Whats wrong with invasive plants?
According to the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council (EPPC) invasive exotic pest plants are biological pollutants. Menacing exotics may be responsible for destroying more natural habitat each year than is destroyed through land development. Highly invasive exotic species severely disrupt native ecosystems. They may totally displace native species. Examples are melaleuca, air potato, Chinese privet, coral vine, wedelia, and kudzu. They may eliminate or severely alter habitat for wildlife by displacing food plants or altering the structure of the ecosystem. A few problem exotic species are extremely flammable and may pose a danger to humans, as well as wildlife and the native flora, when they burn. Example species are the old world and Japanese climbing ferns and melaleuca. Some invasive species can invade and clog waterways. Mechanical and chemical control of water hyacinth, water lettuce, Hydrilla, and other exotic aquatics can be extremely expensive. Aggressive species often are ignored
