An international research team led by the University of Vienna has produced, for the first time, high-resolution global maps of invasion risk for thousands of alien plant species under current ...

A 20-year field survey has produced the first complete vascular flora of Empoli, Tuscany, documenting 757 taxa and an alien ...

A study in Nature Reviews Biodiversity reveals that alien plant species are rapidly invading tropical ecosystems, replacing native flora and causing irreversible changes. Climate change and human ...

More than 2,500 plant species have the potential to invade the Arctic at the expense of the species that belong there. Norway is one of the areas that is particularly at risk. Species that are not ...

In a water-scarce South Africa, alien plants drink up to 6% of our freshwater annually. A new technology now proves the massive water savings from clearing them, potentially turning a costly problem ...

Plants are spreading across the globe faster than ever, largely due to human activity, and new research shows that the very same traits that make plants thrive in their native lands also drive their ...

A floristic compilation adds native plant records across Italian regions, revises alien-plant status and establishes a new ...

The spread of species beyond their native habitat is a human-made environmental change on a global scale. Among vascular plants, over 16,000 species have now permanently settled in foreign countries.