Invasive species, also called invasive exotics or simply exotics, is a nomenclature term and categorization phrase used for flora and fauna, and for specific restoration-preservation processes in native habitats, with several definitions.

Invasive species include L. japonica, L. maackii, L. morrowii, and L. tatarica.

Invasive weeds include Mimosa pigra, which covers 800 km² of the Top End, including vast areas of Kakadu, invasive para grass ( Urochloa mutica ) displaces the native food of much of Kakadu's birdlife.

Invasive species include English ivy, European holly, clematis, morning glory, and Himalayan blackberry.

Invasive species that are a problem on sandhills include Cogongrass ( Imperata cylindrica ), Camphor laurels ( Cinnamomum camphora ), and Natal grass ( Melinis repens ).

Invasive species does not include domestic livestock, intentionally planted agronomic crops, or non-harmful exotic organisms ” ( Revised Code of Washington 79A. 25. 310 ).

Invasive species such as zebra mussels have reduced the number of zooplankton in the Great Lakes to such low levels that any hypothetical reintroduction program would seem likely to fail.

Invasive exotics introduced by human activity have also displaced native wildlife including cockroaches and coconut palm.

* Species Profile-Cane Toad ( Bufo marinus ), National Invasive Species Information Center, United States National Agricultural Library.

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Invasive species originated from the Red Sea and introduced into the Mediterranean by the construction of the canal have become a major component of the Mediterranean ecosystem, and have serious impacts on the Mediterranean ecology, endangering many local and endemic Mediterranean species.

" A sea change: exotics in the eastern Mediterranean Sea ", in: Leppäkoski, E., Gollasch, S. and Olenin, S. ( eds ), Invasive aquatic species of Europe: distribution, impacts, and management, Dordrecht ; Boston: Kluwer Academic, ISBN 1-4020-0837-6, p. 325 – 336

* Species Profile-Japanese Knotweed ( Fallopia japonica ), National Invasive Species Information Center, United States National Agricultural Library.

* Species Profile-West Nile Virus ( Flavivirus ), National Invasive Species Information Center, United States National Agricultural Library.

In botanical and zoological ecoregions and habitats Invasive species can colonize, become the dominant or monotypic species, replacing indigenous or native ones due to lack of natural controls.

Invasive California poppies ( Eschscholzia californica Cham.

* Species Profile-Wild Boar ( Sus scrofa ), National Invasive Species Information Center, United States National Agricultural Library.

* Species Profile-Johnsongrass ( Sorghum halepense ), National Invasive Species Information Center, United States National Agricultural Library.

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C. peltata has been nominated as one of the “ 100 of the World ’ s Worst Invasive Alien Species ” by the Global Invasive Species Database.

All of the earliest chordate fossils have been found in the Early Cambrian Chengjiang fauna, and include two species that are regarded as fish, which implies they are vertebrates.

Famous formations from North America include the rich marine fossils of Kansas's Smoky Hill Chalk Member and the terrestrial fauna of the late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation.

Some examples of modern extinctions of " charismatic " mammal fauna include:

Introduced fauna by humans include rats and goats, which castaway Alexander Selkirk survived on during his four year stay from 1705 to 1709 ; his travails provided the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe.

Other fauna present in New Mexico include black bears, cougars, coyotes, porcupines, skunks, Mexican gray wolves, deer, elk, plains bison, collared peccary, bighorn sheep, squirrels, chipmunks, pronghorn, western diamondback, kangaroo rat, jackrabbit and a multitude of other birds, reptiles, and rodents.

* Flora and fauna nomenclatures include the word nigger.

Other associated fauna include the larvae of moths ( such as the Dryandra Moth ) and weevils, which burrow into the " cones " to eat the seeds and pupate in the follicles ; and birds such as cockatoos, who break off the " cones " to eat both the seeds and the insect larvae.

Features include a retired 41-foot US Army Corps of Engineers patrol boat, a 46-seat theater showing continuous DVD presentations on Canal history, Canal flora and fauna, real time radar and camera images of the waterway as well as a variety of interactive exhibits.

These include city streets ( now overgrown with forest flora and fauna ) and a one-room school house.

Desert fauna include the Russian tortoise ( Testudo horsfieldii ) and a large lizard known as the Transcaspian or Desert Monitor ( Varanus griseus ), which can reach lengths of 1. 6 m ( 5 ft ).

Other fossils from the Cretaceous rocks of the Kyzyl Kum include tree trunks, pelecypods, beetles, sharks, rays, bony fish, frogs, salamanders, turtles, crocodylomorphs, pterosaurs, and a varied fauna of small early mammals.

Other common fauna include the Cape Hare ( Lepus capensis ), Egyptian Jackal ( Canis aureus hupstar ), Sand Fox ( Vulpes rueppelli ) and more rarely the Fennec Fox ( Vulpes zerda ).

The environmental movement is broad in scope and can include any topic related to the environment, conservation, and biology, as well as preservation of landscapes, flora, and fauna for a variety of purposes and uses.

Flora and fauna of the region include the normal ecological succession from lowland big leaf maple and western red cedar through Garry oak on up through fire-dependent species such as lodgepole pine and Douglas fir, as well as grand fir, silver fir and other species common to Gifford Pinchot National Forest.

Some species of fauna commonly encountered in the park include the Southern Brown Bandicoot, Tawny Frogmouth, Brown Tree Frog and Shingleback Lizard.

Threatened fauna recorded in the park include the Brush-tailed Phascogale and Spotted Tree-Frog.

Evidence that this region was the Maya " heartland " include its being located near the center of present-day language diversity within the Maya phylum ( and therefore requiring the minimum number of moves to place the languages in their current locations ), the fact that proto-Maya included words for flora and fauna from both highland and lowland areas, and the debatable idea that it is easier for a group of people to spread from a highland region to a lowland one than vice versa.

Other useful garden predators include lacewings, pirate bugs, rove and ground beetles, aphid midge, centipedes, spiders, predatory mites, as well as larger fauna such as frogs, toads, lizards, hedgehogs,

An odd fact since the Åland fauna did not include larger deer, but had the smaller roe deer.

The most popular activities include diving in caverns, observing the underwater fauna and walking along trails in the forest.

Characteristic fauna of the sea include the Weddell Seal.

Notable sights of the city include the Nuestra Señora del Carmen Cathedral, the Government House, the Torelli Botanic Forest Garden, the Provincial History Museum ( Museo Histórico Provincial ), the Estadio Centenario (" Centenary Stadium ") football stadium, the Guaicole fauna reserve, the shore of the Paraguay River, the Isla de Oro Island, and the Central Square named after José de San Martín.

The fauna include: the Asian elephant, tiger, leopard, dhole, gaur, boar, and several species of deer.

They crafted the watercourse to include a steep, forested Ravine – perhaps their greatest masterpiece of landscape architecture – all with significant river edge flora and fauna habitats.

Local fauna include the Natterjack toad and the Sand lizard.