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introduced species

one that does not naturally occur in the area and has been brought in accidentally or intentionally by man, for example, rabbits in Australia (introduced originally to the British Isles from Spain).

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An area had been set aside in order to construct a garden specifically to house our world famous orchid collection and other exotic plants.

Parklife: what could have been; MY CITY

Often, exotic plants and animals are introduced to new continents or geographic regions by travelers and commerce.

Climate change opens new avenue for spread of invasive plants

According to Forest Ecologist James Akerson, leader of the Mid-Atlantic Cooperative Exotic Plant Management Team based at Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, 319 of the park's identified 1,376 vascular plant species (23 percent) are aliens.

The green menace: thousands of non-native plants have gained a foothold on some 2.6 million acres of national parkland. To help eradicate these plants, the National Park Service has established Exotic Plant Management Teams throughout the country

A significant problem in these urban bushland reserves is invasion by exotic plant species, particularly on soils subject to nutrient addition (Bliss et al.

Soil phosphorus enhancement below stormwater outlets in urban bushland: spatial and temporal changes and the relationship with invasive plants

The audience already knows the story of the nerdy orphan in a skid-row florist's shop whose secret formula for producing a giant exotic plant earns him fame, fortune, and the heart of a masochistic beauty named Audrey.

Little Shop's big comeback: late gay lyricist Howard Ashman's delicious Little Shop of Horrors finally makes it to Broadway in a production that's built to last

Johnson identified and cataloged the plants in each of 108 one-square-meter study plots to see how many of the 146 native and exotic plant species were growing there.

FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN

During that comment period, AF&PA advised APHIS that any import restrictions (either treatment or ban) be implemented on a country-by-country basis, based on a risk assessment of exotic plant pest introductions, one of the options currently being considered.

AF&PA Comments on APHIS's Proposed EIS

Exotic plant and animal species are invading virtually every ecosystem on earth, warns Chris Bright in Life Out of Bounds: Bioinvasion in a Borderless World, his new book about these bioinvaders.

Life out of Bounds: Bioinvasion in a Borderless World

In the last ten years we've probably lost more habitat to exotic plant species than to development.

Botanical barbarians

IF Gareth Welsh can't be found in his beloved Butterfly World, which he set up in Preston Park 19 years ago, then the adventurer is sure to be crouched down low hiding behind an exotic plant in the jungle.

Butterfly summer; BRING a touch of summer to your home and wardrobe with some beautiful butterflies, says SARAH DALE

This is an exotic plant with chocolate spotted octopusshaped foliage.

Your Life: Gardening - OFFER OF THEWEEK

The impact of exotic plant specits on insect diversity and overall ecological processes will be considered.