Thursday, 2 May 2013

In the Northeast, forests with entirely native flora are not the norm

Portland OR (SPX) May 02, 2013



Two-thirds of all forest inventory plots in the Northeast and Midwestern United States contain at least one non-native plant species, a new U.S. Forest Service study found. The study across two dozen states from North Dakota to Maine can help land managers pinpoint areas on the landscape where invasive plants might take root.

"We found two-thirds of more than 1,300 plots from our annual fo