EPPO Global Database

Baccharis spicata(BACSP)

Distribution details in Portugal

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2015
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2017/070) : two naturalized populations were recorded for the first time in September 2015 around the city Porto (Vila do Conde and Matosinhos).

EPPO Reporting Service (2019/047) : found naturalised in the province of Douro Litoral.
References
* Domingues de Almeida J (2018) New additions to the exotic vascular flora of continental Portugal. Flora Mediterranea 28, 259-278.

* Verloove F, Dana ED, Alves P (2017) Baccharis spicata (Asteraceae), a new potentially invasive species to Europe. Plant Biosystems http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2017.1303001