The invasive species war – The Boston Globe When it comes to what we should actually do for the environment, the two sides of this debate might not be quite as far apart as their denunciations of one another might indicate. Just as most ecologists accept that only a fraction of non-native species are harmful, [...]

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Public Affairs: Press Release > September 3, 2008 Biocontrol agents, such as insects, are often released outside of their native ranges to control invasive plants. But scientists in Montana have found that through complex community interactions among deer mice, native plants and seeds, the presence of an introduced fly may exacerbate the effects of the [...]

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Friendly Invaders – NYTimes.com By CARL ZIMMER There are more naturalized invasive plant species in New Zealand than native species. It sounds like the makings of an ecological disaster: an epidemic of invasive species that wipes out the delicate native species in its path. But in a paper published in August in The Proceedings of [...]

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National Invasive Species Information Center What’s New Recent Weed Science Society of America Press Releases: Beetles Help Take a Bite out of one fo the World’s Most Aggressive Weeds (Purple Loosestrife) (Apr 21, 2008; PDF | 181 KB)

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Connecticut – Plant and Resource Lists – Roadside Use of Native Plants – FHWA – Annotated Native Plants for Landscape Use in Connecticut

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