Invasive alien plants: new information on the EPPO website
The EPPO webpage on invasive alien plants has been updated with information on alien species that were the object of a summary on previous issues of the Reporting Service, although they were not added to the Alert List. Mini data sheets can now be found for the following species:
- Alternanthera pungens
- Alternanthera sessilis
- Asparagus asparagoides
- Cotula coronopifolia
- Eragrostis curvula
- Spirea spp.
- Rudbeckia laciniata
http://www.eppo.org/QUARANTINE/ias_plants.htm
Furthermore, a new webpage is now dedicated to the study by the EPPO Secretariat on the risks presented by the imports of aquatic plants into the EPPO region.
Sources
EPPO Secretariat (2009-10).