Name: Bossert, Philip (Manager)PrintGo Back

Institution: NYS OPRHP

Description of invasive species management work:

Supervisor of an Invasive Species Management crew for NYS Parks that works throughout Western and Central New York. We survey, monitor, and remove primarily terrestrial plants.

Also worked doing Spotted Lanternfly management in Pennsylvania.

Countries: United States

States: New York, Pennsylvania

Species: Aquatic plants, Terrestrial invertebrates, Terrestrial plants, Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis), Spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula), Tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima), Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata), Mugwort (Artemisia spp.), Barberry (Berberis thunbergii), Slender false brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum), Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculata), Knapweed, spotted (Centaurea maculosa), Swallow-wort, black (Cynanchum nigrum), Swallow-wort, pale (Cynanchum rossicum), Common teasel (Dipsacus fullonum), Olive, Russian (Elaeagnus angustifolia), Olive, autumn (Elaeagnus umbellata), Burning bush (Euonymus alatus), Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica), Alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus), Dame’s rocket (Hesperis matronalis), Honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.), Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum), Common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica), Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora),

Ecosystems: Forest, Meadow, Riparian, Shrubland, Wetland

NY Regions: Lower Hudson, Catskills, St. Lawrence/E. Lake Ontario, Finger Lakes, Western NY

Last updated: July 29, 2019 at 1:17 pm