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2 unusual facts about Introduced species


Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge

However, many of the plant and animal species inhabiting the current Chautauqua Lake and Wildlife Refuge and adjacent Illinois River are nonnative and invasive species such as the Asian carp.

Italian traditional maize varieties

Italian traditional maize varieties have been, according to historical, archaeological, botany, morphological, and genetic evidence, molded since the introduction of this exotic cereal crop from the Americas in the sixteenth century.


Ambrosia cheiranthifolia

It has declined because its native habitat has been cleared for development, with remaining open savanna invaded by non-native grasses such as buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris).

Australian Golden Whistler

The Norfolk Golden Whistler (P. p. xanthoprocta) declined for many years due to habitat loss and fragmentation and possible due to introduced predators such as the Black Rat.

Avondale, Auckland

The so-called Avondale spider (Delena cancerides), an introduced species of a spectacular but harmless huntsman spider, was for decades only found in the area surrounding Avondale and thus received its New Zealand name.

Birds of New Zealand

The most damage however was caused by habitat destruction and the other animals humans brought with them, particularly rats (the Polynesian rat or kiore introduced by Māori and the Brown Rat and Black Rat subsequently introduced by Europeans), but also mice, dogs, cats, stoats, weasels, pigs, goats, deer, hedgehogs, and Australian possums.

Blackish Cinclodes

The nominate subspecies C. a. antarcticus occurs on the Falklands where it is common on many smaller islands but scarce on West and East Falkland where it suffers from predation by introduced cats and rats.

Bromus madritensis

It is native to Europe (the specific name madritensis refers to Madrid, Spain) but it has been widely introduced elsewhere, such as North America, where it is found in many areas.

Carex rainbowii

Carex rainbowii was described in 2013 by a group of Spanish botanists, having previously been considered an introduced population of Carex sylvatica.

Chrysopsis floridana

The plant is a poor competitor with vigorous species such as saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) and introduced and invasive species such as Natal grass (Melinis repens), and Bahia grass (Paspalum notatum).

Crotalaria avonensis

Other threats to the species include the invasion of non-native plant species such as cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica) and pangolagrass (Digitaria eriantha), dumping of abandoned cars and other garbage, and vandalism.

Cryptantha crinita

Introduced species of plants in the area are also a threat, including red brome (Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens), yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis), and medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae).

Cyanea dunbariae

Threats to the species include its low numbers and limited gene pool, degradation of its habitat by axis deer, and feral pigs, damage to plants by slugs, rats, and birds, and competition by exotic plants such as climbing dayflower (Commelina diffusa), air plant (Kalanchoe pinnata), and castor bean (Ricinus communis).

Cyanea remyi

The habitat is threatened with degradation and destruction by a number of forces, especially feral pigs and exotic plant species such as Chinese ground orchid (Phaius tancarvilleae) and Koster's curse (Clidemia hirta).

Deeringothamnus rugelii

Other threats to the habitat and its plants include exotic plant species such as Bahia grass (Paspalum notatum).

Dracaena draco

Dracaena draco, the Canary Islands dragon tree or drago, is a subtropical tree-like plant in the genus Dracaena, native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira, and locally in western Morocco, and introduced to the Azores.

Furcifer

Additionally, F. pardalis has been introduced to Réunion and Mauritius, while F. oustaleti has been introduced to near Nairobi in Kenya.

Geranium kauaiense

Non-native species of plants also have invaded the habitat, including Juncus planifolius and Andropogon virginicus.

Greater Bird-of-paradise

A small population was introduced by Sir William Ingram in 1909-1912 to Little Tobago Island of West Indies in an attempt to save the species from extinction due to overhunting for plume trades.

Jacquemart Island

Until the Campbell Islands were cleared of introduced rats in 2001, Jacquemart was also the last refuge of the Campbell Snipe, a subspecies of Subantarctic Snipe first discovered in 1997 and described in 2009.

Kadua parvula

Threats to the plant include habitat degradation and destruction by feral pigs and goats and non-native plants such as Ageratina riparia, Erigeron karvinskianus, Grevillea robusta, Melinis minutiflora, Rubus argutus, and Schinus terebinthifolius.

Lidth's Jay

Today it is threatened by introduced Small Indian Mongooses, which were brought to its range to control the venomous Okinawa pit viper.

Lilium rubescens

This plant is threatened by a number of factors, including development, logging, non-native species, road maintenance, and horticultural collecting of the bulbs and flowers.

Logfia gallica

It is widely introduced species, that has naturalized in western North America — from southwestern Oregon, throughout California including the Channel Islands, to northwestern Baja California, Mexico.

Luigi Fenaroli

His bequeathed a broad scientific legacy, including a large Herbarium and photographic archive, as well as his family's botanical garden, in the municipality of Tavernola Bergamasca, on the shore of the pre-alpine Lake Iseo, where he grew plants and crops exotic to the Lombardy region.

New World quail

The family ranges from Canada through to southern Brazil, and two species, the California Quail and the Bobwhite Quail, have been successfully introduced to New Zealand.

Peacock blenny

Salaria pavo, the peacock blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in the eastern Atlantic coast from France to Morocco; also in the Mediterranean and Black seas, introduced to the Suez Canal.

Philippine Collared Dove

It has also been introduced into Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, although the population on Guam has been severely reduced by introduced brown tree snakes.

Potential natural vegetation

In Japan Prof. Akira Miyawaki, demonstrated after study that, on the one hand, long supposed "native species" had infact been introduced on account of human intervention since over 1000 years (especially, coniferous being priviledged over deciduous).

Scottish Crossbill

The Scottish Crossbill breeds in the native Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris), Caledonian forests of the Scottish Highlands, but (perhaps surprisingly), often also in forestry plantations of exotic conifers, notably Larch (Larix decidua and L. kaempferi) and Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta).

Southern hairy-nosed wombat

Southern hairy-nosed wombats, along with other wombat species, select native perennial grasses and sedges, but do consume introduced pasture species, forbs, and the leaves of woody shrubs if their favoured food is not available.

Spergularia villosa

It is native to southern South America, and it is known in the southwestern United States and Baja California as an introduced species and casual weed.

Tahr

While the Arabian Tahr of Oman and the Nilgiri Tahr of South India both have small ranges and are considered endangered, the Himalayan Tahr remains relatively widespread in the Himalayas, and has been introduced to the Southern Alps of New Zealand.

White-throated Rail

A flightless subspecies, Dryolimnas cuvieri aldabranus (Aldabra Rail), inhabits Aldabra, while another, D. c. abbotti (Assumption Rail), from Assumption went extinct in the early 20th century due to introduced predators.

Xyris tennesseensis

Proper land management includes the clearing of brush and the removal of exotic plant species such as Nepal grass (Microstegium vimineum).


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Australian painted lady

However, it also feeds on several introduced species, including Capeweed (Arctotheca calendula), Scotch Thistle (Onopordum acanthium), and Lavender (Lavendula officinalis).

Buzz pollination

In Australia, as bumblebees are not native, and Australia has a number of widely publicised environmental disasters caused by escaped introduced species ("feral species"), research is under way to adapt the use of the Australian native, Blue Banded Bees, for the same task.

California Coastal Conservancy

The Invasive Spartina Project is a coordinated regional effort among local, state and federal organizations dedicated to preserving California's extraordinary coastal biological resources through the elimination of introduced species of Spartina.

Euglandina rosea

However, the introduced species also vigorously attacked the indigenous O'ahu tree snail.

Hands Like Houses

On 6 June 2013, the band announced via their Facebook account that their sophomore album, titled Unimagine, will be released on 23 July via Rise Records and also, that the album's first single, "Introduced Species", will be released 12 June.

Lagunas de Ruidera

In the waters of the lakes there are also endemic Iberian fishes like the Rutilus lemmingii, Luciobarbus guiraonis, Iberian Barbel, Luciobarbus microcephalus, Squalius pyrenaicus, as well as introduced species, like the Common carp, Northern pike, Largemouth bass and Gambusia holbrooki.

Purple Hairstreak

Both Sessile Oak Quercus petraea and Pendunculate Oak Quercus robur, Britain's two native oaks are used and also some introduced species such as Turkey Oak Quercus cerris and Evergreen oak Quercus ilex.