68.Purple Loosestrife InfoCenter (Canada)
URL: http://www.ducks.ca/purple/
Host/Originating Country: Ducks Unlimited Canada and the Manitoba Purple Loosestrife Project (MPLP) / Canada
Language: English
Description: Information center for ourple loosestrife (Lythrum spp.) management in Canada including newsletters and updates from the MPLP, lists of published papers and abstracts, bibliographies, relevant canadian research projects, brochures for download, information on biocontrol insect species used for manageing purple loosestrife, news releases, educational resources (e.g. posters), a photo gallery, and a list of ten frequently asked questions about the species.
69.Invasive Plant Program (Min. Forests / Canada)
URL: http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfp/noxious/introduc.htm
Host/Originating Country: Ministry of Forests / Canada.
Language: English
Description: Provides description of weed problems in British Colombia, information on methods of spread, prevention, IPM, weed biology, weed identification (by floral colors), biological control, emerging threats, weed facts, downloadable brochures, posters, and other educational materials, and links. Also provides access to the electronic fourth edition of the Field Guide to Noxious and Other Selected Weeds of British Colombia.
70.NatureServe Explorer (USA & Canada)
URL: http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/
Host/Originating Country: NatureServe / USA
Language: English
Description: Contains conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities of the United States and Canada including invasive, rare and endangered species. Information for non-native species includes taxonomic information, distribution, references, global range comments, life history, and management.
71.399 Invasive Plants & Weeds in Canada & the U.S.
URL: http://invasivespecies.nbii.gov/speciesinfo/399_list.html
Host/Originating Country: Invasive Species Information Node, National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) / USA.
Language: English
Description: A downloadable (Excel format) list of 399 records of invasive plants and noxious weeds in the United States and Canada; compiled by Rod Randall (per his weed list updated in 1998). Some names have been modified to agree with the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) database.
72.Discover Life Global Mapper
URL: http://www.discoverlife.org/nh/tx/INVASIVES/
Host/Originating Country: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII), University of Georgia Athens / USA.
Language: English
Description: Distribution maps of invasive species, information gathered from multiple online sources and delivered in HTML format.
73.Forest Invasive Species Network for Africa (FISNA)
URL: http://www.fao.org/forestry/foris/webview/fisna/index.jsp?siteId=6381&sitetreeId=25470&langId=1&geoId=0
Host/Originating Country: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Forestry Department through FORIS / Africa.
Language: English
Description: Web site providing information about projects on forest invasive species, new invasive species outbreaks, woody invasive species, events, references, experts, quarantine issues, and other information about forest invasive species in Africa.
74.SA Alien Invasive Plants Database (South Africa)
URL: http://fred.csir.co.za/plants/global/continen/africa/safrica/sppdb/index.html
Host/Originating Country: South African Water Research Commission and CSIR / Africa.
Language: English
Description: Accessed through a ‘Gateway to Knowledge on Alien Invasive Plants’. Provides species information, distribution maps, and species by biome search capability. Access to the South African Invasive Plant Atlas (database) which contains georeferenced information on plant invasions in SA.
URL: http://www.geocities.com/wessaaliens/index.htm
Host/Originating Country: Hillside Aluminium, Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa / South Africa
Language: English (common names in Afrikaans, Zulu)
Description: Invasive plant species listed alphabeticall by English, Afrikaans and Zulu names. Provides information on each species including photographs, basic taxonomy, categorical rank, control methods, description, origin, where found/problems caused, did you know (interesting facts), and suggestions for indigenous alternative species.
76.Swaziland’s Alien Plants Database
URL: http://www.kbraunweb.com/alienplants/
Host/Originating Country: Kate Brawn Freelance Web Design / Africa
Language: English
Description: Online database searchable by species botanical (scientific) name, common name, SiSwati name; with species lists of all plant species, by swaziland status, 8th degree grid squares; and including a Swaziland map showing 8th degree grid squares. Users can click on an individual grid square on the map to see a list of species currently recorded in that square. The database also provides a record submission for species sightings within Swaziland.
77.Weeds and Invasive Plants (WIP) (South Africa)
URL: http://www.agis.agric.za/wip/
Host/Originating Country: South African Department of Agriculture / South Africa
Language: English
Description: Part of the Agricultural Geo-Referenced Information System and with contributions from the Southern African Plant Invaders Atlas (SAPIA) project, “information currently available in the WIP website includes distribution maps, species descriptions, species photos & [identification experts]. There is the option to view species distributions in relation to climate, soil types, vegetation (biomes, & Acocks Veld Types), land use & other variables. The site also includes a new template for entering localities of invasive alien plants online.”
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