MSU Extension Invasive Species

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  National Invasive Species Awareness Week: Yellow floating heart

  Published on February 24, 2016
  Part 4 in a series to learn about invasive species and what to do to help protect Michigan and the Great Lakes.

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  National Invasive Species Awareness Week: Michigan species and what you should know, day four

  Published on February 24, 2016
  Day four: Featured Michigan terrestrial invasive species is Japanese Stilt Grass.

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  National Invasive Species Awareness Week: Michigan species and what you should know, day three

  Published on February 23, 2016
  Day three: Featured Michigan terrestrial invasive species is Kudzu.

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  National Invasive Species Awareness Week: Water chestnut

  Published on February 23, 2016
  Part 3 in a series to learn about invasive species and what to do to help protect Michigan and the Great Lakes.

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  National Invasive Species Awareness Week: Michigan species and what you should know, day two

  Published on February 22, 2016
  Day two: Featured Michigan terrestrial invasive species is the Chinese Yam

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  Invasive Species Week: Non-native plants, animals a serious threat to global, local biodiversity

  Published on February 21, 2016
  Read this series to learn what to do to help protect Michigan and the Great Lakes.

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  National Invasive Species Awareness Week: Water hyacinth

  Published on February 21, 2016
  Part 2 in a series to learn about invasive species and what to do to help protect Michigan and the Great Lakes.

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  Phragmites, how is it an invasive: Part 3

  Published on February 15, 2016
  What classifies this Phragmites as invasive, why is this important, and what are the parameters for classifying an organism as invasive?

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  Moving pests around inadvertently is just too easy

  Published on February 5, 2016
  The unintentional movement of invasive pests such as gypsy moth and emerald ash borer was one of the major ways these insect pests were transferred around Michigan.

• Boring insects are not boring, they’re serious pests

  Published on February 3, 2016
  Boring insects are serious pests that can severely endanger tree health and kill a tree. While many species of boring insects are native to Michigan, they rarely cause as much wide-scale damage as an exotic or non-native borers does.