The U.S. National Arboretum’s web pages on invasive plants offer, by state, resources for identification of noxious weeds, the laws and procedures pertaining to a plant’s becoming listed and many other web resources related to education about invasive plants.
Archives: Recommended Websites
Meeting the Challenge: Invasive Plants in PNW Ecosystems (pdf)
Invasive Plant Conference proceedings. The mission of the conference was to create strategies and partnerships to understand and manage invasions of non-native plants in the Pacific Northwest. The audience included over 180 professionals, students, and citizens from public and private organizations responsible for monitoring, studying, or managing non-native invasive plants. This proceedings includes twenty-seven papers based on oral presentations at the conference plus a synthesis paper that summarizes workshop themes, discussions, and related information. Topics include early detection and rapid response; control techniques, biology, and impacts; management approaches; distribution and mapping of invasive plants; and partnerships, education, and outreach.
ECOTOX Database System
The ECOTOXicology database is a source for locating single chemical toxicity data for aquatic life, terrestrial plants and wildlife. ECOTOX integrates three toxicology effects databases: AQIURE (aquatic life), PHYTOTOX (terrestrial plants), and TERRETOX (terrestrial wildlife). These databases were created by the U.S. EPA, Office of Research and Development, and the National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory.
Bellevue Botanical Garden Society
Critical Areas, Stormwater, and Clearing and Grading Ordinances
King County’s Department of Development and Environmental Services site with links to the legal code and documents to help land owners comply with the law.
Association of Professional Landscape Designers – Washington State Chapter
Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
The Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems is a research, education, and public service program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, dedicated to increasing ecological sustainability and social justice in the food and agriculture system.
American Society of Landscape Architects – Washington Chapter
American Rose Society Pacific Northwest District
Center for Plant Conservation
The mission of the Center for Plant Conservation is to “conserve and restore the rare native plants of the United States”. This site describes the center’s programs and publications, but the heart is the National Collection of Endangered Plants database which list descriptions, distributions, habitat and extensive bibliographies on 580 rare North American plants and the member institutions where they are grown.