3rd May 2024 (14 Topics)
Exotic Plant Species
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According to a study, removing alien plants from forested areas will assist ensure that wild elephants at Munnar'sChinnakkanal have food.
What are Invasive species?
- An organism that is not native or indigenous to a certain location is referred to as an invasive species.
- Pathways: Oceangoing ships' ballast water, purposeful and inadvertent discharges of aquaculture species, aquarium specimens or bait, and other methods can all introduce an invasive species into a new location.
- The majority of food crops cultivated in the US, such as popular types of rice, tomatoes, and wheat, are not indigenous to the area.
- A species needs to be able to readily adapt to its new environment in order to qualify as invasive.
- It needs to proliferate rapidly.
- It has to damage property.
List of invasive flora and fauna in India
|
Name |
State / Region |
Native to |
|
African apple snail |
Andaman and Nicobar |
|
|
Papaya Mealy Bug |
Assam |
Mexico and Central America, |
|
Cotton Mealy Bug |
Deccan |
North America |
|
Amazon sailfin catfish |
West Bengal |
|
|
Black Wattle |
Western Ghats |
South East Australia |
|
Water Hyacinth |
It is found throughout India |
Tropical America |
|
Black Mimosa |
Himalaya, Western Ghats |
Tropical North America |
|
Parthenium/ Congress grass, Parthenium |
It is found throughout India |
Tropical North America |
|
Cannibal Snail / Rosy wolf snail |
– |
Native to the southeastern United States. |
|
Indian Bullfrog |
Andaman and Nicobar |
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan |
|
Lantana camara |
In the Bandipur National Park, Karnataka |
South America |
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