invasive+plants+in+Connecticut

Invasive plants are plants that are not native to Connecticut. These plants cause damage to humans or to the environment. Invasive plants often reproduce quickly and have a rapid growth rate. Since they are not native to the state there are no natural barriers to their colonization. Native species are quickly crowded out by the rapid spread of non-native plant life. Asiatic Bittersweet is an example of a non-native species that is choking many woodland areas in our state. || Asiatic Bittersweet //Celastrus orbiculatus// **
 * Invasive Plants in Connecticut

Source: "Invasive Plants." __Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group__. 15 Feb. 2008 <[|http://www.hort.uconn.edu/CIPWG/>.]