Ohio Invasive Plants Council

Strengthing the Bridge between Research & Management

OIPC's annual meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 21, 2013 at Highbanks Metro Park in Lewis Center, OH (just north of Columbus). 

Asian Bittersweet is taking over a Lake County Ohio Metropark.

The Ohio Invasive Plants Council is a coalition of agencies, organizations, and individuals throughout Ohio concerned about the introduction, spread, and control of invasive, non-native plants in Ohio's natural habitats. OIPC promotes public awareness of invasive species issues and encourages land management and research to detect invasive species and prevent new invasions into natural ecosystems.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Mark Brand, University of Connecticut:

"Horticultural forms of barberry and euonymus: Are they really that invasive?"

Other presentations by:

Nidia Arguedas, Cleveland Metro Parks.

Kendra Cipollini, Wilmington College.

Ryan McEwan, University of Dayton.

Helen Michaels, Bowling Green State University.

Joanne Rebbeck , USDA Forest Service.

Crysta Gantz, University of Notre Dame

For more information: www.oipc.info

Or contact: David Gorchov, Department of Botany, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056: GorchoDL@muohio.edu

Call for Abstracts:

We invite researchers and land managers to present

posters at this conference. Abstracts must be

received by Nov. 21, 2012. Abstracts will not be

published, but will be made available to conference

participants and at the OIPC website. Information on

submission will be made available later this summer

at: www.oipc.info.

Registration is $30. Online registration is now available here. For more information: www.oipc.info or contact: David Gorchov, Department of Botany, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056: GorchoDL@muohio.edu

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