Report to the Republic of Palau: 2008 update on Invasive Plant ...
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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 />
Tribulus cis<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>ides<br />
English: puncture vine, caltrop, burrnut, Jamaican<br />
feverplant, goat’s head<br />
Zygophyllaceae herb<br />
Tribulus terrestris English: puncture vine, goat head Zygophyllaceae herb high risk<br />
Triphasia trifolia English: limeberry, lem<strong>on</strong> China Rutaceae shrub<br />
Triplaris weigeltiana English: l<strong>on</strong>g john, l<strong>on</strong>g jack Polyg<strong>on</strong>aceae tree<br />
Tripsacum latifolium English: wideleaf gamagrass Poaceae grass<br />
Tripsacum laxum English: Guatemala grass Poaceae grass<br />
Triumfetta semitriloba English: Sacramen<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g> bur Tiliaceae shrub<br />
Turbina corymbosa English: turbina, Christmas vine, ololiuqui C<strong>on</strong>volvulaceae vine<br />
Typha latifolia<br />
English: broad-leaf cattail, comm<strong>on</strong> cattail, Cooper's reed,<br />
aquatic<br />
Typaceae<br />
giant reed-mace, great cattail, s<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>t flag<br />
herb<br />
Ulex europaeus English: gorse, furze, whin Fabaceae shrub high risk<br />
Urochloa brizantha<br />
English: bread grass, palisade grass, palisade signalgrass,<br />
signal grass, Surinam grass<br />
Poaceae grass evaluate*<br />
Urochloa decumbens English: basilisk signal grass, signal grass, Surinam grass Poaceae grass high risk<br />
Urochloa humidicola English: creeping signal grass, kor<strong>on</strong>ivia grass Poaceae grass evaluate*<br />
Urochloa mosambicensis English: African liverseed grass, sabi grass Poaceae grass<br />
Urochloa plantaginea<br />
English: Alexander grass, marmalade grass, plantain signal<br />
Poaceae<br />
grass<br />
grass<br />
Vallisneria spiralis<br />
Vicia sativa ssp. nigra<br />
English: coiled vallisneria, eelgrass, eelweed, ribb<strong>on</strong> weed,<br />
tape grass, tape weed<br />
English: black-pod vetch, comm<strong>on</strong> vetch, narrow-leaf vetch,<br />
spring vetch<br />
Hydrocharitaceae<br />
aquatic<br />
herb<br />
Fabaceae herb high risk<br />
Vulpia bromoides English: barren fescue, brome fescue, squirreltail fescue Poaceae grass<br />
Vulpia myuros<br />
English: annual fescue, foxtail fescue, rat tail fescue,<br />
silvergrass, six weeks grass<br />
Poaceae<br />
grass<br />
Washing<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>nia filifera<br />
English: California fan palm, California Washing<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>nia,<br />
cot<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n palm, desert fan palm, petticoat palm, Washing<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n Arecaceae tree high risk<br />
palm<br />
Washing<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>nia robusta<br />
English: Mexican fan palm, Mexican Washing<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>n palm,<br />
Mexican washing<str<strong>on</strong>g>to</str<strong>on</strong>g>nia, thread palm<br />
Arecaceae tree high risk<br />
Waterhousea floribunda English: weeping lilly pilly, weeping myrtle Myrtaceae tree<br />
Xanthium spinosum English: Bathurst burr, prickly burweed, spiny cockleburr Asteraceae herb<br />
Xanthium strumarium<br />
English: Australian burr (Cook Islands), California-bur,<br />
cocklebur, noogoora burr<br />
Asteraceae herb high risk<br />
Xanthosoma robustum Araceae herb evaluate*<br />
Zantedeschia aethiopica English: calla lily, arum lily Araceae herb high risk<br />
Zinnia peruviana Asteraceae herb<br />
Ziziphus mauritiana English: Indian jujube, Chinese date, Chinee apple Rhamnaceae tree high risk<br />
†Recommendati<strong>on</strong> from risk assessment, if <strong>on</strong>e has been c<strong>on</strong>ducted for this species (see PIER for copies).<br />
*Evaluate fur<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r; not enough informati<strong>on</strong> or assessment inc<strong>on</strong>clusive.<br />
**Low risk based <strong>on</strong> sterile cultivars.<br />
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