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EXOTIC SPECIES PROJECT

Exotic Species

Wanted Dead or Alive

Also known as: Invasive Species, Nonindigenous Species, Non-native Species, Introduced Species,

Background Information: Go to the Environmental Literacy Council’s web page and read their information on Non-native Species:

Choose Four Species:Listed below are species that have been identified as being invasive. Most of these are located in the eastern part of the United States. The list is subdivided into the type of species. You are to pick four species – no more than one from each of the groups. For example, you can only pick one plant, one animal, one aquatic plant, etc.

Aquatic Plants
Alligatorweed (Alternanthera philoxeroides)
Brazilian Waterweed (Egeria densa)
Caulerpa, Mediterranean Clone (Caulerpa taxifolia)
Common Reed (Phragmites australis)
Eurasian Watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)
Didymo (Didymosphenia geminata)
Giant Reed (Arundo donax)
Giant Salvinia (Salvinia molesta)
Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata)
Melaleuca (Melaleuca quinquenervia)
Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
Water Chestnut (Trapa natans)
Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)
Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes)
Water Spinach (Ipomoea aquatica)

Aquatic Animals
Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)
Asian Carps
Asian Swamp Eel (Monopterus albus)
Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
Chinese Mitten Crab (Eriocheir sinensis)
Clubbed Tunicate (Styela clava)
Eurasian Ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus)
European Green Crab (Carcinus maenas)
Flathead Catfish (Pylodictus olivaris)
Lionfish (Pterois volitans)
Northern Snakehead (Channa argus)
New Zealand Mud Snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum)
Nutria (Myocastor coypus)
Quagga Mussel (Dreissena bugensis)
Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus)
Rusty Crayfish (Orconectes rusticus)
Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)
Sea Squirt (Didemnum vexillum)
Spiny Water Flea (Bythotrephes longimanus)
Veined Rapa Whelk (Rapana venosa)
Zebra Mussel (Dreissena polymorpha)
Plants
Air Potato (Dioscorea bulbifera)
Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus umbellata)
Beach Vitex (Vitex rotundifolia)
Brazilian Peppertree (Schinus terebinthifolius)
Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense)
Chinese Tallow (Triadica sebifera)
Cogongrass (Imperatacylindrica)
Common Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)
Dalmatian Toadflax (Linaria dalmatica)
Diffuse Knapweed (Centaurea diffusa)
Downy Brome (Bromus tectorum)
Fig Buttercup (Ranunculus ficaria)
Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum)
Hairy Whitetop (Lepidium appelianum)
Houndstongue (Cynoglossum officinale)
Japanese Climbing Fern (Lygodium japonicum)
Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica)
Japanese Spiraea (Spiraea japonica)
Japanese Stilt Grass (Microstegium vimineum)
Johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense)
Kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata)
Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia esula)
Medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae)
Mile-A-Minute Weed (Persicaria perfoliata)
Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora)
Musk Thistle (Carduus nutans)
Old World Climbing Fern (Lygodium microphyllum)
Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus)
Princess Tree (Paulownia tomentosa)
Purple Star Thistle (Centaurea calcitrapa)
Quackgrass (Elymus repens)
Russian Knapweed (Rhaponticum repens)
Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia)
Saltcedar (Tamarix spp.)
St. Johnswort (Hypericum perforatum)
Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius)
Scotch Thistle (Onopordum acanthium)
Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea stoebe)
Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
Tropical Soda Apple (Solanum viarum)
Whitetop (Lepidium draba)
Witchweed (Striga asiatica)
Yellow Star Thistle (Centaurea solstitialis)
Yellow Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris)
Invertebrate Species
Africanized Honeybee (Apis mellifera scutellata)
Asian Citrus Psyllid (Diaphorina citri)
Asian Long-Horned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)
Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus)
Cactus Moth (Cactoblastis cactorum)
Chillip Thrips (Scirtothrips dorsalis)
Citrus Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora chinensis)
Common Pine Shoot Beetle (Tomicus piniperda)
Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis)
European Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar)
European Spruce Bark Beetle (Ips typographus)
Formosan Subterranean Termite (Coptotermes formosanus)
Giant African Snail (Achatina fulica)
Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter (Homalodisca coagulata)
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae)
Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)
Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Ceratitis capitata)
Mexican Fruit Fly (Anastrepha ludens)
Pink Hibiscus Mealybug (Maconellicoccus hirsutus)
Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta)
Russian Wheat Aphid (Diuraphis noxia)
Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemisia argentifolii)
Sirex Woodwasp (Sirex noctilio)
Soybean Cyst Nematode (Heterodera glycines)
Vertebrate Species
Brown Tree Snake (Boiga irregularis)
Cane Toad (Bufo marinus)
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Wild Boar (Sus scrofa)
Animal Pathogens
Avian Influenza (Orthomyxoviridae)
Exotic Newcastle Disease (Paramyxovirus)
Fowlpox (Avipoxvirus)
Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (Novirhabdovirus)
West Nile Virus (Flavivirus)
Whirling Disease (Myxobolus cerebralis)
White-Nose Syndrome
Plant Pathogens
Citrus Canker (Xanthomonas axonopodis)
Citrus Greening (Liberibacter asiaticus)
Dogwood Anthracnose (Discula destructiva)
Dutch Elm Disease (Ophiostoma ulmi and Ophiostoma novo-ulmi)
Gladiolus Rust (Uromyces transversalis)
Late Blight (Phytophthora infestans))
Laurel Wilt (Raffaelea lauricola)
Plum Pox (Potyviruses: Potyviridae)
Southern Bacterial Wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum)
Soybean Rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi, Phakopsora meibomiae)
Sudden Oak Death (Phytophthora ramorum)
White Pine Blister Rust (Cronartium ribicola)

The product:

  1. A “Wanted” poster for EACH of your species. Must be “poster” size (22x28) and you can divide the poster into four to contain the four species you selected. Make some form of dividing line to separate your four wanted posters. On your poster you must include:

NAME / ALSO KNOWN AS (latin name / common name / “criminal” name)

PICTURE – a drawing or photograph (color would be nice)

IDENTIFYING CHARACTERISTICS – key features to look for when identifying the criminal

LAST SEEN – where did the species originally come from? include a map.

SUSPECTED HIDEOUTS - include a map of the U.S. with its current distribution shaded; description of preferred habitat

CRIMES COMMITTED by your species (crimes must be specific to your species and not general to all invasive species)

REWARD for elimination of your species (think ecologically, economically, socially, politically – again, be specific for your species)

Color, neatness, and creativity

  1. Bibliography -- list of internet sites /web addresses OR appropriate bibliographic information
  1. Presentation - you will share the information on your species with the class in a brief oral presentation (2-3 minutes). When planning your presentation, keep in mind all of the concepts we have studied in this unit that relate to the topic and try to tie them in. In other words, think "third tier" learning.

The presentation component will be graded on the following:

explanation of all the information on your poster in more detail than poster allows

introduction history (where it came from and how it got here)

  • methods of control

Species profile page of Invasivespecies.gov:

Biodiversity and Conservation: A Hypertext Book by Peter J. Bryant

Research: Obtain more information on your species by doing a web search. Be sure to document your sources. (title and address of all web pages used – put these on back of your poster)