Would you like to help in the
battle against these invasive
plants?
If you would like some help or advice or are
interested in getting involved with the project,
please get in touch with the New Forest
Non-Native Plants Officers:
NEW FOREST
NON-NATIVE PLANTS
PROJECT
Help is needed to map where these plants
grow in the New Forest area. The plants
are easy to identify so you don’t need to
be an expert botanist! Every record is
important to help us decide where to focus
our effort.
Help is needed to pull up Himalayan balsam
in the summer. If you have a few hours to
spare and enjoy working in the countryside
and would like a bit of exercise and fresh
air come and join us on a volunteer
conservation working party. Please see
the website for details of working parties.
Catherine Chatters
Tel: 023 8042 4205 or e-mail:
[email protected]
[email protected]
If you can help in any way, please get in
touch with the New Forest Non-Native
Plants Officers.
The New Forest Non-Native Plants Project is
jointly funded by:
Photo Catherine Chatters
Himalayan balsam
Jo Gore
(Avon Valley) www.hwt.org.uk
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, Beechcroft House,
Vicarage Lane, Curdridge, Hants, SO32 2DP
Tel:01489 774400 Email:[email protected]
Company Limited by guarantee and Regd in England No 676313
Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Wildlife Trust
Protecting wildlife. Inspiring people.
The New Forest is one of the most important
areas for wildlife in western Europe but is
threatened by these invasive non-native
plants.
The New Forest
Non-Native Plants
Project is a joint
partnership between
the Hampshire & Isle
of Wight Wildlife Trust,
the Environment
Agency, the Forestry
Commission, Natural
England, DEFRA and
the New Forest
National Park Authority.
They were introduced to the UK to be grown
in gardens or, in the case of New Zealand
pygmyweed, as an oxygenator for garden
ponds but they have jumped the garden
fence and invaded the countryside.
They grow vigorously, spread rapidly and
can quickly elbow-out our native wildflowers
which provide important food and nectar for
our insects.
How can the New Forest
Non-Native Plants Project
help you?
Giant Hogweed
The Project started in 2009 and aims to:-
If left un-checked these invasive plants can
devastate large areas causing problems to
farmers, graziers, fishermen and everyone
who wants to enjoy the countryside.
• identify where these plants are
a problem, particularly within river
valleys
• arrange for work to be carried out by
volunteers and contractors to help
control them
New Zealand Pygmyweed
Photo Peter Llewellyn
• commission research into control
methods
• raise awareness of the need to
control these plants and to
prevent them spreading into our countryside
If you own or manage land in or near the
New Forest, particularly in or near river
valleys, and have any of these invasive
non-native plants:
Japanese knotweed
Himalayan balsam
Giant hogweed
American skunk cabbage
New Zealand pygmyweed
Creeping water primrose
Parrot’s feather
We may be able to help you by:
• arranging for contractors or volunteers
to control these plants
• providing funding to help with their
control
If you would like some help please contact
Catherine Chatters or Jo Gore, the New
Forest Non-Native Plants Officers, to
arrange a site visit. (Please see back page
for contact details).
Japanese knotweed
Photo Great Britain Non-Native
Species Secretariat
What is the New Forest
Non-Native Plants Project?
Photo Catherine Chatters
Why do we need to control
these plants?