This database contains literature reviews of botanical characteristics, life cycle, habitat, succession, distribution, impacts, fire ecology, and fire effects for 1000 plant and animal …

Provides information and resources to help you identify unknown species that may be invasive. Species identification is important in helping gardeners, land managers, and landscape …

Nov 21, 2011 · It focuses on invasive alien species that threaten native biodiversity and covers all taxonomic groups from micro-organisms to animals and plants. The Global Invasive Species …

3 days ago · The pervasive and insidious threat of invasive species costs the United States more than $120 billion, annually. An invasive species is an organism that is not native to a locality …

The focus is on non-native invasive plant species impacting natural areas, excluding agricultural and other heavily developed and managed lands. Four main components are species …

Jun 24, 2024 · Maps of invasion and invasion probability at large extents and multiple temporal resolutions can be used by resource managers as an early warning and detection tool of …

Select a state, or choose from the list of states below the map, or view selected multistate resources. Provides selected U.S. Invasive Species resources from agencies and …

The Maui Invasive Species Committee protects Maui’s watersheds, ecological resources, agriculture, and community by eliminating and containing priority invasive plant and animal …

BIRDS Subtotal = 4. FISHES (§16.13) (News Release - September 30, 2016) Service Acts to Prevent Harm to Native Wildlife from 11 Nonnative Species The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service …

Invasive species are non-native plants, animals and other living organisms that thrive in areas where they don’t naturally live and cause (or are likely to cause) economic or environmental …

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The Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) aims to increase awareness about invasive alien species and to facilitate effective prevention and management activities. It is managed by the …

Invasive Forest Insects Emerald ash borer. Courtesy photo from bugwood.org, by David Cappaert, Michigan State University. There are hundreds of species of non-native insects in …

Feb 7, 2020 · This chart shows shares of all recognized animal species extinctions in Australia caused by invasive wild and feral species.

Provides the official definition for what are invasive species and related information. Invasive species can be plants, animals, and other living organisms (e.g., microbes). To learn more, …

Feb 20, 2025 · The control of invasive species in the U.S. costs an estimated $20 billion, not to mention the environmental and health damage that many of the controls themselves (such as …

Feb 25, 2025 · Today, that species is the most pervasive pest in America’s Great Lakes. The zebra mussel is a very different kind of invasive species than the lionfish, sharing none of the …

Invasive species can negatively impact habitat, out-compete native species (including imperiled or ecologically important plants and animals), and introduce disease.