Silver:

• Remove all Silver invasive plants
• Plant 5% of plantable yard area with native plants
• Select one item from *Wildlife Habitat and *Stormwater Management option

Silver Level Invasive Plants

• Bush honeysuckles (Amur, Morrow, Tatarian) (Lonicera sp.)
• Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata), o Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
• Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria)
• Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus umbellata)

Gold:

• Remove all Silver and Gold invasive plants
• Plant 15% of plantable yard area with native plants
• Include three vegetation layers
• Select two items from *Wildlife Habitat and *Stormwater Management options

Gold Level Invasive Plants

• Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora)
• Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii)
• Asian Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus)
• Bradford/Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana), Cutleaf teasel (Dipsacus laciniatus)

Platinum:

• Remove all three levels of invasive plants
• Plant 30% of plantable yard with native plants
• Include all vegetation layers
• Select three items form *Wildlife Habitat and *Stormwater Management options

Platinum Level Invasive Plants

• Tree-of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
• Japanese Knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum)
• Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
• Common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)
• Glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus)

*Wildlife Habitat, Stormwater Management & Citizen Science Options

Wildlife Habitat – create more

• Install a wildlife water feature (bird bath or pond)
• Provide avian nest or roost boxes for native species
• Create a pollinator garden with a mix of forbs and grasses and three bloom times
• Install native bee house that gets morning sun
• Install a bat house
• Keep cats indoors or in an outdoor enclosure
• Keep a dead snag (at least 5 ft. tall) or brush pile
• Pledge Lights Out – reduce outdoor lighting during spring and fall migration
• Reduce bird window collisions by assessing problem windows and treating to reduce strikes 

Stormwater Management – take action

• Have a large tree(s) for storm water absorption – it can be a non-native tree
• Have a rain garden(s)
• Have a rain barrel(s)
• Impervious pavement is less than 10% of property – minus house
• Pledge to reduce pesticides – No use of moderate/high-hazard yard/garden products for one year Grow Smart Grow Save app is available as a resource
• Use a rain sensor on an existing irrigation system
• Use a drip irrigation system
• Pledge to PUP ( Pick-Up Dog Poop), which reduces pathogens in the water system
• Mulch your beds to reduce water loss, erosion and herbicide use