| Overall Rating | Bronze - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 32.91 |
| Liaison | Jay Clark |
| Submission Date | Jan. 18, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Maryville College
Tier2-1: Native Plants
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.25 / 0.25 |
Mark
O'Gorman Professor of Political Science and Coordinator of Environmental Studies Program Social Sciences |
Does the institution prioritize the use of native plant species in landscaping?:
A brief description of the native plant program, policy, or practice:
We have 118 acres of college woods, considered to be a forest, located on campus. It consists of native mixed pines and hardwoods. We also have several programs to eradicate non-native plants (identified as English Ivy, Privet, and Japanese Honeysuckle) from campus, mainly in the college woods. The efforts consists of: using environmentally safe herbicides on marked trees and surveying their effectiveness, groups volunteering to pull up and cut away the non native plants, and resources available to dispose of the detached and unearthed plants. There are also native trees scattered around the campus grounds; most of the beautification of the campus is done through native plants.
The website URL where information about the program, policy, or practice is available:
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