Regional distribution of introduced plant species in the forests of the Northeastern United States

Bethany K. Schulz; W. Keith Moser; Cassandra Olson; Katherine Johnson

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Regional distribution of introduced plant species in the forests of the Northeastern United States

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Authors:

Bethany K. Schulz, W. Keith Moser, Cassandra Olson, Katherine Johnson

Year:

2013

Type:

Book Chapter

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

Source:

In: Potter, Kevin M.; Conkling, Barbara L., eds. 2013. Forest health monitoring: national status, trends, and analysis 2011. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-GTR-185. Asheville, NC: USDA-Forest Service, Southern Research Station: 79-107.

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Abstract

Many plant species have been introduced to the United States by humans since European settlement, sometimes deliberately and sometimes inadvertently, such as in contaminated crop seed or soil. Some species have successfully escaped cultivation and become invasive, spreading and establishing new populations distant from original population centers. Indeed, introduced plant species have forever changed the vegetative landscape of North America.

Parent Publication

Forest health monitoring: national status, trends, and analysis 2011

Citation

Schulz, Beth; Moser, W. Keith; Olson, Cassandra; Johnson, Katherine. 2013. Regional distribution of introduced plant species in the forests if the northeastern United States. In: Potter, K.M.; Conkling, B.L., eds. Forest health monitoring: national status, trends, and analysis 2011. Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-GTR-185. Asheville, NC: U.S. Forest Service, Southern Research Station: 79-107.