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  • Widely Spread Species Management Measures Publications

    Topics:
    • Biodiversity, 
    • Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS)

    Date published: 30 July 2020

    Last updated: 9 January 2025

    The 12 classified Widely Spread Species in Northern Ireland and their associated management measures are listed below, they consist of 9 plants and 3 animals.

    Documents

    • American skunk cabbage Lysichiton americanus WSS Management Measures Adobe PDF (773 KB)
    • Chilean rhubarb Gunnera tinctoria WSS Management Measures Adobe PDF (789 KB)
    • Curly waterweed Lagarosiphon major WSS Management Measures Adobe PDF (1 MB)
    • Floating pennywort Hydrocotyle ranunculoides WSS Management Measures Adobe PDF (1 MB)
    • Giant hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum WSS Management Measures Adobe PDF (796 KB)
    • Grey squirrel Sciurus carolinensis WSS Management Measures Adobe PDF (996 KB)
    • Himalayan balsam Impatiens glandulifera WSS Management Measures Adobe PDF (593 KB)
    • New Zealand Flatworm Arthurdendyus triangulatus WSS Management Measures Adobe PDF (661 KB)
    • Nuttalls waterweed Elodea nuttallii WSS Management Measures Adobe PDF (851 KB)
    • Parrots Feather Myriophyllum aquaticum WSS Management Measures Adobe PDF (575 KB)
    • Slider terrapins Trachemys scripta spp. WSS Management Measures Adobe PDF (696 KB)

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