Links to General Sites

 

http://www.invasivespecies.gov 

    Federal programs related to the Executive Order on Invasive Species

        With links to Invasive Species Council and from there to:

        National Invasive Species Management Plan

 

http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/

    Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants

        University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

 

Regulatory invasive plants lists in Florida

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/weeds/ USDA-APHIS Federal Noxious Weed List homepage  96 species - 24 natural areas & aquatic

 

http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/enpp/botany/noxweed.html FL Dept. Agriculture & Consumer Services - Noxious Weed List homepage 67 spp. 19 natural areas & aquatic

 

http://www.dep.state.fl.us/lands/invaspec/index.htm FL Dept. Environmental Protection - Prohibited Aquatic and Wetland Plants homepage 27 spp. all aquatic

 

Advisory invasive plants systems in Florida

http://www.fleppc.org/Plantlist/list.htm Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council (FLEPPC) - Invasive Plant List homepage: Precautionary for species already in Florida.   2005 list - 67 species in Category I harmful invaders of natural areas; 66 species in Category II - spreading

 

http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/assessment.html IFAS Assessment of the Status of Non-Native Plants in Florida’s Natural Areas homepage.  Criteria-based with documented evidence leading to four Conclusions.  237 spp. listed 77 of which are prohibited or invasive.   Zone difference for 60% of spp., 16% zones incomplete, time-consuming process

 

Prediction for prevention

http://www.affa.gov.au/content/output.cfm?ObjectID=D2C48F86-BA1A-11A1-A2200060B0A04014 (copy and paste in browser if hyperlink fails)   Australian Weed Risk Assessment: 49 questions with Yes or No or Don’t know; minimum of 10 can be answered (some from each of three sections: history; biology; ecology). Can be combined with climate analysis.

http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/daehler/wra/ Australian WRA adapted for use in Hawaii and Pacific Islands

More general sites

http://www.wws.princeton.edu/~ota/disk1/1993/9325_n.html

    Invasive species in the US

       Office of Technology Assessment Report 1993

 

http://invasions.bio.utk.edu/

    Institute of Invasions

        Various species featured

 

http://fleppc.org/websites.htm

    Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council’s Web Links

 

http://www.fleppc.org/ID_book.htm
    Identification and Biology of Non-Native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas 

 

http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/index.htm

    Weeds Gone Wild

        Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas

 

http://plants.usda.gov/
    Plants Database—can search by common or scientific name

 

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/er/invasive/index.htm

    Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

        Ecologically Invasive Species

 

http://vnps.org/invasive.html

    The Virginia Native Plant Society
        Conserving Wild Flowers and Wild Places

            Invasive Alien Plant Species in Virginia

 

http://www.state.va.us/~dcr/dnh/invlist.htm
    Invasive Alien Plant Species of Virginia

 

http://farrer.riv.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/APOL16/dec99-2.html
    Weeds - The Silent Invaders
        Australian Plants Online

 

http://florawww.eeb.uconn.edu/

    Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Conservatory

        Family Index Menu

 

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/

    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

 

http://www.science.siu.edu/plant-biology/plb545/spring-96/exot.htm
    Exotics of the Cache River

        Dept. of Plant Biology
            Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

 

http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/edu/VMG/VMG.html
    Vegetation Management Guideline

 

http://pestdata.ncsu.edu/CropProfiles/
Crop Profiles Database

 

http://endeavor.des.ucdavis.edu/weeds/
California Noxious Weed Control Projects Inventory

 

http://invader.dbs.umt.edu/
Invaders Database System (University of Montana)

 

http://bonap.org/
The Biota of North America Program (North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina)

 

http://ceris.purdue.edu/napis/
National Agricultural Pest Information System (NAPIS)

 

http://www.exoticforestpests.org/
Exotic Forest Pest Information System for North America