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- 1. Environmental Patch Management ofMonarch Pollinator Gardens using Principles of Landscape Ecology Conner Marx, Samantha Singletary, Aaron Slevin, & Jordyn Wagner
- 2. Objectives Justifications Ecological/Biological Social/Beauty Economic Literature Review Methods Results Discussion Outline Conner Marx, Samantha Singletary, Aaron Slevin, & Jordyn Wagner
- 3. Inform publicon community and regional level about pollinator gardens as they benefit monarch butterflies. Explain life cycle and migration patterns of monarchs. Generate knowledge about characteristics of patches and corridors used by the monarch butterfly. Transform the selected project areas into a functional environmental patch for monarch butterflies. Objectives Conner Marx, Samantha Singletary, Aaron Slevin, & Jordyn Wagner
- 4. Propagation ratescould increase by informing the public on how they can help to rebuild the Monarch habitat By providing Monarchs with the environmental resources they need, they can be moved out of the realm of threatened. Justification: Ecological/Biological Conner Marx, Samantha Singletary, Aaron Slevin, & Jordyn Wagner
- 5. The MillionPollinator Garden Challenge Butterflies are aesthetically pleasing Flowering plants add atmosphere and vibrancy, increasing aesthetic values where gardens are constructed. Justification: Social/Beauty Conner Marx, Samantha Singletary, Aaron Slevin, & Jordyn Wagner
- 6. Pollinators contributeto the pollination of plant species. Every third bite of food we consume is generated by a pollinator! Planting pollinator gardens along power line corridors creates a more ecologically productive landscape. Justification: Economic Conner Marx, Samantha Singletary, Aaron Slevin, & Jordyn Wagner
- 7. TWO GROUPS,ONE GOAL Group #1: Construct pollinator gardens on top of buildings on SFA’s campus. Group #2: Construct pollinator gardens on and around campus Increase the public’s knowledge of the importance of pollinator species. Methods Conner Marx, Samantha Singletary, Aaron Slevin, & Jordyn Wagner
- 8. Seek approvalby the school. Multiple meetings with people with different fields and scopes of authority. Determine: Types and species of plants Garden sizes and locations Ways to supply water. Not accomplishable due to safety and monetary constraints. Methods- Group #1 Conner Marx, Samantha Singletary, Aaron Slevin, & Jordyn Wagner
- 9. Project wasrefocused to using dead space atop parking garages on the SFA campus. Locations were scouted using 2016 Pictometry in ArcMap software. Approval to construct these pollinator gardens was, again, denied. Conner Marx, Samantha Singletary, Aaron Slevin, & Jordyn Wagner Methods- Group #1
- 10. A patchcan be as small as 3 square feet. Very specific as to habitat (milkweed). There many different milkweeds each with a specific ecoregion. Monarch Small Patch Habitat Conner Marx, Samantha Singletary, Aaron Slevin, & Jordyn Wagner
- 11. Collected informationregarding the monarch butterfly Life cycle Breeding habits Preferred habitats Food sources Migration paths Determined the most suitable location to construct monarch pollinator gardens (Environmental Patches). Several pollinator gardens within SFA azalea trails were registered with the Million Pollinator Garden project. Conner Marx, Samantha Singletary, Aaron Slevin, & Jordyn Wagner Methods- Group #2
- 12. Migration Flyway Conner Marx,Samantha Singletary, Aaron Slevin, & Jordyn Wagner
- 13. Locations: Power line corridor,which borders Lanana Creek. Regenerated low grass disturbance patch located within Banita Creek Reserve. Methods- Group #2 Conner Marx, Samantha Singletary, Aaron Slevin, & Jordyn Wagner
- 14. Plant Species: NechesRiver Rosemallow Hibiscus dasycalyx Indian Pink Spigelia marilandica Big Momma Turks Cap Malvaviscus drummondii Blush Turk’s Cap Malvaviscus x Blush Giant Coneflower Rudbeckia maximus Pink Turk’s Cap Malvaviscus drummondii ‘Pam Puryear Pink Princess Verbena Verbena x hybrid ‘Pink Princess Button snakeroot Erygium yuccifolium
- 15. The length ofthe shown double sided arrow is .98 cm on this image. The actual length of this distance measured on the ground is 284.48 cm. Using this information the scale of this image was calculated to be 1 cm: 290.29 cm. Through the use of this scale we were able to calculate the area of our proposed environmental patch location.
- 16. Pollinator Garden: BanitaCreek Reserve
- 17. Citations Coulson, RobertN., and Maria D. Tchakerian. Basic Landscape Ecology. College Station: Knowledge Engineering Laboratory Partners,Inc, 2010. Print. Service., U. S. A. R., & Reed, C. F. (1971). Common weeds of the United States. New York: Dover Publications. Pollinator Partnership. Million Pollinator Garden Challenge. National Pollinator Gardens Network, 2015. Web. 9 Mar. 2016. <http://millionpollinatorgardens.org/>. Landis, T. D.(2014). Monarch waystations: Propagating Native Plants to Create Travel Corridors for Migrating Monarch Butterflies. Native Plants Journal 15(1), 5-16. University of Wisconsin Press. Retrieved March 9, 2016, from Project MUSE database. Pollinator Partnership. SHARE. Pollinator Partnership, 2015. Web. 9 Mar. 2016. <http://share.pollinator.org/>. https://marcpastorek.wordpress.com/2016/02/22/angelas-cool-prairie-habitat-private- garden/ https://www.wildflower.org/plants/TPWD-Identification-Milkweeds-Texas.pdf Coulson, R. N., & Tchakerian, M. D. (2010). Basic landscape ecology. College Station, TX: KEL Partners.