If you know me at all, you know that I spend OODLES of time out in nature removing invasive plants from our natural areas. These nasty plants have made their way into our habitats accidentally or occasionally on purpose and they are able to grow extremely rapidly and aggressively. As these plants are often very far from their natural range, they exist in our habitat without any natural controls such as predators or disease and thus are able to outcompete and often crowd out native species, dramatically reducing native populations and thus the biodiversity of the ecosystem...
Take a few moments and fill out this survey put out by Simon Fraser University (even if you don't know much about invasives) and contribute to the knowledge base that these researchers are trying to establish.
Seriously...click the link and check it out!
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