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...is produced by the Plant Conservation Alliance's Alien Plant Working Group to inform the public about the harmful impacts of invasive non-native plants, like LEAFY SPURGE (Euphorbia esula), pictured left, on our ecosystems and environment.
Invasive non-native (exotic, alien) plants are destroying America's natural landscapes, ecosystems and identity, reducing our rich biological diversity and driving some of our rarest plants and animals to extinction.
More than 1,000 invasive exotic plants have been reported to be invading natural areas in the United States. Impacts of invasive species include habitat degradation and loss, loss of endangered and threatened species, loss of food sources for native wildlife, increased frequency and intensity of fires, floods and erosion, and other effects.
In the mid-Atlantic region alone, nearly 300 plant species have been reported to be invasive and are causing loss or impairment of natural habitats throughout the region.
For more information, click the "Main Page" button to go to the main Weeds Gone Wild webpage.
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