Ongoing Projects

› Brief Summary:

The purpose of this project is the prevention of Biodiversity loss due to adverse effects of Invasive Alien Plants. This is when Invasive Alien Plants are transplanted outside their original range, they become free of natural controls like diseases, predators, parasites or climates, which allow them to out-compete and eventually replace more sensitive native species. Not only do they compete with the native for resources, but they also cause loss of habitat and food for wildlife, alter soil structure and chemistry, alter fire regimes and plant succession, harbor plant pathogens and some are capable of hybridizing with native plants, resulting in unnatural changes to a plant’s genetic makeup.