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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 MeasuresAdobe PDF (772.68 KB)
    • Chilean rhubarb Gunnera tinctoria WSS Management MeasuresAdobe PDF (789.01 KB)
    • Curly waterweed Lagarosiphon major WSS Management MeasuresAdobe PDF (1.13 MB)
    • Floating pennywort Hydrocotyle ranunculoides WSS Management MeasuresAdobe PDF (1.09 MB)
    • Giant hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum WSS Management MeasuresAdobe PDF (796.02 KB)
    • Grey squirrel Sciurus carolinensis WSS Management MeasuresAdobe PDF (995.99 KB)
    • Himalayan balsam Impatiens glandulifera WSS Management MeasuresAdobe PDF (592.67 KB)
    • New Zealand Flatworm Arthurdendyus triangulatus WSS Management MeasuresAdobe PDF (661.26 KB)
    • Nuttalls waterweed Elodea nuttallii WSS Management MeasuresAdobe PDF (850.62 KB)
    • Parrots Feather Myriophyllum aquaticum WSS Management MeasuresAdobe PDF (574.63 KB)
    • Slider terrapins Trachemys scripta spp. WSS Management MeasuresAdobe PDF (696.42 KB)
    • Himalayan Knotweed Koenigia polystachya WSS Management MeasuresAdobe PDF (1.06 MB)

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