Report to the Republic of Palau: 2008 update on Invasive Plant ...
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Appendix 2. <strong>Invasive</strong> plant species not known <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> be present in <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Table 1. <strong>Invasive</strong> plant species <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> envir<strong>on</strong>mental c<strong>on</strong>cern not seen or reported <str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
be present in <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
Species Comm<strong>on</strong> Names Family Habit<br />
Risk<br />
assessment†<br />
Abutil<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ophrasti English: but<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>nweed, velvetweed Malvaceae herb high risk<br />
Acacia aulacocarpa<br />
English: brown salwood, brush ir<strong>on</strong>bark wattle, hickory<br />
wattle<br />
Fabaceae<br />
tree<br />
Acacia boliviana English: Bolivian wattle Fabaceae shrub<br />
Acacia c<strong>on</strong>cinna English: chikakai, piquant sappan, sappan, soap pod Fabaceae shrub<br />
Acacia crassicarpa English: nor<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rn wattle, Papua New Guinea red wattle Fabaceae tree high risk<br />
Acacia glauca English: redwood Fabaceae tree<br />
Acacia holosericea English: candelabra wattle, silver-leaved wattle Fabaceae<br />
shrub/<br />
tree<br />
evaluate*<br />
Acacia l<strong>on</strong>gifolia English: Sydney golden wattle Fabaceae tree high risk<br />
Acacia mearnsii English: black wattle Fabaceae tree high risk<br />
Acacia melanoxyl<strong>on</strong> English: Australian blackwood, blackwood acacia Fabaceae tree high risk<br />
Acacia nilotica<br />
English: prickly acacia, black thorn, Nile acacia, gum arabic<br />
Fabaceae<br />
tree<br />
tree high risk<br />
Acacia parramattensis English: Parrmatta green wattle, Sydney green wattle Fabaceae tree high risk<br />
Acoelorrhaphe wrightii English: paurotis palm, saw cabbage palm, silver saw palm Arecaceae tree evaluate*<br />
Adiantum raddianum English: delta maidenhair fern Pteridaceae fern<br />
Agapanthus praecox English: African-lily, agapanthus Liliaceae herb high risk<br />
Ageratina riparia<br />
English: spreading mistflower, creeping cr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>nweed, river<br />
eupa<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>rium<br />
Asteraceae herb high risk<br />
Agla<strong>on</strong>ema commutatum English: Philippine evergreen Araceae herb evaluate*<br />
Agrostis s<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>l<strong>on</strong>ifera English: creeping bentgrass, marsh bent, red<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>p bentgrass Poaceae grass high risk<br />
Ailanthus altissima English: tree <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> heaven, varnishtree Simaroubaceae tree high risk<br />
Ajuga reptans English: ajuga, blue bugle, bugleweed, comm<strong>on</strong> bugle Lamiaceae herb high risk<br />
Albizia chinensis English: Chinese albizia, silktree Fabaceae tree high risk<br />
Aleurites moluccana English: candlenut; <str<strong>on</strong>g>Palau</str<strong>on</strong>g>an: sakan Euphorbiaceae tree high risk<br />
Als<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>nia macrophylla English: devil-tree Apocynaceae tree high risk<br />
Alternan<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ra<br />
caracasana<br />
English: mat chaff flower Amaranthaceae herb<br />
Alternan<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ra<br />
philoxeroides<br />
English: alliga<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>r weed Amaranthaceae herb high risk<br />
Alternan<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>ra pungens English: khaki weed Amaranthaceae herb high risk<br />
Anacardium occidentale English: cashew Anacardiaceae tree low risk<br />
Anagallis arvensis<br />
English: bird's-eye, poor-man's wea<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rglass, scarlet<br />
pimpernel<br />
Primulaceae herb<br />
Andropog<strong>on</strong> bicornis English: West Indian foxtail grass Poaceae grass<br />
Andropog<strong>on</strong> gayanus English: gamba grass, tambuki grass Poaceae grass high risk<br />
Andropog<strong>on</strong> glomeratus English: bush beardgrass, bushy bluestem Poaceae grass<br />
Andropog<strong>on</strong> virginicus English: broomsedge, yellow bluestem, whisky grass Poaceae grass high risk<br />
Anredera cordifolia English: Madeira vine, mign<strong>on</strong>ette vine, lamb's tails Basellaceae vine<br />
Araujia sericifera English: moth plant, moth catcher, white bladder flower Ascelepiadaceae vine<br />
Arch<strong>on</strong><str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>phoenix<br />
alexandrae<br />
English: Alexandra palm, king palm Arecaceae tree high risk<br />
Arch<strong>on</strong><str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>phoenix<br />
cunninghamiana<br />
English: bangalow palm, piccabeen palm Arecaceae tree evaluate*<br />
Arch<strong>on</strong><str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>phoenix tuckeri Arecaceae tree evaluate*<br />
Ardisia crenata<br />
English: hen's eyes, Hilo holly, coral berry, Australian holly,<br />
Myrsinaceae<br />
scratchthroat<br />
shrub high risk<br />
Ardisia elliptica English: shoebut<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n ardisia Myrsinaceae shrub high risk<br />
Argem<strong>on</strong>e ochroleuca English: pale Mexican poppy, prickly poppy, white thistle Papaveraceae herb<br />
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