Chapter 6: Invasive Weeds

6.1 Objectives

Learning Objectives

After completing this chapter, you will be able to:

  • Provide the main characteristic of an invasive plant.
  • Describe the 4 transition stages required for an invasive plant to become established.
  • Explain whether or not agronomic weeds are invasive plants.
  • Define vocabulary words: none

 

an entire wetland area filled with purple loosestrife
Figure 2.  Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria L.) has spread from cultivation into wetlands where it often totally replaces communities of native plants. Image from Randy Westbrooks, Invasive Plant Control, Inc., Bugwood.org.

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