Point

The Reyes
Problem?
National
Seashore
TheBy:Invasive Ice Plant
Rachel Lobl, Vivian Leida, Grant
Fehring, and Tyler Nettelman
Point Reyes Carrying Capacity
● Biotic
○ Campers take up space
○ Not many apex predators
○ Native plants have to compete with Ice plant

● Abiotic
○ Limited space
○ Not much fresh water
○ Diseases keep populations in check
The Delicate Point Reyes Ecosystem

- Coastal Dunes
- High Species Diversity
- Micro Habitats
- Checker Lily
- Only found in Point Reyes
- 48 rare species
 The Ice Plant

- Succulent
- Native to South Africa
- Highly invasive
- Takes over the native dune plants
- Feed the butterflies
- No dune plants=No butterflies
Butterflies

- Myrtle's silverspot butterfly

- Eat: Dune Sagebrush, coast buckwheat, dune lupine, and goldenbush
 Gray Fox Bald Eagle Coyote Mountain Lion

Myrtle’s
White Wing Sonoma Western Gray Black-tailed
Brush Rabbit Silverspot
Dove Chipmunk Squirrel Deer
Butterfly

Dune Coast
Dune Lupine
Sagebrush Buckwheat
 Carbon in Atmosphere

CO2

Animal
Respiration

Plant
Respiration
Animal Coyote
Respiration

Top Consumer
Dune
Sagebrush
Western Gray
Squirrel
Producer Carbon in
Primary Lithosphere
Consumer
Carbon in Hydrosphere
 - Organize a ice plant removal

Action Plan -
volunteer day
Bring a group of students to help
- Students can receive community
service hours for helping
How To Help
We will be announcing more information on the volunteer day soon!!!

Help our local ecosystems and get community service!

Get rid of the ice plants!!!!!!

Other Opportunities
Volunteer Day!!!!

Donate !!!!!

Visit our website!!!! https://savepointreyes.weebly.com/

Work Cited
Charles, Heather, and Jeffrey S. Dukes. Impacts of Invasive Species on Ecosystem Services. Carnegie Science, 2007,
dge.carnegiescience.edu/DGE/Dukes/Charles_Dukes_inpress.pdf.

“Non-Native Species.” National Park Service, 28 Feb. 2015, www.nps.gov/pore/learn/nature/nonnativespecies.htm.

“Non-Native Species.” National Park Service, 28 Feb. 2015, www.nps.gov/pore/learn/nature/nonnativespecies.htm.

“Park Service Will Deploy Herd Of Goats To Chomp Invasive Plants At Point Reyes.” CBS San Francisco, CBS
Broadcasting Inc., 18 Jan. 2015,
sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/01/18/park-service-goats-eat-invasive-plants-point-reyes/.

http://pointreyesweekend.com/the-ubiquitous-iceplant

Tsang, You Mon. “The Ubiquitous Iceplant.” Point Reyes Weekend, pointreyesweekend.com/the-ubiquitous-iceplant.