More than 13,000 foreign plant species became alien invaders around the world, says study

Japanese knotweed in Britain, Scottish gorse in New Zealand and European brambles in the Pacific islands are just some of the 13,168 species of foreign plants that have become alien invaders around the world, according to the first global survey of non-native flora.

Source: The Independent - Science - August 19, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news