e) Parks Operations

Currently, about 11% of the City (inside the Urban Growth Boundary) is publically owned parkland and over 60% of that area or about 1,400 hectares is managed as naturalized, no-mow areas and this area increases every year. Parks Operations staff are trained to identify invasive species in the field and assist in coordinating invasive species control projects.

Invasive Plant Species Management in London’s ESAs, Parks & Woodlands

	2006 -2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Phragmites australis(Common Reed)*							•	•	•
Japanese Knotweed*						•	•	•	•
Dog Strangling Vine*						•	•	•	•
Common and GlossyBuckthorn*	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Giant Hogweed*					•	•	•	•	•
Garlic Mustard		•						•	•
Goutweed							•	•	•
Periwinkle		•						•	•
Purple Loosestrife								•	•
Black Locust							•	•	•
Scots Pine								•	•
Non-Native Honeysuckle								•	•
Russian/Autumn Olive							•	•	•
*denotes priority species