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Recent reporting suggests that Japanese knotweed is not nearly as destructive to structures as once thought. Damage appears to only occur at or near areas that were already compromised. [25] Japanese knotweed shades out other vegetation, grows over buildings and other structures, encourages fire, and damages paved surfaces. [26]
Aphalara itadori, the Japanese knotweed psyllid, is a species of psyllid from Japan which feeds on Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica).. The UK Government licensed the use of this species as a biological control to counter the spread of Japanese knotweed in England; this was the first time that biological control of a weed was sanctioned in the European Union.
Reynoutria is a genus of flowering plants in the Polygonaceae, also known as the knotweed or buckwheat family.The genus is native to eastern China, Eastern Asia and the Russian Far East, although species have been introduced to Europe and North America. [1]
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Reynoutria sachalinensis, the giant knotweed or Sakhalin knotweed, (syns. Polygonum sachalinense , Fallopia sachalinensis ) is a species of Fallopia native to northeastern Asia in northern Japan ( Hokkaidō , Honshū ) and the far east of Russia ( Sakhalin and the southern Kurile Islands ).
Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica) is considered one of the world's worst invasive species. Cats (here, killing a woodpecker) are considered invasive species in Australia and negatively impact wildlife worldwide. Invasive species appear to have specific traits or specific combinations of traits that allow them to outcompete native species ...
Japanese knotweed, introduced as an ornamental garden plant in the late 19th century, the roots of which spread by underground rhizomes, can undermine and damage buildings, pavements and roads, [3] cost £179 million.
Reynoutria japonica or Japanese knotweed, a highly invasive species in Europe and North America Index of plants with the same common name This page is an index of articles on plant species (or higher taxonomic groups) with the same common name ( vernacular name).