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2	"Problem" Problem Event
3	Issue To what extent have the human induced changes impacted the natural succession process in Harford Glen?
4	Players and their Beliefs Mr. Burley (teacher at Harford Glen): Since we have already disturbed the natural succession in the wetlands, Mr. Burley feels that there should be a management plan, also concerning the pine forest. Mrs. Murray (neighbor of Harford Glen): As a citizen, Mrs. Murray doesn’t understand why we are trying to kill the plant. She thinks they attract butterflies and they are very pretty. She think there should be more of this plant because of how pretty it is. Dr. Baker-Brosh (Ecologist): Non-Native plants are bad because they take the place of Native plants Harford Glen could be doing a better job at getting rid of Non-Natives, but it would take a lot of volunteers and time.
5	"Original Research Question" Original Research Question: To what extent are the wetland plants in Harford Glen obligate, facultative or upland (Native or Non-native)?
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8	Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria )
9	Purple Loosestrife - up to 10 feet tall -native to Eurasia -capable of replacing native vegetation in a number of wetland environments -30-50 stems arising from one rootstock
10	Purple Loosestrife Distribution
11	Mile-a-Minute (Polygonum Perfoliatum)
12	Mile-a-Minute -known as Devil’s tear-thumb - stems are reddish and “armed” with downward pointing barbs -Native to India and Eastern Asia
13	Polygonum Perfoliatum Distribution
14	Data Collection Tool
15	Procedure Went out to the wetlands and distinguished our part of wetlands to study with our partners Marked points with the Purple Loosestrife and/or Tear-thumb plants with our GPS units Wrote the GPS points and plant species down in our notebooks Analyzed our data
16	Data
17	The Distribution of Purple Loosestrife and Tear-thumb
18	Computations The Formula for finding % of the species is: Total plant area in square feet/total area in square feet= % of plant in the area. Mile-a-Minute: 917 sq. ft./ 36154.8 sq. ft.= 2.54% Loosestrife: 632 sq. ft./36154.8 sq. ft.= 1.89%
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22	"Thanks to Dr" Thanks to Dr. Baker-Brosh for sharing your knowledge of Marsh plants and sloshing through the mud with us!
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