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Entries Tagged as 'Invasive Plants'

Insect “Solution” Stimulates Invasive Plant

September 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Public Affairs: Press Release >

September 3, 2008

Biocontrol agents, such as insects, are often released outside of their native ranges to control invasive plants. But scientists in Montana have found that through complex community interactions among deer mice, native plants and seeds, the presence of an introduced fly […]

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Ecologist and Marine Biologist Not Worried about Invasives

September 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Friendly Invaders - NYTimes.com

By CARL ZIMMER

There are more naturalized invasive plant species in New Zealand than native species.
It sounds like the makings of an ecological disaster: an epidemic of invasive species that wipes out the delicate native species in its path. But in a paper published in August in The Proceedings of the National Academy […]

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Beetles Love Weed: They Control Loosestrife for a Song

April 30th, 2008 · No Comments

National Invasive Species Information Center What’s New

Recent Weed Science Society of America Press Releases: Beetles Help Take a Bite out […]

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Tags: Private Gardens · Public Lands · Enlightening · Insects · Sustainability · Invasive Plants · US

Native Plants for Landscape Use in Connecticut

April 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Connecticut - Plant and Resource Lists - Roadside Use of Native Plants - FHWA - Annotated

Native Plants for Landscape Use in Connecticut

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Tags: Northeast · Invasive Plants · Native Plants

PlantRight Helps Gardeners Protect California Wildlands

April 10th, 2008 · No Comments

PlantRight: Spread the Word - Annotated

You can help protect California wildlands! Always choose non-invasive alternatives for your own garden.

Download and share the list of invasive plants and their suggested alternatives for your region.

 

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Tags: Public Lands · Environment · West · Invasive Plants · Sustainability