltgrass	Microstegium vimineum	5 bushels
Knotweed	Polygonum spp.	4,327 sq yards
Mile-a-Minute Vine	Persicaria perfoliata	20.5 bushels
Multiflora Rose	Rosa multiflora	1,944 shrubs
Periwinkle	Vinca spp.	74 bushels
Poison Hemlock	Conium maculatum	10.5 bushels
Privet	Ligustrum spp.	145 shrubs
Purple Loosestrife	Lythrum salicaria	3 bushels
Thistle	Cirsium spp.	10 bushels
Tree-of-Heaven	Ailanthus altissima	634 stems
Water Chestnut	Trapa natans	137 bushels