EPPO Global Database

EPPO Reporting Service no. 10 - 2009 Num. article: 2009/206

Invasive alien plants: new information on the EPPO website


The EPPO webpage on invasive alien plants has been updated with information on alien species that were the object of a summary on previous issues of the Reporting Service, although they were not added to the Alert List. Mini data sheets can now be found for the following species:
  • Alternanthera pungens
  • Alternanthera sessilis
  • Asparagus asparagoides
  • Cotula coronopifolia
  • Eragrostis curvula
  • Spirea spp.
  • Rudbeckia laciniata
http://www.eppo.org/QUARANTINE/ias_plants.htm

Furthermore, a new webpage is now dedicated to the study by the EPPO Secretariat on the risks presented by the imports of aquatic plants into the EPPO region.

Sources

EPPO Secretariat (2009-10).