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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 AMUR HONEYSUCKLE (Lonicera maackii), pictured left, on our ecosystems and environment.
Invasive exotic (alien) plants are destroying America's natural landscape 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 ecosystems in the U.S. (including Hawaii). 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, about 300 exotic plant species are invading our natural ecosystems and causing loss or degradation to natural resources and recreational
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