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Invasive species in Florida are introduced organisms that cause damage to the environment, human economy, or human health in Florida. [1] Native plants and animals in Florida are threatened by the spread of invasive species. [2] Florida is a major biodiversity hotspot in North America and the hospitable sub-tropical climate has also become a ...
The Everglades are a massive watershed in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida that drains overflow from the vast shallow Lake Okeechobee that is in turn fed by the Kissimmee River. The overflow forms a very shallow river about 60 miles (100 km) wide and 100 miles (160 km) long that travels about half a mile per day.
This is a list of invasive species in North America.A species is regarded as invasive if it has been introduced by human action to a location, area, or region where it did not previously occur naturally (i.e., is not a native species), becomes capable of establishing a breeding population in the new location without further intervention by humans, and becomes a pest in the new location ...
A close relative, the rhesus macaque, is already established in Silver Springs, Florida and carries a deadly strain of herpes. Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis). Lake Gardens, Kuala Lumpur ...
Most invasive pests simply overrun an area, eating everything in their way, but mountain pine beetles are especially sneaky. Pine trees fight invaders by increasing their flow of sap, a defense ...
Like all invasives that reach the Sunshine State, the thrips parvispinus seems to flourish in its warm southern reaches but it was first discovered north of Orlando in an Apopka greenhouse in 2020.
New Orleans, the "gateway to the Mississippi", is a porous port city with rich soils. In turn, many aquatic plants are introduced to the region, making Louisiana the state with the second largest list of invasive aquatic species, [91] second to Florida. The "Dirty Dozen" [92] details
A critically endangered butterfly that lives in the southernmost part of Florida thrives in certain years. Researchers turned to weather data to find out why, and the answer brought a surprise twist.