{"id":57,"date":"2016-01-28T10:13:57","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T15:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/blog1\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2024-06-09T23:32:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T03:32:59","slug":"what-is-an-invasive-species","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/?page_id=57","title":{"rendered":"What is an Invasive Species?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">Executive Order 13112 defines an invasive species as &#8220;an alien species whose introduction does or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health.&#8221; The National Invasive Species Management Plan (NISMP) further defines an invasive species as &#8220;a species that is non-native to the ecosystem under consideration and whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><span style=\"line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">[Invasive Species Definition Clarification and Guidance White Paper, Submitted by the Definitions Subcommittee of the Invasive Species Advisory Committee (ISAC), approved by ISAC April 27, 2006 ]<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">For more information:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov\/index.shtml\" type=\"1\">National Invasive Species Information Center<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why are invasive species &#8220;bad&#8221;?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"line-height: normal; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;\">Reduce native diversity by competing for resources, such as space, sunlight, water and minerals.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"line-height: normal; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;\">Alter soil conditions by secreting chemicals that inhibit the germination or growth of other species<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"line-height: normal; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;\">Alter nutrient cycling by changing the amount, composition, or rate of decay of leaf litter.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"line-height: normal; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;\">May hybridize with native species.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"line-height: normal; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;\">Disrupt natural communities and change habitat structure for other organisms such as birds, mammals, turtles, fish and frogs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\"><strong>Voluntary Codes of Conduct for the Gardening Public&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ask for only non-invasive species when you acquire plants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seek information on what species are invasive in your area<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do not trade plants if you know they are species with invasive characteristics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Request that nurseries promote, display and sell only non-invasive species<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Help educate your community and other gardeners<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seek the best information on control of invasive plant species and organize neighborhood work groups to remove invasive plants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Volunteer at gardens and natural areas to assist ongoing efforts to diminish the threat of invasive species<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participate in early warning systems by reporting invasive species your observe in your area<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Executive Order 13112 defines an invasive species as &#8220;an alien species whose introduction does or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health.&#8221; The National Invasive Species Management Plan (NISMP) further defines an invasive species as &#8220;a species that is non-native to the ecosystem under consideration and whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health.&#8221; [Invasive Species Definition Clarification and Guidance White Paper, Submitted by the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/?page_id=57\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-57","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2249,"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions\/2249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/delawareinvasives.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}