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Invasive species in Maryland
1. What does invasive plants do to the water ways?
2. How much money is put toward controlling the invasive species?
3. What does it mean to be invasive?
Invasive it describes a species that, when introduced into an ecosystem aggressively establishes itself at the expense of native plants or animals. Its amazing growth speed, and ability to entirely smother native plant species, is an example of a species that is both exotic and invasive. Kudzu, and English sparrows are commonly-known exotic invasive species.
Invasive species are one of the greatest threats facing our lands and waterways. Their impact is not just environmental but also affects our economy by $138 billion a year.
Displacing native plants and weakening the natural erosion and water filtration controls within a watershed. Weeds can also change the fire ecology of an area and, in arid areas, lead to desertification of natural springs.