Aquatic Biodiversity: Protecting Lakes
Aquatic Biodiversity: Protecting Lakes
With water shortages predicted for parts of the United States, planners are scrambling to figure out just exactly what our water needs will be for the future, and just exactly how to deal with them.
Preserving what we have.
One thing is for certain, we need to preserve the viability of [...]
September 2, 2008
Tags: Biodiversity Services, Exotic aquatic plants, Invasive species Posted in: Biodiversity, Biodiversity Services, Exotic plant migration, Exotic plants, Invasive plants, Invasive species, Non native plants 
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“What harm can a little plant possibly do?”
Invasive Plants and Biodiversity: “What harm can a little plant possibly do?”
I get this question from a lot of people: “What harm can a little plant possibly do?”
The simple answer:
The answer to that question is” Billions of dollars in damage and control efforts, and the most significant loss of biodiversity in history!
We are [...]
September 2, 2008
Tags: Exotic species, Invasive species Posted in: Biodiversity, Exotic aquatic plants, Exotic plant migration, Exotic plants, Invasive plants, Invasive species, Non native plants No Comments
Invasive Exotic Plant “Sleeper Cells”
Invasive Exotic Plant “Sleeper Cells”.
What was once, a group of “non invasive” exotic landscape plants, have now become destroyers. It happened while we were sleeping. They seemed innocent enough, but something, or some things, have changed, and now we have some serious thinking to do, about an increasingly serious problem.
A growing invasive species problem. [...]
September 2, 2008
Tags: Chinaberry, Exotic plants, Invasive plants, Invasive species, Japanese Silk Tree, Privet, Wisteria Posted in: Biodiversity, Invasive plants, Invasive species, Native habitat, Native plants, Non native plants, Shrubs, Trees, Vines, Water No Comments