INVASIVE SPECIES PROJECT BY JAIDEN HUNTINGTON AND HARPER

INVASIVE SPECIES PROJECT BY: JAIDEN HUNTINGTON AND HARPER SMITH

GIANT HOGWEED (NY) origin: Caucasus Mountains How it arrived here: it was an ornamental garden plant. What organism it bumped out: Impact on environment: impact on wildlife and human health with direct skin contact. Methods of control: physically-dig it out to remove all the roots. /chemically -glyphosate, triclopyr are chemicals to spray directly on the plant.

KUDZU(NY) ORIGIN: ASIA HOW IT ARRIVED HERE: THEY WERE BROUGHT AS CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION. WHEN COTTON CROPS FAILED FARMERS ABANDONED THEIR FARMS AND THE PLANT SPREAD ACROSS PHILADELPHIA. WHAT ORGANISM IT BUMPED OUT: ALL PLANS IN THE WAY OF ITS PATH. IMPACTS ON ENVIRONMENT: TERRIBLE FOR ECOSYSTEM BECAUSE IT KILLS ALL PLANTS IN ITS WAY. METHODS OF CONTROL: CUTTING, GRAZING, DIGGING, DISKING, AND BURNING.

EURASIAN BOAR(NY) WHERE DID IT COME FROM: EUROPE HOW DID THEY GET HERE: ORIGINALLY BROUGHT OVER FOOD SOURCE AND PETS WHAT ANIMAL DID IT BUMP OUT: WILD PIGS IMPACT ON ECONOMY: RUIN ENVIRONMENT AND DESTROY HOMES AND LANDS

SLENDER FALSE BROME (NY) ORIGIN: EUROPE, ASIA, AND NORTH AFRICA, HOW IT ARRIVED HERE: THE SEEDS CAN BE TRANSFERRED BY BIKE TREAD OR EVEN SHOES TREAD WHAT ORGANISM IT BUMPED OUT: NATIVE VEGETATION PLANTS IMPACT ON ECONOMY: IT CAN HARM POPULATIONS OF MAMMALS, INSECTS, LIZARDS AND SNAKES AND EVEN SONG BIRDS BY ALTERING FOOD SOURCES.

SIREX WOOD WASP (NY) ORIGIN: EURASIA HOW IT ARRIVED HERE: SHIPMENTS OF PINE WHAT ORGANISM IT BUMPED OUT: IMPACT ON ECONOMY: FEEDS ON HEALTHY PINE TREES AND SERVES AS A VECTOR FOR A FUNGUS THAT KILLS PINE TREES

GYPSY MOTH(NY) ORIGIN: EURASIA HOW IT ARRIVED HERE: ESCAPED IN MASSACHUSETTS NEIGHBORHOODS WHAT ORGANISM IT BUMPED OUT: WILD MOTHS IMPACT ON ECONOMY : DEFOLIATE TREES, LEAVING TREES VULNERABLE TO DISEASES AND OTHER PESTS, WHICH MAY LEAD TO TREE MORTALITY.

EMERALD ASH BORE (NY) ORIGIN: EASTERN RUSSIA, JAPAN, NORTHERN CHINA, AND KOREA HOW IT ARRIVED HERE: FIRE WOOD WAS SHIPPED WHAT ORGANISM IT BUMPED OUT: ASH TREES IMPACT ON ECONOMY: ATTACK OVER ASH TREES

NUTRIA ORIGIN: SOUTH AMERICA HOW IT ARRIVED HERE: IMPORTED FOR FUR THEN ESCAPED WHAT ORGANISM IT BUMPED OUT: RIVER BEAVERS IMPACT ON ECONOMY : DAMAGES VEGETATION AND DESTROYS HABITAT IN WETLANDS

ASIAN CARP ORIGIN: ASIA HOW IT ARRIVED HERE: FLOODING AND ACCIDENTAL RELEASES IN THE MISSISSIPPI WHAT ORGANISM IT BUMPED OUT: NATIVE FISH IMPACT ON ECONOMY : CAUSES SERIOUS DAMAGE TO NATIVE FISH https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=_LJBt 92 ch YY

EUROPEAN STARLING ORIGIN: EUROPEAN HOW IT ARRIVED HERE: SYCO WHO BROUGHT ALL BIRDS FROM SHAKESPEARE TO THE PARK WHAT ORGANISM IT BUMPED OUT: ANY SPECIES AND NATIVE TO THE HEMLOCK IMPACT ON ECONOMY: DESTROYS CROPS AND FARM LAND

LION FISH ORIGIN: INDO-PACIFIC HOW IT ARRIVED HERE: UNLEASHED FROM AN AQUARIUM WHAT ORGANISM IT BUMPED OUT: NATIVE CRUSTACEANS AND FISH IMPACT ON ECONOMY : KILLS OF ALL PLANT AND ANIMALS https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=I_ev. Qd. B 3 AJ 8

SMALL INDIAN MONGOOSE ORIGIN: INDIA HOW IT ARRIVED HERE: INTRODUCED TO EAT RATS WHAT ORGANISM IT BUMPED OUT: RATS AND RODENTS IMPACT ON ECONOMY: KEPT RATS FROM OVER EATING THE SUGAR KANE HTTPS: //WWW. YOUTUBE. COM/WATCH? V=_LJBT 92 CHYY THIS IS A BLOWING UP INVASIVE PIGS

ASIAN LONG HORNED BEETLE ORIGIN: ASIA HOW IT ARRIVED HERE: WOOD PACKAGING CRATES AND PALLETS WHAT ORGANISM IT BUMPED OUT: TREES IMPACT ON ECONOMY: KILLING THE OXYGEN WE NEED FROM TREES https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=cb 9 f. UVZCLh. Q

BROWN TREE SNAKE ORIGIN: GUAM HOW IT ARRIVED HERE: MISTAKEN FOR THE PYTHON WHAT ORGANISM IT BUMPED OUT: NATIVE BIRDS LIZARD SPECIES WHO LIVED IN TREES IMPACT ON ECONOMY: ATTACKS ON CHILDREN AND LIFE IN THE FOREST

AMERICAN MINK ORIGIN: EUROPEAN HOW IT ARRIVED HERE: USED FOR FUR WHAT ORGANISM IT BUMPED OUT: MUSKRAT OR OVERPOPULATED INSECTS IMPACT ON ECONOMY : HELPS KEEP INSECTS AND OVERPOPULATED SPECIES