Global checklist of Invasive Woody Plants

Invasive Woody Plants - World Species List

Introduction

Species Accounts

Species List

Publications

Manuscripts

Invasive Woody Plants

Tree Autecology and Biology

Temperate Forest Ecology

Tropical Forest Ecology

Invasive woody plant species are listed according to life form and degree of invasiveness (DI). The information included below has been extracted from a more extensive database and the data was originally derived from over two thousand published papers, reports, floras and books.

This list is far from complete and is complementary to that of weedy plants produced by Rod Randall.

Life form: sS = sub-shrub, S = shrub, sT = tree (5-15 m tall), T = tree (> 15 m tall), V = vine

Degree of invasiveness (DI), each species was scored as follows (in case of two or more invasive events, the highest score was used):

Introduced species recorded as possibly/potentially invasive are locally regenerating but the extent of spread is not known or is limited. Moderately invasive species are spreading but still occur at low densities and are not considered an immediate problem. Highly invasive species have become dominant or co-dominant in the invaded region and are considered a threat to the native flora and ecosystem.