Invasive Woody Plants

Introduction

Species List

Publications

Manuscripts

Invasive Woody Plants

Tree Autecology and Biology

Temperate Forest Ecology

Tropical Forest Ecology

A long-term investigations of invasive woody plant was instigated in the late 1980s. This worldwide search of invasive events and associated literature has resulted in the collection of a extensive amount of information. Due to money constraints and a general lack of resources much of this information has yet to be fully collated, although six databases already exist.

Some preliminary information is nevertheless available in the following form:

Overview of invasive woody plants in the tropics (PDF format)
The text can be downloaded in 6 main sections as Rich Text Format (file size given in parenthesis):

Section 1	Title page, Table of contents, Summary and Introduction (16k)
Section 2	Overview of invasive woody plants and their comparative analysis (155k)
Section 3	Invasive woody plants in the tropics (89k)
Section 4	Provisional list of woody plant species invasive in the tropics (96k)
Section 5	Case histories of highly invasive woody species in the tropics (256k)
Section 6	Acknowledgements and bibliography (29k)

Species accounts of a number of invasive woody plants in the tropics and the temperate zone.

Acacia nilotica	Lantana camara	Pinus patula
Acer pseudoplatanus	Leucaena leucocephala	Pittosporum undulatum
Buddleja davidii	Maesopsis eminii	Psidium guajava
Casuarina equisetifolia	Melaleuca quinquenervia	Pyrostegia venusta
Cecropia peltata	Miconia calvescens	Rubus spectabilis
Chromolaena odorata	Mimosa pigra	Schinus terebinthifolius
Clidemia hirta	Myrica faya	Syzygium jambos
Hippophae rhamnoides	Passiflora mollissima	Ulex europaeus

Crop Protection Compendium species data sheets:

Acer negundo	Clidemia hirta	Hedera helix
Lantana camara	Mimosa pigra	Morella faya
Pteridium aquilinum	Syzygium jambos

Links and key references are given for other species.

A rated world list of invasive woody plants
The ecology of invasive plants have been investigated in Ireland, the East Usambaras (East Africa), Ethiopia, Jamaica, Madagascar and Pitcairn Island (Pacific).
Ecology of Acer pseudoplatanus, Maesopsis eminii and Syzygium jambos
Invasion of sand dunes in Ireland.
Overview of invasive woody plants in the tropics

Key Links

Tropical invasive woody plants (Bangor)
Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP)
Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG)
University of Hawaii
HEAR (Hawaii)
South Africa
Working for Water Programme

Monotypic stand Selaginella sp. in the East Usambaras (Tanzania).

Invasive woody plants in Ireland. Clump of Rubus spectabilis (light green foliage) in a stand of Rhododendron ponticum (pink flowers) with native Salix in the background. (30437 bytes)

Pyrostegia venusta climbing on Maesopsis eminii in the East Usambaras (Tanzania). (13572 bytes)