Publications and Downloads

Invasive Plant Program Reference Guide

• The Reference Guide Part I covers the business of invasive plant management, including prevention, planning, inventory, monitoring, and different treatment types.
• The IAPP Reference Guide Part II, is the comprehensive, fully illustrated manual for IAPP Data Entry Version 1.6 [pdf, 2.6 MB]
• The Reference Guide Part III explains how to optimize your use of Map Display, including the state-of-the-art Report-A-Weed wizard. [pdf, 1.9 MB]

Report-a-Weed

• How to Use Report-A-Weed Quick guide on the Report-A-Weed application

Technical Reports & Dichotomous Keys

• NEW: Impact of Biological Control on Two Knapweed Species in British Columbia; a research report on the long-term efficacy of a suite of biological control agents released on Diffuse knapweed and Spotted knapweed in BC's Southern Interior.
• The Decline of Diffuse Knapweed in British Columbia, written in cooperation with the Forest Science Program of the FLNRO Research Branch. Download the pdf version of this document here, or order a hardcopy here.
• Key to Identification of Invasive and Native Hawkweeds (Hieracium spp.) in the Pacific Northwest - Revised March 2007; [pdf, 4 MB]
• Key to Identification of Invasive Knotweeds in British Columbia. [pdf, 1 MB]

Risk Assessments

• Invasive Hawkweeds (Hieracium spp.) in Northeastern British Columbia; Invasive plant risk assessment and literature search [pdf, 411 KB]
• Cirsium Palustre (Marsh thistle) - Literature Search and Habitat Potential Risk Analysis [pdf, 310 KB]
• Analysis of Sulphur Cinquefoil in British Columbia - Working Paper 16, MFLNRO

Core Invasive Plant Ranking Process Tool

• About the CORE Invasive Plant Ranking Process tool
• Visit the Ranking Tool home page.

Invasive Plant Species publications

• Field Guide to Noxious and Other Selected Weeds of British Columbia
  - Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Natural Resource Operations
• 12 Alert and High Priority Species for BC
  - Please report these using Report-A-Weed if you see them!
• 6 Common BC Coastal species
  -(Giant hogweed, Daphne, Scotch broom, Himalayan blackberry, Butterfly bush, Japanese knotweed)
• Noxious Weeds
• Knotweed
• Gorse: The Spiny Competitor
• Broom: Putting it in Its Place
• Marsh Thistle: Beware This Alien Weed
• Dalmatian Toadflax

Invasive Plants - Impacts & Control Methods

• Weeds: how they spread and what you can do to stop them Dec. 11, 2001
• Weed control is caring for their future-deer-food chain Dec. 11, 2001
• Biological Weed Control
• Ecosystems Destroyed - Cranbrook Forest District

The IAPP Application Training Materials

• The in-class slide presentation - EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO GET STARTED. A large document, but it contains lots of information!
  (96 slides - pdf document, 14.5MB)
• Structure of the IAPP data entry module, the techie and non-techie version
  (2 pages - pdf document, 2.2MB)
• Benefits of a relational database versus spreadsheets, and how to enter Site, Survey and Treatment data into IAPP!
  (4 pages - pdf document, 516KB)
• Visual representation of data entry flow
  (1 page - pdf document, 260KB)
• Introduction to the UTM coordinate system
  (2 pages - pdf document, 644KB)
• Quick guide to estimating areas in Ha.
  (1 page - pdf document, 13KB)
• Some of the more commonly used IAPP codes
  (3 pages - pdf document, 292KB)
• The complete IAPP plant list in Excel sheet format so you can sort as desired. All 202 plants listed as of January 2012, with columns for Genus Code, Species Code, Latin name, Common name, and Map Label.
  (Excel 2003 spreadsheet, 14KB)
• Map label legend, the list of 2-letter codes used in Map Display
  (5 pages, pdf document, 31KB)
• Visual overview of the 4 containment lines in IAPP. Includes location UTMs and zoom levels for easy location of the Marsh plume thistle, Field scabious, Common tansy, and Blueweed containment lines in IAPP as of 2011.
  (6 pages - pdf document, 1MB)
• Describing ecosystems in the field. The publication from which the distribution and density codes were adopted.
  (231 pages - pdf document, 13MB)

Biocontrol Agents - Operational Field Guides

Biocontrol Manuals & Handbooks

• Guide for the Importation and Release of Arthropod Biological Control Agents
  - April 2006, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• Field Guide to the Biological Control of Weeds in British Columbia
  - Land Management Handbook Number 27, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations

Biocontrol Info Pages

• Biocontrol Agent Lifecycle Schedule - April 2009
• Biocontrol Agent Handling Techniques - April 2009

Biocontrol Newsletters

• Tyria jacobaeae in BC's Interior - December 2009
• A New Bioagent: Bradyrrhoa gilveolella - March 2009
• Rhinusa antirrhini Status Change - April 2008
• Weed Rag 3 - June 2001
• Weed Rag 2 - December 2000
• Weed Rag 1 - March 2000

Educational Materials

• Bionic Bob to the Rescue Children's colouring/activity book - MFLNRO
• Knowing about Knapweed Colouring book - Cariboo Regional District
• Resin Blocks April 2000. Instructions for encapsulating biological control agents in resin - MFLNRO

Posters

• Alien Invaders- March 1999
• Shattering the Environment- March 2000
• Explosion in Slow Motion- March 2000
• Gorse Poster- December 2008
• Knapweed Poster- December 2008
• Scotch Broom Poster- December 2008
• Coastal Weeds Poster
• 2012 Wall Calendar