Invasive
Species
Project
Invasive (Exotic) Species Project
(100 points) for the entire project. The means by which you carry out your project can be the following:
-PowerPoint
-Poster
-Brochure
-E-poster completed on easel.ly and email to me by the due date (you will need to set up a google account to use the
website.
1. The project should include:
a.
Name – common and scientific (in italics)-2 pts.
b. Pictures – at least four photographs or two hand-drawings (posters or brochures)
-Two pictures of the organism (one hand-drawn)-10 pts.
-Two pictures of the organism in the environment they have invaded doing some invading
(damage done) (one hand-drawn)-10 pts.
c. Identifying Characteristics-10 pts.
d. Map of where they are from. – A good map of where they are from originally. (hand-drawn on posters
and brochures). -10 pts.
e. Map of current distribution in world (hand-drawn on posters and brochures)-10 pts.
f. Map of current US distribution (hand-drawn on posters and brochures)-10 pts.
f. Habitat – description of preferred habitat-10 pts.
g. Effects of their introduction-10 pts.
h. Efforts that have been used/or are being used for control of your species-10 pts.
i. Bibliography/Citations - put all sources used on the last slide. Put sources on slides where info is used.-8
pts.
Due Wednesday, October 10, 2018. This is a test grade.
Invasive Species List
Plants
1.Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
2.Japanese knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum)
3.Kudzu (Pueraria montana)
4.Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)
5.Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustiofolia)
6.Tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
7.Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata)
8.Water chestnut (Trapa natans)
9.Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)
10.Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin)
11.Chinaberry (Melia azedarach)
12.Russian Olive (Elaeagnus augustifolia)
13.Cogongrass (Imperata cylinrica)
14.Melaleuca (Melaleuca quinquenervia)
Animals
15.Africanized honeybee (Apis mellifera scutellata)
16.Asian long-horned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)
17.Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus)
18.Brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis)
19.Cane Toad (Bufo marinus)
20.European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
21.Red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta)
22.Wild Boar (Sus scrofa)
23.Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)
24.Nutria (Myocastor coypus)
25.Zebra Mussel (Dreissenia polymorpha)
26.Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)
27.European Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar)
28.Fermosan Subterranean Termite (Coptotermes formosanus)
29.Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)
30.Nine Banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)
31.Walking catfish (Clarias batrachus)
32.Coyote (Canis latrans)
33.Tilapia (Oreochromis aureus)
34.Oscar (Astronotus ocellatus)