Invasive species of Pa
Garlic Mustard
This plant is the garlic mustard plant and this is a invasive specie.
This invasive specie is a part of the mustard family.This plant is also
grows up to be about 120 feet long in a single year. This plant usally
takes over a huge area of native parks and gardings. When this plant
is growing it lets out a garlicy and onion smell which scares off preditors.
When this plant is fully grown it grows up to 375 squer feet every yard.
This plant produces 12500 seeds every year. One thing about this plant
is a butterfly may mistaking the garlic mustard plant as a flower and lay its
eggs on it and the eggs are not able to deveope so they get forced to die.
For more information go to http://www.ipm.msu.edu/garlicAbout.htm
This invasive specie is a part of the mustard family.This plant is also
grows up to be about 120 feet long in a single year. This plant usally
takes over a huge area of native parks and gardings. When this plant
is growing it lets out a garlicy and onion smell which scares off preditors.
When this plant is fully grown it grows up to 375 squer feet every yard.
This plant produces 12500 seeds every year. One thing about this plant
is a butterfly may mistaking the garlic mustard plant as a flower and lay its
eggs on it and the eggs are not able to deveope so they get forced to die.
For more information go to http://www.ipm.msu.edu/garlicAbout.htm
Rusty Crayfish
Spreading to lakes, rivers, and streams in several areas of North America. They are more aggressive than other native crayfish, better able to avoid fish predation, and can harm native fish populations by eating their eggs and young. They can displace native crayfish, hybridize with them, and graze on and eliminate aquatic plants.
For more information go to http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/ais/rustycrayfish
For more information go to http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/ais/rustycrayfish
Mexican Fruit Fly
This bug is a invasive specie and it is called the Mexican fruit fly.
Its Larvae attacks numerous fruits of economic significance, particularly
grapefruit, oranges, pears, peachs, and apples. When they attack a fruit
it is usaly in a big group and the fruit will usaly die or if it is in a tree it will fall.
For more information go to http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/animals/mexfly.shtml
Its Larvae attacks numerous fruits of economic significance, particularly
grapefruit, oranges, pears, peachs, and apples. When they attack a fruit
it is usaly in a big group and the fruit will usaly die or if it is in a tree it will fall.
For more information go to http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/animals/mexfly.shtml
Purple Loosestrife
They take over other plant species and invade areas and spread rapidly. This species may also be referred to as purple lythrum, rainbow weed, salicaria, and spiked loosestrife. Purple loosestrife has many garden varieties that are sold under approximately 25 cultivar names. Scientific name: Lythrum salicaria Purple loosestrife is in the Lythraceae family, which is the loosestrife family. Distirbutin: The native range of purple loosestrife occurs throughout Great Britain and across central and southern Europe to central Russia, Japan, China, Southeast Asia and northern India. Purple loosestrife has expanded its range to include North America, where it can be found in at least 47 states and most of Canada. They can grow from 2 to 7 feet high.
For more information go to
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/aquaticplants/purpleloosestrife/index.html
For more information go to
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/aquaticplants/purpleloosestrife/index.html
Japanese Beetle
Buckthorn
Both deciduous and evergreen species accur. One distinctive character of many buckthorns is the way the veination curves upwards torwards the tip of the leaf. the plant bears fruit which are dark blue berries.The name is due to the woody spine at the end of each twig on many species.This plant causes usually mild symptons if ingested by children
For more information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckthorn
For more information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckthorn