Garlic Mustard Invasion

Supplies

This project will require a fair amount of supplies. The majority of those supplies will be provided for the groups chosen to participate in this project. While we would love to have everyone participate, we would like to get participants from all across Illinois and we are limited by money to provide the necessary supplies.

This project can obviously be done without our supplies, so if you are not chosen to receive the kits, but still interested in participating, we can still help you along.

Kit List for Garlic Mustard Experiments

• 10 Gallon Ziploc bags
• 36 Rocket Pots
• 2 racks for pots
• 6 Small plastic cups
• 1 box of filter paper
• 1 roll labeling tape
• 1 Sharpie marker
• 2 Bamboo sticks
• 500 mL beaker
• 20 Petri dishes
• 4 Empty plastic bottles
• 4 Plastic pipettes
• 1 Graduated cylinder
• 1 Plastic funnel
• 1 ruler
• 2 square trays
• 1 large bag of Sterilized background potting soil
• 325 Elymus hysterix (eastern bottlebrush grass) seeds
• Purified water
• 1 bottle with 100ml of Garlic mustard leaf extract from a standard population (Urbana, IL)
• 1 bottle with 100ml of Garlic mustard root extract from a standard population (Urbana, IL)
• Control field soil from un-invaded forest

Supplies You Provide for Garlic Mustard Experiments

• Scissors
• Garden trowel
• Balance (accurate to 0.1 g)
• Microwave
• Local field soil collected from underneath garlic mustard (collected by you and labeled GM)
• Local field soil collected away from garlic mustard (collected by you and labeled AWAY)
• Garlic mustard plants collected from local woods (collected by you)

Now Let's Get Started!

Supplies

Collecting Soil and Plant Samples

Experiment 1: Does Garlic Mustard lower soil quality for native plants?

Experiment 2: Does Garlic Mustard produce chemicals that inhibit native seed germination?

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Questions? email jmui@inhs.illinois.edu or spost@inhs.illinois.edu