Rhode Island

Web Addresses

 

Primary ANS Contacts

Freshwater Plants:

  • Hope Leeson
    Rhode Island Natural History Survey
    101 CIK, 1 Greenhouse Road, URI
    Kingston, RI 02881
    phone: 401.874.5822
    hleeson@rinhs.org

Freshwater Animals:

  • Hope Leeson
    Rhode Island Natural History Survey
    101 CIK, 1 Greenhouse Road, URI
    Kingston, RI 02881
    phone: 401.874.5822
    hleeson@rinhs.org

Saltwater Plants:

  • Kevin Cute
    Coastal Resources Management Council
    Stedman Gov’t Center, Suite 3
    4808 Tower Hill Road
    Wakefield, RI 02879-1900
    phone: 401.783.3370
    kcute@crmc.ri.gov

Saltwater Animals:

  • Kevin Cute
    Coastal Resources Management Council
    Stedman Gov’t Center, Suite 3
    4808 Tower Hill Road
    Wakefield, RI 02879-1900
    phone: 401.783.3370
    kcute@crmc.ri.gov

 

Panel Membership

Agency

  • Rhode Island Natural History Survey
    101 CIK, 1 Greenhouse Road, URI
    Kingston RI 02881
  • Kevin Cute
    Coastal Resources Management Council
    Stedman Gov’t Center, Suite 3
    4808 Tower Hill Road
    Wakefield, RI 02879-1900

Representatives

  • Kevin Cute
  • Hope Leeson

 

Species Actively Managed

Plants

    • Asiatic bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus)
    • Common reed (Phragmites australis)
    • Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
    • Reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)

Animals

 

Other Established Species of Concern

Plants

    • Alga (Grateloupia turuturu)
    • Cork tree (Phellodendron sp.)
    • Curly-leaf pondweed (Potamogeton crispus)
    • Dead-man’s fingers (Codium fragile)
    • Fanwort (Cabomba caroliniana)
    • Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
    • Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii)
    • Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica)
    • Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria)
    • Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)
    • Porcelain-berry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata)
    • Variable milfoil (Myriophyllum heterophyllum)
    • Watercress (Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum)

Animals

    • Asiatic clam (Corbicula fluminea)
    • Asian shore crab (Hemigrapsus sanguineus)
    • Green crab (Carcinus maenas)
    • White didemnid (Didemnum sp)

 

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