Weeds Gone Wild

This website provides an easy link to the official Weeds Gone Wild website at http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien

Weeds Gone Wild is a website of the Plant Conservation Alliance, Alien Plant Working Group whose purpose is to inform the public about the harmful impacts of invasive non-native plants like KUDZU (Pueraria montana var. lobata) and ASIATIC SAND SEDGE (Carex kobomugi) pictured right, on our ecosystems and environment. Invasive non-native (exotic, alien) plants are destroying America's natural landscapes and ecosystems, reducing our rich biological diversity and driving some of our rarest plants and animals to extinction. To date, about 1,175 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, damage and degradation of habitats, 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 on the distribution of invasive plants, go to the Invasive Plant Atlas of the U.S. at http://www.invasiveplantatlas.org

For more information, click the "Main Page" button to go to the main Weeds Gone Wild webpage at: http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien

Our Mission. To address the impacts and threats of invasive species to our natural ecosystems through education and information on prevention and management.