Least Wanted Flyer
Directions:
1. Choose an invasive species from the list.
2. Open Microsoft Publisher or Word
3. Choose Flyer. Your choice!
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In publisher double click flyers
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In office click new and then select from Flyer
Templates
4. Design the flyer however you would like.
5. Answer the following questions about your invasive species:
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Name of species (Common name)
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Scientific Name
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Aliases (Some species will have multiple common names)
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Picture and Description of Invasive Species
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Key features or distinguishing characteristics of the species
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Date of Introduction. When was it discovered? Was it accidental or on purpose?
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Map of where it originated? (Did it come from another country?)
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Map of where in the world is it a problem? Locations invaded.
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Damage caused by the invasive species (This is the crime it has committed)
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Economic Damage. How much do they spend to stop the spread or eliminate?
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Ways to stop the spread of this invasive species.
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2 Citations – Titles of website and address
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Name and Date
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Bonus for a Pa Invasive Specie – In bold on the list
Invasive Plants of Pa.
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/conservationscience/invasivespecies/
http://www.fishandboat.com/ais.htm
Center for Invasive Species
http://www.invasive.org/
National Invasive Species Information Center
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/
Global Invasive Species Database (use the genus and species name to search)
http://www.issg.org/database/welcome/
Plants/Weeds
http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact.htm
Control of Invasive Species
http://www.actionbioscience.org/biodiversity/simberloff.html#Primer
Least Wanted Flyer
Invasive Species List
Plants
Didymo
Mile a Minute Weed
Japanese Honeysuckle
Japanese Knotweed
Garlic Mustard
Thistles
Jimsonweed
Purple Loosestrife
African Tulip Tree
Kudzu
Lantana
Strawberry guava
Japanese Privet
Fire Tree
Insects
Animals
European Gypsy Moth
Emerald ash borer
European Corn Borer
Hemlock Wooly Adelgid
Forest Tent Catepillar
Asian Longhorned beetle
Africanize Honeybee (Killer
Bee)
Argentine ant
Asian tiger mosquito
Common wasp
Little Fire Ant
Giant African land snails
Cane Toad
Common rat
Snake Head
Ruffe
Silver Carp
Big Head Carp
Black Carp
Northern Snakehead
Zebra Mussel
Round Goby
Rusty Crayfish
Bull Frog
Brown Tree Snake
Nutria
Red Deer
Rainbow Trout
Starling
Rubric
Common Name
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1
2
Scientific Name
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1
2
Aliases
0
1
2
Picture and Description
0
1
2
Features or distinguishing characteristics
0
1
2
Date of Introduction.
0
1
2
Map of where it originated?
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1
2
Map of Locations invaded.
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1
2
Damage caused
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1
2
Economic Damage.
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1
2
Controlling the spread
0
1
2
2 Citations – Titles of website and address
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1
2
Name and Date
0
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1
Bonus Pennsylvania Invasive Specie
0
0
2
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