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Intentional and Unintentional Introduction of Invasive and Non-native Species. ... Thus, invasive non-native species are successful competitors in new ecosystems, usually displacing native species and disrupting ecosystem processes.

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Alternanthera philoxeroides, commonly referred to as alligator weed, is a native species to the temperate regions of South America, which includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

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The zebra mussel is a small freshwater mussel. This species was originally native to the lakes of southern Russia and Ukraine. However, the zebra mussel has been accidentally introduced to numerous other areas, and has become an invasive species in many countries worldwide.

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any of several freshwater, cyprinid fishes (such as the grass carp) that are native to Asia and were accidentally introduced into U.S. waters where they have spread widely and are considered detrimental to native fish stock due to their voracious appetite and rapid rate of reproduction.

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Chemical control. Chemical pesticides are often used to control diseases, pests or weeds. Chemical control is based on substances that are toxic (poisonous) to the pests involved.

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the control of a pest by the introduction of a natural enemy or predator.

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the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.

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Salvinia molesta, commonly known as giant salvinia, or as kariba weed after it infested a large portion of Lake Kariba, is an aquatic fern, native to south-eastern Brazil. It is a free floating plant that does not attach to the soil, but instead remains buoyant on the surface of a body of water.

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Hydrilla is an aquatic plant that grows in freshwater, but can tolerate some brackish waters, and even those with limited water clarity.

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Sometimes a distinction is made between a species' natural, endemic, indigenous, or native range, where it has historically originated and lived, and the range where a species has more recently established itself.

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Introduced, or non-native species, have been brought to their current locations by humans and often become invasive, or too pervasive for the environment.

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can be any kind of living organism—an amphibian (like the cane toad), plant, insect, fish, fungus, bacteria, or even an organism's seeds or eggs—that is not native to an ecosystem and causes harm.

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is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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a wild plant growing where it is not wanted and in competition with cultivated plants.

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Native species are either endemic or indigenous and are often considered native in multiple locations throughout the year due to migration.