Asparagus asparagoides(ASPAS)
Distribution details in France
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2012: Present, no details
Present in Var and Alpes-Maritimes since the 1970s.
Alziar & Salanon (1996) consider the species as invasive in the Var department in Mont Boron (near Nice) and in the Esterel mountain range although its behaviour there seems less invasive.
Henri Michaud (Conservatoire Botanique National Méditerranéen, pers. com., 2013) reports that the species is present from Toulon to the Italian border in the most thermophile areas, which receive at least moderate rainfalls. The species displays an invasive behaviour around habitations (as for example in Monts Alba and Boron situtated in between Nice and Villefranche-sur-Mer), as well as in areas moderately degraded by human activities. It has also been observed in undisturbed littoral Mediterranean scrub and thickets, but these remain situatied near habitations. Once established, the species remains in an area. For example, it is present since 1925 in the St-Jean rock in Hyères. The species forms stands that may outcompete other species, but so far, in the St-Jean rocks, species considered as fragile such as Convolvulus siculus and Lamarckia aurea are still present despite Asparagus asparagoides being abundant there.
Alziar & Salanon (1996) consider the species as invasive in the Var department in Mont Boron (near Nice) and in the Esterel mountain range although its behaviour there seems less invasive.
Henri Michaud (Conservatoire Botanique National Méditerranéen, pers. com., 2013) reports that the species is present from Toulon to the Italian border in the most thermophile areas, which receive at least moderate rainfalls. The species displays an invasive behaviour around habitations (as for example in Monts Alba and Boron situtated in between Nice and Villefranche-sur-Mer), as well as in areas moderately degraded by human activities. It has also been observed in undisturbed littoral Mediterranean scrub and thickets, but these remain situatied near habitations. Once established, the species remains in an area. For example, it is present since 1925 in the St-Jean rock in Hyères. The species forms stands that may outcompete other species, but so far, in the St-Jean rocks, species considered as fragile such as Convolvulus siculus and Lamarckia aurea are still present despite Asparagus asparagoides being abundant there.
Alziar G & Salanon R (1996) Pourquoi certaines plantes deviennent-elles envahissantes ? Quelques exemples pris dans la flore allochtone des Alpes-Maritimes. Collection “Plantes introduites – Plantes envahissantes”, Nice 8-11 octobre 1996. Résumé.
* SILENE (2013) Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce. Conservatoire Botanique National Méditerranéen de Porquerolles, Conservatoire Botanique National Alpin
http://flore.silene.eu/index.php?cont=accueil
* SILENE (2013) Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce. Conservatoire Botanique National Méditerranéen de Porquerolles, Conservatoire Botanique National Alpin
http://flore.silene.eu/index.php?cont=accueil
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | Present, no details | ||
| Italy | Sardegna | Absent, no pest record | |
| Italy | Sicilia | Present, no details | |
| Spain | Islas Canárias | Present, no details | |
| Spain | Present, no details |