A #citizenscience project for #gardeners reporting ornamental #plants from inside #gardens, that may be at risk to spread outside.
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📢PEST ALERT: addition of Ambrosia grayi to the EPPO Alert List
In the EPPO region, this plant is currently confined to a small area in Israel. The EPPO Panel on Invasive Alien Plants are seeking info on additional occurrences and impacts
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ALT a slide where it is written Addition to the EPPO Alert List Ambrosia grayi Invasive plant: woollyleaf burr ragweed Originating in North America, transient in Israel with a photo of Ambrosia grayi
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19 Apr 2024
No surprise, bamboo is also frequently reported on Plant Alert, just a shame it is so difficult to identify the species.
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25 Jan 2024
It was great to have the opportunity (albeit as a recording not in beautiful Galway) to share my #GardenEscapers experiences at the #GalwayLandscapersSymposium incl. #BePlantWise and @Plant_Alert #PublicEngagement #SciComm #InvasiveSpecies Diolch | Thanks
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8 Dec 2023
UK bans giant rhubarb after study finds popular garden plant is invasive species theguardian.com/environment/…
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24 Nov 2023
If you have an ornamental plant in your garden that is spreading uncontrollably report it via Plant Alert 👉 plantalert.org/
These reports inform risk assessments of various ornamental species which help to advise gardeners and nurseries on problem plants 🌿
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25 Nov 2023
‼️New study‼️Delighted to have my first #PhD chapter published 🙂 Looking at how #gardeners define and understand the term #invasive based on #PublicEngagement at the #RHSChelsea Flower Show 👇👇 #OpenAccess sciencedirect.com/science/ar… [1/n]
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3 Nov 2023
‘Margaret Bradshaw has spent decades studying Teesdale – and is fighting to preserve its unique mix of plants.’ Just keep going’: the horse-riding 97-year-old botanist battling for England’s wildflowers theguardian.com/environment/…
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1 Nov 2023
#InvasivePlants like montbretia can:
- cause devastating environmental impacts🌍
- be extremely costly to control 💰
- interfere with our health and way of life ❌
#BePlantWise and dispose of your garden waste responsibly to prevent their spread nonnativespecies.org/beplant…
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2 Nov 2023
Also one of the most reported species from gardens in plantalert.org as difficult to get rid off.
1 Nov 2023
Himalayan Honeysuckle Leycesteria formosa, a 'Medium Impact' invasive species of woodland and hedges. Once planted for pheasants, birds love it-and spread it! Its nectar is so tasty, bees may pollinate it in preference to native species. @BSBIbotany @NPWSIreland #invasivespecies
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11 Sep 2023
Tune in at 13:48 minutes to hear @TomosJones92 talking about invasive species and plantalert.org as an effective prevention tool:
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001qb…
@BSBIbotany @BSBIscience
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12 Aug 2023
The dumping of garden waste is one of the main ways that non-native plants get established in the wild (from root fragments, bulbs, bulbils, seeds). Some become invasive so gardeners please don’t do it @Plant_Alert @Love_plants
12 Aug 2023
Look at this shit mind ,just came out and as I did there was a bloke talking to another resident,one had a weel Barrow of garden waste going in to dump it ,sighns up as you go in saying don't dump your garden waste, I wanted to say something but when I loose my shit I rev big.
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10 Aug 2023
Also one of the most frequently reported plants in gardens on Plant Alert. Seems difficult to control.
10 Aug 2023
Unusual monocultures. This pernicious invader is Green Alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens, Boraginaceae). In Silwood Park and other parts of East Berkshire it eliminates all the many native species that previously occupied this habitat (lightly-shaded banks). But it's OK for bees
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12 Jun 2023
Join #WaREN @North_Wales_WT and @coedceltaidd at this practical workshop to explore and test methods of recording the impacts of #InvasiveSpecies on #WorldRainforestDay It’s FREE but please register👇👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/become-a-…
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2 Aug 2020
Chilean Mrytle (Luma apiculata) in flower with its distinctive orange-barked trunks in the background. This invasive tree has naturalised along the south coast of Ireland (Kerry to Wexford) but we have more-or-less eradicated it from the Nature Reserve. #wildflowerhour
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4 Jun 2023
Rosa rugosa is a well known invasive mainly in coastal areas, but was nevertheless recommended in Friday's @GWandShows by @TobyBuckland #BePlantWise #GWInvasivesWatch. Better than to plant it, help to record its impacts ⬇️⬇️
16 May 2023
New project: are you interested in impacts of invasive plants outside gardens? Join this project testing citizen science to record impacts of invasive species:
northwaleswildlifetrust.org.…
#InvasiveSpeciesWeek #citizenscience
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18 May 2023
Are you interested in #CitizenScience? @North_Wales_WT and @CoventryCAWR are looking for people across Great Britain to join an exciting @NERCscience funded project sampling invasive species! All you need to know is on this link 👉bit.ly/43a24cz
#InvasiveSpeciesWeek
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16 May 2023
Are you interested in #CitizenScience? Help us better understand the impacts of #invasive plants! Join this project between @CoventryCAWR and @North_Wales_WT 👉 northwaleswildlifetrust.org.… #InvasiveSpeciesWeek #INNSWeek Project funded by @NERCscience
16 May 2023
New project, check it & get involved ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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16 May 2023
New project: are you interested in impacts of invasive plants outside gardens? Join this project testing citizen science to record impacts of invasive species:
northwaleswildlifetrust.org.…
#InvasiveSpeciesWeek #citizenscience
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6 Apr 2023
SAVE THE DATE❗️Tuesday 20th June 2023 is our SIG Event!🤩Improving the contribution of invasion science to policy and management📍Llandudno,N. Wales🏴Registration & further info to come - Follow us here & sign up to our mailing list for updates 👀Until then, get it in your diary!
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