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APPENDICES

Appendix 1. Notes on methodology

1. Literature review: sources and approach

Relevant papers and conference proceedings were identified using CAB Abstracts 1972–2002 and the search terms “invasions” and “trees” or “woody”, “forestry”, “agroforestry”, “silviculture” or “plantations”. This covered most articles describing “woody weed” entries. Key texts were Cronk and Fuller (1995), Henderson (2001) and the various SCOPE volumes, e.g. Macdonald et al. (1986), Di Castri et al. (1990) and Groves and Di Castri (1991). Articles describing the successional processes of trees in their native ranges were excluded. To include “grey” literature sources and unpublished information, contacts were established with representative national institutions and the private sector, via a request for information on invasive tree species that was published on the Aliens-L list server, an international mailing group for researchers and practitioners active in the study and control of invasive species. Additional information on the mode and history of introduction of species was obtained by searching CAB Abstracts using the search term “introductions” in combination with each of the major genus names listed in the database.

2. Verification of taxonomic information

Spelling and species names were checked using the International Plant Names Index (The Plant Names Project 1999). Genera were allocated to families using Brummitt (1992). As far as possible, data were checked to remove the duplicate appearance of a species under two or more synonyms. The International Legume Database and Information Service website (International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS) 2002) provided useful information on the latest taxonomy of leguminous species, but for other species it was more difficult to determine the most recent taxonomic classification. The original terms of reference requested that the common names of trees (in various languages) and synonyms be listed. This requirement was renegotiated as being beyond the timeframe of this short review, as alternative names of trees, including invasive species, are widely available (e.g Binggeli (1999); CAB International (2000); FAO (1999); International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS) (2002); World Agroforestry Centre (2002)).

3. Classification of species by economic use

Forestry species. A species was defined as a commercial forestry species if it met one of the following criteria:

(i) It was listed in the FAO Ecocrop (FAO 1999) list of 760 species that were returned using the search terms “life form: tree” and “category: forest or wood”.

(ii) It appeared in the Forestry Compendium Global Module (CAB International 2000) species selection module as a species planted for fuelwood, round wood, sawn or hewn building timber, wood-based materials or pulp. The species selection module was queried systematically in connection with different regions (Europe, Americas, Asia, etc.) with the aim of focusing on planted species as opposed to those exploited from natural populations.

(iii) It was referred to as a forestry species by an author, correspondent or electronic source.

Agroforestry species. A tree/woody shrub was classified as an agroforestry species if it met one of the following criteria:

(i) It was listed in the ICRAF Agroforestree database (World Agroforestry Centre 2002).

(ii) It was listed in the Forestry Compendium Global Module (CAB International 2000) species selection module as a species used in agroforestry.

(iii) It was referred to by an author, correspondent or electronic source as an agroforestry species, or described as a commercially planted tree for the harvesting of a nonwood product.

Amenity species. The term amenity was used in connection with species that were grown as ornamentals, or species conferring a benefit (e.g. hedge, windbreak, soil improver, etc.) that was not a harvestable product. A tree was listed as an amenity species if:

(i) The ICRAF Agroforestree database (World Agroforestry Centre 2002) identified it as a species with amenity use.

(ii) It was identified in the Forestry Compendium Global Module species selection module (CAB International 2000) as a species with an amenity or ornamental function.

It was named as an amenity or ornamental species by an author, correspondent or electronic source.

Appendix 2. List of contributors

Name

Department

Organization

Country

WebPage

Laura Arriaga

 

CONABIO

Mexico

 

Nick Brown

Department of Plant Sciences

University of Oxford

UK

http://www.plants.ox.ac.uk/

Chris Buddenhagen

Plantas Introducidas

Estacion Cientifica Charles Darwin

Galapagos, Ecuador

http://www.darwinfoundation.org/terrest/terrest.html

Chris Buss

 

Government of Botswana, Ngamiland region

Botswana

 

Sean Carrington

 

University of the West Indies

Barbados

 

Joana Castleton

Regional Environmental Office for South America

U.S. Embassy

Brazil

 

Martin Cheek

 

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Europe

 

Colin Clubbe

 

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

UK

 

Joseph Cobbinah

 

Forestry Research Institute of Ghana

Africa

 

Mathew Cock

 

CABI Bioscience Switzerland Centre

Switzerland

 

Mick Crawley

Department of Biological Sciences

Imperial College at Silwood Park

UK

 

Sarah Darwin

 

Natural History Museum

UK

 

Roger Day

Knowledge & Information Systems

CAB International Africa Regional Centre

Africa

http://www.cabi.org

Fern Duvall

   

Hawaii

 

Julian Evans

T H Huxley School

Imperial College

UK

 

Grant Flanagan

 

KI Natural Resources Board

Australia

 

Anne Franklin

Invertebrates dept

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

Belgium

http://www.naturalsciences.be/bch-cbd/homepage.htm

Kevin Frediani

 

The Crown Estate

UK

 

Rachel Garthwaite

Biosecurity

Department of Conservation

Australia

 

Jodi Graham

 

Pibara Mesquite management committee Inc.

Australia

 

Alexis Guttierrez

 

John Hopkins University

USA

 

Michael Hailu

Information Services Group

CIFOR

Indonesia

 

Alan Hamilton

WWF International

UK

John Hammerton

 

Bahamas Environment, Science and Technology Commission

Bahamas

 

Juan Herrero

Direccion Forestal

Departmento Ordenacion Forestal

Cuba

 

Colin Hughes

Department of Plant Sciences

University of Oxford

UK

http://www.plants.ox.ac.uk/

Heinke Jäger

Department of Botany

Charles Darwin Research Station

Galapagos

http://www.darwinfoundation.org/

Melanie Josefsson

   

Sweden

 

Moses Kairo

 

CAB International Caribbean and Latin America Regional Centre

Trinidad & Tobago

 

Ben Lawson

School of Natural and Rural Systems Management

University of Queensland

Australia

 

Sandy Lloyd

State Weed Plan

Department of Agriculture

Australia

 

Wai Hong Loke

 

CAB International South-East Asia Regional Centre

Malaysia

 

Vyju Lopez

 

CAB International Caribbean and Latin America Regional Centre

Trinidad & Tobago

 

Juan Jose May Montero

 

OIRSA

El Salvador

 

Gwen Mayo

 

University of Adelaide;Co-operative Research Centre for Weed Management Systems, Australia

Australia

 

Rodney Milner

Revive Our Wetlands

Conservation Volunteers Australia

Australia

http://www.reviveourwetlands.net

Robert Nasi

 

CIFOR

Indonesia

 

Nick Pasiecznik

 

CABI Publishing

UK

 

Tim Pearce

Seed Conservation Department

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

UK

 

Vicente Quevedo Bonilla

Division de Patrimonio Natural

Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, Departmento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales

Puerto Rico

 

Marcela Ramirez

Regional Environmental Hub for Central America and the Caribbean

U.S. Embassy

Costa Rica

 

Don Reilly

Department of Business, Industry and Research Development

Government of Australia

Australia

 

Victor Sanchez-Cordero

Departmento de Zoologia

Instituto de Biologia, UNAM

Mexico

http://www.ibiologia.unam.mx

Peter Savill

Department of Plant Sciences

University of Oxford

UK

http://www.plants.ox.ac.uk/

Erich Schaitza

 

Embrapa Forestry

Brazil

 

Douglas Sheil

 

CIFOR

   

Paul Smith

Seed Conservation Department

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

UK

 

Jim Space

 

Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)

South Pacific

http://www.hear.org/pier

Demel Teketay

 

Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization

Africa

 

Gerard van Buurt

 

Department of Agriculture

Curacao

 

David Wainhouse

Forest Research

Forestry Commission

UK

 

Oliver Whalley

 

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

UK

 

Carmen Lucia Yurrita Obiols

 

OTECBIO-CONAP

Guatemala

 

Sergio Zalba

GEKKO - Grupo de Estudios en Conservacion y Manejo, Departmento de Biologia, Bioquimica y Farmacia

Universidad Nacional del Sur

Argentina

 

Zang Runguo

 

Chinese Academy of Forestry

People's Republic of China

 

Silvia Renate Ziller

 

Institute for Development of Natural Energy and Sustainability

Brazil

 

 
Appendix 3. Tables 3–9, species invasive in different regions

Table 3. The 24 alien forestry species found to be associated with naturalization or invasion events in Europe.

Locations of naturalization / invasion events are listed.

Family

Species

Countries where naturalized

Countries where naturalized and invasive

ACERACEAE

Acer platanoides

 

UK

ACERACEAE

Acer pseudoplatanus

Denmark, Norway

UK, Ireland

ANACARDIACEAE

Rhus typhina

UK

 

CUPRESSACEAE

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

UK

 

CUPRESSACEAE

Thuja plicata

UK

 

ELAEAGNACEAE

Hippophae rhamnoides

 

UK, Netherlands

FAGACEAE

Castanea sativa

England

 

FAGACEAE

Quercus cerris

 

UK

FAGACEAE

Quercus ilex

 

UK

HIPPOCASTANACEAE

Aesculus hippocastanum

UK

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia dealbata

 

Portugal

LEGUMINOSAE-Papilionoideae

Robinia pseudoacacia

 

Netherlands, France, Germany, UK, Switzerland, Hungary, Greece

PINACEAE

Larix decidua

UK

 

PINACEAE

Larix kaempferi

UK

 

PINACEAE

Picea sitchensis

UK

 

PINACEAE

Pinus contorta

 

Sweden, UK

PINACEAE

Pinus sylvestris

 

England

PINACEAE

Tsuga heterophylla

UK

 

ROSACEAE

Malus domestica

 

Poland, Byelorussia

ROSACEAE

Prunus lusitanica

England

 

ROSACEAE

Prunus serotina

 

Belgium, UK, Netherlands

ROSACEAE

Sorbus intermedia

UK

 

SIMAROUBACEAE

Ailanthus altissima

 

Europe

ULMACEAE

Ulmus minor

UK

 

Table 4. The 98 alien forestry species found to be associated with naturalization or invasion events in Africa.

Locations of naturalization / invasion events are listed.

Family

Species

Countries where Naturalized

Countries where naturalized and Invasive

ACERACEAE

Acer pseudoplatanus

 

Madeira

ANACARDIACEAE

Mangifera indica

 

Mauritius

ANACARDIACEAE

Schinus molle

 

Botswana

ANACARDIACEAE

Schinus terebinthifolius

 

Botswana, St Helena

BIGNONIACEAE

Jacaranda mimosifolia

 

South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana

BIGNONIACEAE

Spathodea campanulata

Tanzania (East Usambara)

 

BIGNONIACEAE

Tabebuia heterophylla

 

Diego Garcia

BIGNONIACEAE

Tecoma stans

 

Botswana

CASUARINACEAE

Casuarina cunninghamiana

 

South Africa, Botswana

CASUARINACEAE

Casuarina equisetifolia

 

Mauritius, South Africa, Botswana, Reunion

COMBRETACEAE

Terminalia catappa

 

Botswana

CUPRESSACEAE

Callitris endlicheri

 

Zimbabwe

CUPRESSACEAE

Cupressus lusitanica

 

Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana

EUPHORBIACEAE

Hevea brasiliensis

Tanzania

 

FAGACEAE

Quercus robur

South Africa

 

FLACOURTIACEAE

Flacourtia indica

 

Mauritius

LAURACEAE

Cinnamomum camphora

 

Reunion, Botswana, South Africa

LEGUMINOSAE-Caesalpinioideae

Bauhinia variegata

 

South Africa, Botswana

LEGUMINOSAE-Caesalpinioideae

Delonix regia

 

Botswana

LEGUMINOSAE-Caesalpinioideae

Gleditsia triacanthos

 

Botswana

LEGUMINOSAE-Caesalpinioideae

Parkinsonia aculeata

 

Botswana

LEGUMINOSAE- Caesalpinioideae

Senna siamea

 

Ghana

LEGUMINOSAE-Caesalpinioideae

Senna spectabilis

Uganda

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia baileyana

 

South Africa

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia cyclops

 

South Africa

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia dealbata

 

South Africa, Zimbabwe

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia decurrens

South Africa, Zimbabwe

South Africa, Zimbabwe

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia elata

Zimbabwe

South Africa, Zimbabwe

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia implexa

 

South Africa

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia leptocarpa

 

Tanzania

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia longifolia

 

South Africa

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia mangium

 

Africa

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia mearnsii

Zimbabwe

South Africa, Zimbabwe

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia melanoxylon

Zimbabwe

South Africa, Zimbabwe

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia nilotica

 

Botswana

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia paradoxa

South Africa

South Africa

LEGUMINOSAE- Mimosoideae

Acacia pendula

South Africa

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia podalyriifolia

Zimbabwe

South Africa, Zimbabwe

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia saligna

 

South Africa, Botswana

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Albizia chinensis

Tanzania

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Albizia lebbeck

Africa

South Africa, Botswana

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Albizia procera

 

South Africa, Zimbabwe

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Falcataria moluccana

 

Seychelles

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Leucaena diversifolia

Africa

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Leucaena leucocephala

 

Reunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Botswana, Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Cameroon

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Pithecellobium dulce

Tanzania

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Prosopis glandulosa

Sudan

South Africa, Botswana, Namibia

LEGUMINOSAE- Mimosoideae

Prosopis juliflora

 

Ethiopia

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Prosopis velutina

 

Botswana, South Africa

LEGUMINOSAE-Papilionoideae

Robinia pseudoacacia

 

Botswana

LEGUMINOSAE-Papilionoideae

Tipuana tipu

 

South Africa, Botswana

MELIACEAE

Azadirachta indica

Mauritius, Egypt

Ghana, Botswana

MELIACEAE

Cedrela odorata

Tanzania

South Africa

MELIACEAE

Melia azedarach

Tanzania

South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana

MELIACEAE

Toona ciliata

Tanzania

South Africa, Zimbabwe

MORACEAE

Artocarpus heterophyllus

Tanzania (East Usambara)

 

MORACEAE

Broussonetia papyrifera

Uganda

Ghana, Uganda

MORACEAE

Morus alba

 

South Africa

MORACEAE

Morus nigra

South Africa

 

MYRTACEAE

Eucalyptus camaldulensis

 

South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana

MYRTACEAE

Eucalyptus citriodora

 

Zimbabwe

MYRTACEAE

Eucalyptus cladocalyx

 

South Africa

MYRTACEAE

Eucalyptus diversicolor

 

South Africa

MYRTACEAE

Eucalyptus globulus

 

Zimbabwe

MYRTACEAE

Eucalyptus grandis

 

South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana

MYRTACEAE

Eucalyptus lehmannii

 

South Africa

MYRTACEAE

Eucalyptus microcorys

 

Zimbabwe

MYRTACEAE

Eucalyptus paniculata

 

South Africa, Zimbabwe

MYRTACEAE

Eucalyptus robusta

 

Zimbabwe

MYRTACEAE

Eucalyptus sideroxylon

 

South Africa, Botswana

MYRTACEAE

Eucalyptus tereticornis

 

Zimbabwe, Botswana

MYRTACEAE

Psidium guajava

Uganda

Seychelles, Mauritius, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana

OLEACEAE

Ligustrum robustum

 

Mauritius, Reunion, Rodrigues

PALMAE

Phoenix dactylifera

 

Botswana

PINACEAE

Pinus canariensis

 

South Africa

PINACEAE

Pinus elliottii

 

South Africa, Zimbabwe

PINACEAE

Pinus halepensis

 

South Africa

PINACEAE

Pinus kesiya

 

Zimbabwe

PINACEAE

Pinus patula

 

South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Malawi

PINACEAE

Pinus pinaster

 

South Africa

PINACEAE

Pinus pinea

 

South Africa

PINACEAE

Pinus radiata

 

South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya

PINACEAE

Pinus taeda

 

South Africa, Zimbabwe, Canary Islands, St Helena

PITTOSPORACEAE

Pittosporum undulatum

St. Helena, Canary Islands

Canary Islands, South Africa, Azores

PROTEACEAE

Grevillea robusta

 

South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana

RHAMNACEAE

Maesopsis eminii

 

Rwanda, Tanzania (East Usambaras), East Africa

RHAMNACEAE

Ziziphus mauritiana

Zimbabwe, Zambia

Zimbabwe, Zambia

RUBIACEAE

Cinchona succirubra

 

St Helena

RUBIACEAE

Coffea arabica

Tanzania

 

SALICACEAE

Populus canescens

 

South Africa, Zimbabwe

SALICACEAE

Populus alba

 

South Africa

SALICACEAE

Populus deltoides

 

South Africa

SALICACEAE

Populus nigra

 

South Africa

SALICACEAE

Salix babylonica

 

Botswana, South Africa

SALICACEAE

Salix fragilis

 

Botswana, South Africa

SOLANACEAE

Solanum mauritianum

 

Reunion, South Africa, Uganda

STRELITZIACEAE

Ravenala madagascariensis

 

Mauritius

TAMARICACEAE

Tamarix chinensis

 

South Africa

Table 5. The 53 alien forestry species found to be associated with naturalization or invasion events in Australasia.

Locations of naturalization / invasion events are listed.

Family

Species

Countries where naturalized

Countries where naturalized and invasive

ACERACEAE

Acer pseudoplatanus

New Zealand

New Zealand

ANACARDIACEAE

Schinus terebinthifolius

 

New Zealand, Australia (Norfolk Island)

ASCLEPIADACEAE

Calotropis procera

 

Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory)

BETULACEAE

Alnus glutinosa

 

New Zealand

CAPRIFOLIACEAE

Sambucus nigra

 

New Zealand

LAURACEAE

Cinnamomum camphora

 

Australia (New South Wales)

LEGUMINOSAE-Caesalpinioideae

Parkinsonia aculeata

 

Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, Northern Territory)

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia catechu

 

Australia (Western Australia, Queensland, Northern Territory)

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia dealbata

Australia (South Queensland, South Australia), New Zealand

New Zealand

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia decurrens

Australia (New South Wales, Australian Capital, Territory, Victoria, Tasmania, Queensland, South Australia), New Zealand

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia farnesiana

 

Australia

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia karroo

 

Australia (Western Australia, New South Wales, Queensland)

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia laeta

 

Australia (Western Australia)

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia longifolia

New Zealand

New Zealand

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia mangium

 

Australia (Western Australia)

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia mearnsii

 

New Zealand

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia melanoxylon

 

New Zealand, Australia (Western Australia)

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia nilotica

 

Australia (Western Australia, New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, Northern Territory)

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia paradoxa

 

New Zealand, Australia (Western Australia, Queensland)

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Pithecellobium dulce

 

Australia (Western Australia, Queensland)

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Prosopis glandulosa

 

Australia (Queensland)

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Prosopis pallida

 

Australia (Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, Northern Territory)

LEGUMINOSAE-Papilionoideae

Dalbergia sissoo

 

Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory)

LEGUMINOSAE-Papilionoideae

Robinia pseudoacacia

 

New Zealand, Australia

MELIACEAE

Azadirachta indica

 

Australia

MELIACEAE

Khaya senegalensis

 

Australia

MORACEAE

Ficus carica

 

New Zealand

MORACEAE

Ficus macrophylla

 

New Zealand

MYRTACEAE

Acmena smithii

 

New Zealand

MYRTACEAE

Eucalyptus botryoides

 

New Zealand

MYRTACEAE

Eucalyptus globulus

 

New Zealand

MYRTACEAE

Eucalyptus saligna

 

New Zealand

MYRTACEAE

Psidium guajava

 

New Zealand

PALMAE

Trachycarpus fortunei

 

New Zealand

PINACEAE

Pinus caribaea

Australia

 

PINACEAE

Pinus contorta

New Zealand

New Zealand

PINACEAE

Pinus elliottii

 

Australia

PINACEAE

Pinus halepensis

 

Australia (South Australia)

PINACEAE

Pinus mugo

New Zealand

 

PINACEAE

Pinus nigra

 

New Zealand

PINACEAE

Pinus pinaster

New Zealand

New Zealand

PINACEAE

Pinus radiata

 

Australia (Tasmania), New Zealand

PINACEAE

Pinus rigida

New Zealand

 

PINACEAE

Pseudotsuga menziesii

 

New Zealand

PITTOSPORACEAE

Pittosporum undulatum

New Zealand

Australia (New South Wales, South Central Victoria, Norfolk I., Lord Howe I.)

RHAMNACEAE

Ziziphus mauritiana

 

Australia (South Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)

ROSACEAE

Eriobotrya japonica

 

New Zealand

ROSACEAE

Prunus lusitanica

 

New Zealand

SALICACEAE

Populus alba

 

New Zealand

SALICACEAE

Salix fragilis

 

New Zealand

SIMAROUBACEAE

Ailanthus altissima

 

Australia (Victoria, New South Wales)

SOLANACEAE

Solanum mauritianum

 

New Zealand, Australia (Norfolk Island)

TAMARICACEAE

Tamarix aphylla

 

Australia (South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory)

Table 6. The 74 alien forestry species found to be associated with naturalization or invasion events in North America.

Locations of naturalization / invasion events are listed.

Family

Species

Countries where naturalized

Countries where naturalized and invasive

ACERACEAE

Acer platanoides

USA (Idaho, Montana, Washington)

USA (Oregon, Virginia), Canada

ANACARDIACEAE

Schinus molle

Mexico, USA

USA (California)

ANACARDIACEAE

Schinus terebinthifolius

 

USA (Florida)

APOCYNACEAE

Alstonia macrophylla

 

USA (Florida)

BETULACEAE

Alnus glutinosa

Canada (Nova Scotia, Newfoundland)

Canada (Ontario)

BETULACEAE

Betula pendula

 

Canada

BORAGINACEAE

Cordia dichotoma

 

USA (Florida)

CASUARINACEAE

Casuarina cunninghamiana

 

USA (Florida)

CASUARINACEAE

Casuarina equisetifolia

 

USA (Florida)

CASUARINACEAE

Casuarina glauca

 

USA (Hawaii, Florida)

COMBRETACEAE

Terminalia catappa

 

USA (Florida)

COMBRETACEAE

Terminalia muelleri

 

USA (Florida)

ELAEAGNACEAE

Elaeagnus angustifolia

USA (Idaho, Montana, Tennessee, Washington, Wyoming)

USA (California, Oregon)

EUPHORBIACEAE

Aleurites fordii

 

USA (Florida)

EUPHORBIACEAE

Bischofia javanica

 

USA (Florida)

EUPHORBIACEAE

Sapium sebiferum

 

USA (California, Florida, Georgia, gulf coast Texas to Florida, east coast Louisiana up to N. Carolina)

FAGACEAE

Quercus acutissima

 

USA (Virginia)

FAGACEAE

Quercus robur

USA (Idaho)

 

FLACOURTIACEAE

Flacourtia indica

 

USA (Florida)

GUTTIFERAE

Calophyllum inophyllum

 

USA (Florida)

JUGLANDACEAE

Juglans regia

USA (Idaho)

 

LAURACEAE

Cinnamomum camphora

 

USA (Florida)

LEGUMINOSAE-Caesalpinioideae

Bauhinia variegata

 

USA (Florida)

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia auriculformis

 

USA (Florida)

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia cyclops

 

USA (California)

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia longifolia

USA (California)

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia melanoxylon

 

USA (California)

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia saligna

USA (California)

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Adenanthera pavonina

 

USA (Florida)

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Albizia julibrissin

 

USA (Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia)

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Albizia lebbeck

 

USA (Florida)

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Leucaena leucocephala

USA (Texas)

USA (Florida)

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Prosopis alba

USA (Idaho, Tennessee)

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Prosopis juliflora

Mexico

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Papilionoideae

Dalbergia sissoo

 

USA (Florida)

LEGUMINOSAE-Papilionoideae

Gliricidia sepium

Mexico

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Papilionoideae

Robinia pseudoacacia

North America

North America (beyond northeast), Canada

MALVACEAE

Thespesia populnea

 

USA (Florida)

MELIACEAE

Melia azedarach

 

USA (Florida, Virginia)

MORACEAE

Broussonetia papyrifera

 

USA (Florida)

MORACEAE

Ficus benghalensis

 

USA (Florida)

MORACEAE

Ficus carica

 

USA (California)

MORACEAE

Morus alba

 

USA (Oregon, Virginia)

MYRTACEAE

Eucalyptus globulus

 

USA (California)

MYRTACEAE

Melaleuca quinquenervia

 

USA (Florida)

MYRTACEAE

Psidium guajava

 

USA (Florida)

MYRTACEAE

Syzygium cumini

 

USA (Hawaii, Florida)

PALMAE

Phoenix reclinata

 

USA (Florida)

PINACEAE

Picea abies

USA (Idaho)

 

PINACEAE

Pinus sylvestris

USA (New England, Lake States)

Canada

PINACEAE

Pinus thunbergii

 

USA (Virginia, Oregon)

RHAMNACEAE

Rhamnus cathartica

 

USA

ROSACEAE

Crataegus monogyna

 

USA (Pacific Northwest)

ROSACEAE

Prunus avium

USA (Idaho, Washington)

USA (Oregon)

ROSACEAE

Prunus cerasifera

USA (Idaho, Montana, Washington)

USA (Oregon)

ROSACEAE

Prunus cerasus

USA (Montana, Washington)

 

ROSACEAE

Prunus lusitanica

 

USA (Oregon)

ROSACEAE

Prunus mahaleb

USA (Idaho, Montana, Washington)

USA (Oregon)

ROSACEAE

Prunus padus

USA (Montana, Washington)

 

ROSACEAE

Prunus persica

USA (Idaho)

 

ROSACEAE

Prunus spinosa

USA (Idaho, Washington)

USA (Oregon)

ROSACEAE

Prunus tomentosa

USA (Idaho, Montana, Washington)

USA (Oregon)

ROSACEAE

Pyrus communis

USA (Idaho, Montana, Washington)

USA (Oregon)

ROSACEAE

Sorbus aucuparia

USA (Idaho, Washington)

USA (Oregon)

ROSACEAE

Sorbus hybrida

USA (Idaho)

 

SALICACEAE

Populus alba

USA (Montana, Washington, throughout North America)

USA (Oregon, Virginia), Canada

SALICACEAE

Salix alba

USA (Idaho, Montana)

 

SALICACEAE

Salix babylonica

 

USA (Oregon)

SALICACEAE

Salix fragilis

USA(Idaho, Montana, Washington)

 

SCROPHULARIACEAE

Paulownia tomentosa

USA (Washington, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast)

USA (Georgia, Kentucky, Oregon, Tennessee)

SIMAROUBACEAE

Ailanthus altissima

USA (Idaho)

USA (California, Kentucky, Oregon, Tennessee, Virginia)

TAMARICACEAE

Tamarix chinensis

 

USA (California, all western states except Washington and N. Dakota)

TAMARICACEAE

Tamarix sp.

USA (Idaho, Washington)

USA (Oregon, Wyoming)

ULMACEAE

Ulmus pumila

USA (Washington)

USA(Oregon, Virginia, Utah, Idaho and eastward)

Table 7. The 114 alien forestry species found to be associated with naturalization or invasion events in South America.

Locations of naturalization / invasion events are listed.

Family

Species

Countries where naturalized

Countries where naturalized and invasive

ACERACEAE

Acer pseudoplatanus

 

Chile

ANACARDIACEAE

Mangifera indica

Guatemala, Curacao

Antigua, Puerto Rico

ANACARDIACEAE

Schinus terebinthifolius

Puerto Rico

Bahamas, Puerto Rico

ANACARDIACEAE

Spondias mombin

Curacao

 

ANNONACEAE

Cananga odorata

Puerto Rico

 

APOCYNACEAE

Funtumia elastica

Puerto Rico

 

ARAUCARIACEAE

Agathis robusta

Puerto Rico

 

ASCLEPIADACEAE

Calotropis procera

Curacao

Puerto Rico

BALANITACEAE

Balanites aegyptica

 

Curacao, Caribbean

BIGNONIACEAE

Jacaranda mimosifolia

Guatemala

 

BIGNONIACEAE

Spathodea campanulata

Guatemala

Puerto Rico

BIGNONIACEAE

Tabebuia chrysantha

Puerto Rico

 

BIGNONIACEAE

Tabebuia donnell-smithii

Puerto Rico

 

BIGNONIACEAE

Tabebuia heterophylla

Guadeloupe, Martinique, Anguilla, Antigua-Barbuda, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Monserrat, Netherlands Antilles

 

BIGNONIACEAE

Tecoma stans

 

Brazil

BIXACEAE

Bixa orellana

Puerto Rico

 

BORAGINACEAE

Cordia alliodora

Galapagos

 

CASUARINACEAE

Casuarina cunninghamiana

Bahamas

 

CASUARINACEAE

Casuarina equisetifolia

Bahamas, Puerto Rico

Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Brazil

CASUARINACEAE

Casuarina glauca

Bahamas

 

CASUARINACEAE

Casuarina jungimiana

Bahamas

 

COMBRETACEAE

Terminalia catappa

 

Barbados, Puerto Rico

COMBRETACEAE

Terminalia ivorensis

Puerto Rico

 

COMBRETACEAE

Terminalia myriocarpa

Puerto Rico

 

COMBRETACEAE

Terminalia oblonga

Puerto Rico

 

CUPRESSACEAE

Cupressus lusitanica

Puerto Rico

 

CUPRESSACEAE

Cupressus sempervirens

 

Argentina

EUPHORBIACEAE

Aleurites fordii

Puerto Rico

 

EUPHORBIACEAE

Aleurites moluccana

Puerto Rico

 

GRAMINEAE

Bambusa vulgaris

Puerto Rico

 

GUTTIFERAE

Calophyllum inophyllum

Puerto Rico

 

LAURACEAE

Persea americana

Galapagos, Puerto Rico

Galapagos

LEGUMINOSAE- Caesalpinioideae

Bauhinia tomentosa

Puerto Rico

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Caesalpinioideae

Bauhinia variegata

Bahamas, Puerto Rico

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Caesalpinioideae

Delonix regia

 

Barbados, Puerto Rico

LEGUMINOSAE- Caesalpinioideae

Dialium guianense

Puerto Rico

 

LEGUMINOSAE- Caesalpinioideae

Parkinsonia aculeata

Puerto Rico

 

LEGUMINOSAE- Caesalpinioideae

Peltophorum pterocarpum

Puerto Rico

 

LEGUMINOSAE- Caesalpinioideae

Schizolobium parahyba

Puerto Rico

 

LEGUMINOSAE- Caesalpinioideae

Senna siamea

 

Puerto Rico

LEGUMINOSAE- Caesalpinioideae

Senna spectabilis

Puerto Rico

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Caesalpinioideae

Tamarindus indica

Curacao, Puerto Rico

Antigua

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia dealbata

Chile

Argentina

LEGUMINOSAE- Mimosoideae

Acacia farnesiana

 

Puerto Rico

LEGUMINOSAE- Mimosoideae

Acacia mangium

Puerto Rico

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia melanoxylon

 

Argentina

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia nilotica

Puerto Rico

Antigua-Barbuda, Anguilla, Ecuador

LEGUMINOSAE- Mimosoideae

Adenanthera pavonina

Puerto Rico

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Albizia lebbeck

West Indies, Bahamas

Venezuela, Caribbean, Puerto Rico

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Albizia procera

 

Venezuela, Puerto Rico

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Dichrostachys cinerea

 

Cuba

LEGUMINOSAE- Mimosoideae

Enterolobium cyclocapum

Puerto Rico

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Leucaena diversifolia

Caribbean

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Leucaena leucocephala

Galapagos

West Indies, south of Mexico to Brazil, Brazil (Fernando de Noron)

Puerto Rico, Bahamas

LEGUMINOSAE- Mimosoideae

Lysiloma latisiliqua

Puerto Rico

 

LEGUMINOSAE- Mimosoideae

Pithecellobium dulce

 

Puerto Rico

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Prosopis juliflora

Brazil

Puerto Rico

LEGUMINOSAE- Mimosoideae

Prosopis pallida

 

Puerto Rico

LEGUMINOSAE- Mimosoideae

Samanea saman

Puerto Rico

 

LEGUMINOSAE- Papilionoideae

Dalbergia sissoo

Puerto Rico

 

LEGUMINOSAE- Papilionoideae

Erythrina berteroana

Puerto Rico

 

LEGUMINOSAE- Papilionoideae

Erythrina fusca

Puerto Rico

 

LEGUMINOSAE- Papilionoideae

Erythrina poeppigiana

Puerto Rico

 

LEGUMINOSAE- Papilionoideae

Gliricidia sepium

Puerto Rico

 

LEGUMINOSAE- Papilionoideae

Myroxylon balsamum

Puerto Rico

 

LEGUMINOSAE- Papilionoideae

Pterocarpus indicus

Puerto Rico

 

LEGUMINOSAE- Papilionoideae

Pterocarpus macrocarpus

Puerto Rico

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Papilionoideae

Robinia pseudoacacia

 

Argentina

LEGUMINOSAE- Papilionoideae

Sesbania grandiflora

Puerto Rico

 

MALVACEAE

Thespesia populnea

Bahamas

Puerto Rico

MELIACEAE

Azadirachta indica

 

Puerto Rico

MELIACEAE

Carapa guianensis

Puerto Rico

 

MELIACEAE

Cedrela odorata

Galapagos

Galapagos

MELIACEAE

Khaya nyasica

Puerto Rico

 

MELIACEAE

Khaya senegalensis

Puerto Rico

 

MELIACEAE

Melia azedarach

Bahamas, Puerto Rico

Brazil

MELIACEAE

Swietenia macrophylla

Puerto Rico

 

MELIACEAE

Swietenia mahogoni

Puerto Rico

 

MORACEAE

Artocarpus altilis

 

Puerto Rico

MORACEAE

Artocarpus heterophyllus

Puerto Rico

 

MORACEAE

Broussonetia papyrifera

 

Peru

MORACEAE

Castilla elastica

Puerto Rico

 

MORACEAE

Morus nigra

Puerto Rico

 

MORINGACEAE

Moringa oleifera

Puerto Rico

 

MYRTACEAE

Eucalyptus camaldulensis

 

Argentina

MYRTACEAE

Eucalyptus robusta

Puerto Rico

Brazil

MYRTACEAE

Melaleuca quinquenervia

West Indies, Bahamas

Bahamas, Puerto Rico

MYRTACEAE

Psidium guajava

Galapagos, Bahamas

Galapagos, Puerto Rico, Brazil

MYRTACEAE

Syzygium malaccense

Puerto Rico

 

OLEACEAE

Fraxinus uhdei

Puerto Rico

 

PALMAE

Cocos nucifera

Puerto Rico

 

PALMAE

Hyphaene thebaica

Curacao

 

PALMAE

Ptychosperma macarthurii

 

Barbados, Panama

PINACEAE

Pinus caribaea

Puerto Rico

 

PINACEAE

Pinus elliottii

 

Brazil

PINACEAE

Pinus halepensis

 

Argentina

PINACEAE

Pinus radiata

 

Argentina

PINACEAE

Pinus taeda

 

Brazil

PITTOSPORACEAE

Pittosporum undulatum

Bermuda

Jamaica

PROTEACEAE

Grevillea robusta

 

Jamaica

RHAMNACEAE

Maesopsis eminii

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

RHAMNACEAE

Ziziphus mauritiana

Barbados, Jamaica, Guadaloupe, Martinique, Puerto Rico

 

ROSACEAE

Eriobotrya japonica

Guatemala

 

RUBIACEAE

Cinchona succirubra

 

Galapagos

RUBIACEAE

Coffea arabica

 

Puerto Rico

RUBIACEAE

Morinda citrifolia

Puerto Rico

 

RUBIACEAE

Neolamarckia cadamba

Puerto Rico

 

SAPOTACEAE

Chrysophyllum cainito

Puerto Rico

 

SIMAROUBACEAE

Simarouba amara

Puerto Rico

 

STERCULIACEAE

Sterculia foetida

Puerto Rico

 

TAMARICACEAE

Tamarix sp.

 

Peru

TILIACEAE

Muntingia calabura

 

Puerto Rico

ULMACEAE

Ulmus minor

Chile

 

VERBENACEAE

Tectona grandis

Guatemala

 

Table 8. The 57 alien forestry species found to be associated with naturalization or invasion events in the Pacific region.

Locations of naturalization / invasion events are listed.

Family

Species

Countries where naturalized

Countries where naturalized and invasive

ANACARDIACEAE

Anacardium occidentale

 

Niue

ANACARDIACEAE

Schinus terebinthifolius

 

Hawaii

ANNONACEAE

Cananga odorata

 

American Samoa, Chuuk, Niue

APOCYNACEAE

Funtumia elastica

Samoa (Upolu, Savai‘i)

 

BIGNONIACEAE

Spathodea campanulata

 

Hawaii

BIGNONIACEAE

Tabebuia heterophylla

Kwajalein, Guam

American Samoa, Chuuk, Hawaii, Diego Garcia

BIGNONIACEAE

Tecoma stans

Tonga, French Polynesia

 

BOMBACACEAE

Ceiba pentandra

Samoa, Tonga

American Samoa, Chuuk, Tonga

BORAGINACEAE

Cordia alliodora

Samoa

Vanuatu, Tonga (Tongapatu, 'Eua, Vava'u)

CASUARINACEAE

Casuarina equisetifolia

 

Niue, French Polynesia, Hawaii

CASUARINACEAE

Casuarina glauca

 

Hawaii

EUPHORBIACEAE

Aleurites moluccana

Pacific

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Caesalpinioideae

Delonix regia

 

American Samoa, Chuuk, Niue, Tonga

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia auriculformis

 

American Samoa, Chuuk, Tonga

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia confusa

 

Hawaii

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia decurrens

Hawaii

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia farnesiana

 

Hawaii

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia glauca

 

Cook Islands

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia mangium

 

American Samoa, Chuuk

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia mearnsii

 

Hawaii

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia melanoxylon

 

Hawaii

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Albizia lebbeck

 

Chuuk

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Falcataria moluccana

 

Hawaii

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Leucaena leucocephala

 

Chuuk, Tonga, Guam, Vanuatu, Hawaii

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Pithecellobium dulce

 

Chuuk, Hawaii

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Prosopis juliflora

Hawaii

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Prosopis pallida

 

Hawaii

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Samanea saman

 

American Samoa, Chuuk, Hawaii, Tonga

MELIACEAE

Azadirachta indica

Fiji

 

MELIACEAE

Cedrela odorata

 

Tonga

MELIACEAE

Melia azedarach

 

Chuuk

MELIACEAE

Swietenia mahogoni

 

Hawaii

MELIACEAE

Toona ciliata

 

Hawaii, Tonga

MORACEAE

Broussonetia papyrifera

Pacific Islands

 

MORACEAE

Castilla elastica

French Polynesia

Samoa, Hawaii

MORINGACEAE

Moringa oleifera

 

Chuuk, Niue

MYRTACEAE

Eucalyptus globulus

 

Hawaii

MYRTACEAE

Melaleuca quinquenervia

 

Hawaii

MYRTACEAE

Psidium guajava

Hawaii, the Marquesas, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Fiji

American Samoa, Chuuk, Hawaii, Tonga

MYRTACEAE

Syzygium cumini

Niue

Hawaii

OLEACEAE

Fraxinus uhdei

 

Hawaii

PALMAE

Elaeis guineensis

 

Chuuk, Niue

PINACEAE

Pinus caribaea

 

French Polynesia, Hawaii

PINACEAE

Pinus patula

 

Hawaii

PINACEAE

Pinus pinaster

 

Hawaii

PITTOSPORACEAE

Pittosporum undulatum

Hawaii

 

PROTEACEAE

Grevillea robusta

Hawaii

Niue, Hawaii

RHAMNACEAE

Maesopsis eminii

Fiji

 

RHIZOPHORACEAE

Rhizophora mangle

 

Hawaii

RUBIACEAE

Coffea arabica

Guam, Samoa

 

RUTACEAE

Flindersia brayleyana

 

Hawaii

SIMAROUBACEAE

Ailanthus altissima

 

Hawaii

SOLANACEAE

Solanum mauritianum

Hawaii, Fiji, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Tonga

Tonga, Cook Islands (Raratonga)

TAMARICACEAE

Tamarix aphylla

 

Hawaii

TILIACEAE

Muntingia calabura

 

Chuuk

ULMACEAE

Trema orientalis

 

Hawaii

VERBENACEAE

Gmelina arborea

Cook Islands, 'Atiu

 

Table 9. The 29 alien forestry species found to be associated with naturalization or invasion events in Asia.

Locations of naturalization / invasion events are listed.

Family

Species

Countries where naturalized

Countries where naturalized and invasive

BIGNONIACEAE

Spathodea campanulata

 

Singapore

CASUARINACEAE

Casuarina equisetifolia

China

Japan

LEGUMINOSAE-Caesalpinioideae

Parkinsonia aculeata

India

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia auriculformis

Malaysia, western Malaysia

Borneo (Sabah, Brunei), Singapore, Bangladesh

EUPHORBIACEAE

Aleurites moluccana

 

Christmas Island

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia confusa

Japan (Saipan, Okinawa)

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia dealbata

India

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia longifolia

 

Israel

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia mangium

 

Malaysia (Sabah), Bangladesh

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Acacia nilotica

 

Indonesia

LEGUMINOSAE- Mimosoideae

Adenanthera pavonina

 

Malaysia

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Falcataria moluccana

 

Singapore

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Leucaena diversifolia

Southeast Asia

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Leucaena leucocephala

 

Phillipines, Indonesia (Java), Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, New Britain, Pakistan

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Pithecellobium dulce

India, Philippines

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Mimosoideae

Prosopis juliflora

 

Pakistan, India

LEGUMINOSAE-Papilionoideae

Flemingia macrophylla

Papua New Guinea

 

LEGUMINOSAE-Papilionoideae

Robinia pseudoacacia

Pakistan

Turkey, Cyprus, Israel

LEGUMINOSAE-Papilionoideae

Tephrosia candida

Southeast Asia

 

MELIACEAE

Azadirachta indica

Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand

 

MELIACEAE

Swietenia macrophylla

 

Sri Lanka

MORACEAE

Broussonetia papyrifera

Pakistan, Thailand

India, Pakistan

MYRTACEAE

Eucalyptus camaldulensis

 

Bangladesh, Pakistan

MYRTACEAE

Melaleuca quinquenervia

India, Philippines

 

RHAMNACEAE

Maesopsis eminii

 

India

RHAMNACEAE

Ziziphus mauritiana

Myanmar, Iran, Sri Lanka, Syria

 

SCROPHULARIACEAE

Paulownia tomentosa

Japan, North Korea, South Korea

 

SIMAROUBACEAE

Ailanthus altissima

 

Pakistan

SOLANACEAE

Solanum mauritianum

Solomon Islands

 


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