[MAIPC] Ethnically introduced invasive species

[Diana Carter]

Though it's not a plant, the snakehead is an example. 
An interesting article on the Northern Snakehead (no one is sure how it got here, but I have read separately that Asian immigrants are believed to have stocked ponds for food) mentions a close relative, the cobra snakehead:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/invasion-of-the-snakeheads-85051261/ 

"In southern Florida, a close relative of the northern snakehead, the bullseye or cobra snakehead, has been living for a few years in the canals of BrowardCounty. The fish, which is native to rivers in South Asia and Southeast Asia, can grow to four feet or longer, but there are not yet enough data to know what effect the bullseye snakehead has had or will have on Florida ecology. Courtenay says the fish probably first got into Florida waters through ritual animal release, a common practice in East Asia that some immigrants have continued in their new land. (A study conducted in Taiwan in the 1990s, for instance, found that 30 percent of Taipei citizens— most of them Buddhists—had released animals as part of a prayer.)"

The article then mentions the nutria, introduced for furs. 


Diana Carter

On Apr 16, 2018, at 1:59 PM, Art Gover <aeg2 at psu.edu> wrote:

I know you said to respond privately, but an intriguing example introduced to me by Melissa Bravo during her tenure as PDA’s Noxious Weed Botanist was the introduction of giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) at Carter Camp (Potter County, PA) by the compatriots of Ole Bull in the 1800’s.

Spent a few summer days tracking it down in the Kettle Creek corridor, back in the day. (:

Be well.

Art

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> On Apr 16, 2018, at 13:45, Muth, Norris (MUTH) <MUTH at juniata.edu> wrote:
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> Dewey,
> I assume you’re asking about non-natives introduced to the US after the colonial period (i.e. more recently introduced)? Or are you also interested in outside the US examples or interested in the long list of species that would be on a “colonial period” list?
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> I’d be surprised if there weren’t some examples. I’ll have to poke around.
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> Does anyone know of instances where damage resulted as a result of an
> ethnic organization introducing non native plants on group owned
> property in an effort to make the property seem more like home?
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> Email me privately.  Thanks.
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