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Weeds Gone Wild: Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas
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Weeds Gone Wild: Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas is a web-based project of the Plant Conservation Alliance's Alien Plant Working Group, that provides information for the general public, land managers, researchers, and others on the serious threat and impacts of invasive alien (exotic, non-native) plants to the native flora, fauna, and natural ecosystems of the United States. 

This site provides a compiled national list of invasive plants infesting natural areas throughout the U.S., background information on the problem of invasive species, illustrated fact sheets that include plant descriptions, native range, distribution and habitat in the U.S., management options, suggested alternative native plants, and other information, and selected links to relevant people and organizations.

Participation in the Weeds Gone Wild project is open to anyone interested in getting involved and includes federal, State, and local government agencies, non-governmental organizations, universities, private firms and individuals.  If you are interested in writing a fact sheet or otherwise helping with this project, please write to: Jil Swearingen, Chair, Alien Plant Working Group, 4598 MacArthur Blvd., NW, Washington, DC 20007, or send an e-mail message.  To find out which plant species are in need of fact sheet authors, please check the Scientific Names list in the Plant Lists section.

Fact sheets and other information on this web site may be used (i.e., printed, copied, distributed) for educational purposes without permission, as long as a credit line to the PCA-APWG is included. Materials may not be published or sold. For other intended uses, please contact the APWG Chair.

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Last updated: 10 September 2004