Invasive Plants In Your Backyard
An invasive plant is a species non-native to an ecosystem, and whose introduction, whether accidental or intentional, causes harm to the environment, economy or human health.
The suppression of biodiversity in our ecology has an enormous social cost. It results from the extinction of many endangered species, each a part of the web of interdependency in local habitats. Fewer birds. Fewer butterflies. Fewer fragrant flowers on the forest floor.
Connecticut Invasive Plant List
Invasive plants are so successful because they often:
- grow and mature rapidly
- spread quickly
- can flower and/or set seed over a long period of time
- have few known diseases or insects to provide control
- thrive in many habitats
- are difficult to control.
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