NPSpecies

Data Source: NatureServe. 2007. Inventory of the vascular plants of Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. Draft report submitted to the National Park Service, Appalachian Highlands I&M Network, Asheville, NC.

Data Source: NatureServe. 2007. Inventory of the vascular plants of Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. Draft report submitted to the National Park Service, Appalachian Highlands I&M Network, Asheville, NC. Legacy NPSpecies information may no longer be applicable, please remove if it is not applicable. In legacy NPSpecies Weedy value was Yes In legacy NPSpecies Pest value was Yes with comment: TNEPPC RANK=SIGNIFICANT THREAT; I-Rank=High/low; Meadow fescue occurs in every U.S. state except Hawaii. It is a tall coarse perennial grass that grows in heavy clumps and often forms dense stands that may crowd out native species. It produces allelopathic substances that inhibit the growth of competing plants. Lolium pratense is planted for pasture, hay, and eroision control. It has established in abandoned fields, meadows, pastures, roadsides, grazed woods, levees, stream banks, and in open natural communities such as prairies and glades. Lolium pratense is slow to establish but once the clumps are formed it is difficult to eradicate. Mechanical methods are virtually useless in controlling it because of the thick root system and vegetative reprouting. (NatureServe 2007).

Park Species Detail: The follwing are additional fields from one of the sources for this ParkCode/TSN combination: State-County Code = 47137, Park Species Data Source: Plant list compiled by BONAP from its County Database, and converted to NPSpecies by I&M Office.