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Invasive species
Invasive or exotic species are
an increasing threat to nursery production due to the increased movement
of plants and people across borders and continents. The following websites
present useful information concerning this topic. For more specific invasive
pest information, click
here.
Oregon
Oregon Invasive
Species Council
This site includes the 100 most dangerous invaders list
for Oregon. Additionally the Invasive
Species in Oregon Report Card for 2006 is very interesting reading.
Statesman Journal's Invasive
Species of Oregon Website.
Oregon
Noxious Weed Control Program
Included with lots of other useful information is the Noxious
Weed List for Oregon. This site as well contains noxious
weed profiles.
Pacific Northwest's Least Wanted: Invasive Weed
Identification and Management. Oregon State University Extension. (Download
a preview).
Washington
Washington
Department of Agriculture Pest Program Contacts
Washington State Noxious Weed Control
Board
2003 Washington
State Noxious Weed List
This site contains definitions of Class A, B, & C weeds; a listing
of these weeds and photo gallery of each; the Washington's monitor
list for weeds; a list
of weed seeds whose sales are prohibited; both terrestrial and aquatic
weed information; and an explanation
of how noxious weeds are added to the list. In development is a webpage
where one can identify
weeds based on their flower color or habitat.
Idaho
Idaho
Invasive Species Council
University of Idaho's Center
for Research on Invasive Species and Small Populations (CRISSP)
Idaho
Noxious Weed Program
Crammed with information, this site has an interactive
map of Idaho's noxious weeds by section; many links to information
of noxious weeds, regulations, and weed program.
Idaho
Noxious Weed's list
Montana
Invaders database system
An interactive database covering exotic weed plants and their distribution
in five northwest states.
California
California Exotic Plant Pest Council
This site includes the CalEPPC Invasive
Plant Inventory. Amongst the treasures at this site: Invasive
Plants of California Wildlands.
California Dept. of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Plant
Health and Pest Prevention Services (PHPPS) has developed a website on
noxious weeds with lots of information and aptly titled Encycloweedia.
Their quarterly newsletter, Noxious
Times, is also available at the site.
US Government
USDA Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service
Federal
Noxious Weed List
Invasivespecies.gov
This is the gateway to the National
Invasive Species Council. Included at this site are many papers
on the economic impact of invasive plants.
BLM's Alien Plant Working Group's
Weeds Gone Wild
BLM
's Invasive Weeds: A Growing Pain
National
Plant Board website. Here can be found the regulated
pest information by state.
USGS Nonindigenous
Aquatic Species Website
National
Center
for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
The
Exotic Forest Pests Information System for North America
Invasive and
Exotic Species of North America
The most photo rich site on invasive species.
National Agricultural Pest Information
System (NAPIS). This site allows one to search for state activity
(example: Oregon's
state pest and survey activity).
The North American
Non-Indigenous Arthropod Database
Southern Appalachian
Information Node: Invasive Plants Literature Search
The invasive species literature
collection at this site is extensive and has a rather impressive number
of ornamental plants on it.
The Missouri Botanical Garden
Website on invasive plant species including The
St. Louis Declaration on Invasive Plant Species. This website also
includes the proceedings from that historic meeting.
International
Field
Guide to Noxious and Other Selected Weeds of British Colombia
Contents include lists of Provincial
and regional
lists of noxious weeds; photos; and nuisance
weeds.
BC Ministry
of Agriculture, Food, and Fisheries Non-Native and Invasive Pests
This site is divided into Diseases, Weeds, Insects and Other Pests; Excellent
photographic resources!
BC Invasive
Plant Alert
This site contains a list of potentially invasive
ornamental or herb species. It gives a whole new meaning to new plant
introdutions!
Global Invasive Species
Database
New Insect Pest
Introductions to BC
North American Plant Protection
Organzation (NAPPO)
There are many excellent options at this site including a Pest
Alert System; the ability to search
Pest Alerts by type; official
notifications of pests in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico; and recent
pest news. A nice find is the plant
glossary, a taxonomic treasurehouse.
Issue Papers
Biological
Invasions: A Growing Threat
Environmental
and Economic Costs Associated with Non-indigenous Species in the United
States
Exotic
Forest Pests-A Global Issue
Exotic
Pests Workshop
CSREES:
The Aliens are here
Impacts
of Introduced Species in the United States
IPlants:
Invasive Species and the Nursery Industry
Economic
Impacts of IPlants: Invasive Plants and the Nursery Industry
New Book Resource
Biological
Pollution: An Emerging Global Menace. Britton, Kerry O. ed. 2003. APS
Press.
BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS--Economic and Environmental Costs
of Alien Plant, Animal, and Microbe Species. D. Pimentel, ed.
K. Lewis, CRC Press/T & F Group, 600 Broken
Sound Parkway, NW, Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487, USA.
Mailto:KLewis@crcpress.com. Phone: 1-877-561-994-0555.
Fax: 1-561-989-9732. Web: http://www.crcpress.com.
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