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Numerous plants have been introduced to the US state of Pennsylvania in the last four hundred years and many of them have become invasive species that compete with the native plants and suppress their growth.
However, data suggest that forests containing large amounts of privet tend to have fewer trees, less shrub diversity, and decreased density of herbaceous plants. [12] When introduced to an ecosystem, privet grows quickly and, given time, will produce a thick layer under the forest canopy preventing sunlight from reaching the native plants below ...
The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), established in 1995, is the agency in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania responsible for maintaining and preserving the state's 124 state parks and 20 state forests; providing information on the state's natural resources; and working with communities to benefit local recreation and natural areas. [1]
DCNR wants to invest in trails so more people can enjoy what the forest has to offer." About Pinchot State Forest/DCNR —Pinchot State Forest has grown from 8,000 acres to 55,000 acres since the ...
The Wild Resource Conservation Program (WRCP) is Pennsylvania’s biodiversity conservation program. As a part of the Office of Conservation Science of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), and working closely with the Pennsylvania Game Commission [1] and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, [2] WRCP works to conserve Pennsylvania’s non-game animals ...
Kalmia: kalmia shrubs; Kalmia latifolia: mountain laurel Ericaceae (heath family) Lyonia: lyonia trees; Lyonia ferruginea: tree lyonia Ericaceae (heath family) Oxydendrum: oxydendrum trees; Oxydendrum arboreum: sourwood Ericaceae (heath family) 711 Rhododendron: rhododendron trees and shrubs; Rhododendron albiflorum: white-flowered rhododendron
It is also a threat to some butterflies, especially the Monarch, because it interferes with the native hosts and acts as an ecological "sink". [15] [16] If the native plants are replaced by Vincetoxicum rossicum, it may affect the butterflies and other insects that use those plants as hosts, including the endangered migratory monarch butterfly. [9]
Tunkhannock Township, PA is home to many species of globally rare, threatened, and endangered plants and animals and has been described as one of the last "great places". [9] [10] [11] In Long Pond, Pennsylvania National Diversity Inventory found 35 rare, threatened or endangered species or ecological communities.