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REVOLUTIONARY CHANGES
TO AN AMERICAN LANDSCAPE:
INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES AT
THE MINUTE MAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK


Technical Report NPS/NER/NRTR—2005/009

Brad Agius

Minute Man National Historical Park
174 Liberty Street
Concord, Massachusetts 01742

Current Address
25 Gilman Falls Avenue Unit #2
Old Town, Maine 04468


December 2003


U.S. Department of the Interior
National Park Service
Northeast Region
Inventory & Monitoring Program
Northeast Temperate Network
Woodstock, Vermont

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The Minute Man National Historical Park conducted an invasive plant survey during the summer of 2003 to generate baseline data to manage and assess the spatial impact of invasive plants. The primary goals of this study were to 1) determine which invasive plant species inhabit the park, 2) determine the percent cover and density of the dominant invasive plant species, and 3) map where dominant invasive plant species occur within the park.

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