NKShootSS wrote:
Great to know, hard to keep up with. Asian Honeysuckle, Garlic Mustard (terrible here in WI) Kudzu, Zebra mussels. I never hear if other countries have a global invasive species problem with imports from the US.
Oh heavens yes. Just doesn't make the news here. Some of the worst are raccoons, grey squirrels, Colorado potato beetle and large mouth bass. And we have some great legacy items from past history including syphilis and, do we consider tobacco. Many invasive species are deliberately transferred. Kudzu was deliberate. Autumn Olive was deliberate because it grew and spread so rapidly it could help prevent soil erosion. It's one of the stupidest human behaviors that we continue to repeat.