An area had been set aside in order to construct a garden specifically to house our world famous orchid collection and other
exotic plants.
Often,
exotic plants and animals are introduced to new continents or geographic regions by travelers and commerce.
"If you look at the cumulative effect of livestock production, no other human activity has a larger negative impact on the environment in the West," says Wuerthner, who cites the effect on water quality, soil erosion,
exotic plant invasions, and endangered or threatened animal species.
Sixteen
Exotic Plant Management Teams have been established throughout the system, including one based in Shenandoah.
A significant problem in these urban bushland reserves is invasion by
exotic plant species, particularly on soils subject to nutrient addition (Bliss et al.
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.
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.
More than 900
exotic plant species--everything from the infamous kudzu to trees such as the Australian pine, melaleuca and Brazilian pepper-- have moved in, finding the state's mild climate, absence of enemies and disturbed soils much to their liking.
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.
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.
Under this scenario,
exotic plant species might invade and coexist with high numbers of native plant species as long as light, water, and nutrients were not limiting.
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.