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
How you can help, right now
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