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Invasive regions: mid-Atlantic region

Habitat: cracks or under the peeling bark of older or dead trees.

What harm does it cause: Brown marmorated stink bugs primarily damage fruit and are a serious pest of many fruit and fruiting vegetable crops.

How to get rid of it: soapy water

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Invasive Region: Northeast, Midwest, and Northwest of the United States

Habitat: savanna, roadside, trail edge, or disturbed area.

What Harm: produces a toxin that kills soil fungi many plants depend on

One way to manage:hand pulling, cutting or localized herbicide treatment

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Invasive region: Mid Atlantic region, eastern United States

Habitat: Forest, Fields, And roadsides.

What harm does it cause?: Negatively affecting growth of native and non-native plants including trees.

One way to manage it: Use systemic herbicide.

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Japanese barberry

Region: Northeastern US

Harm it does: increases tick population

Way to manage: spray the stumps with a concentrated glyphosate-based herbicide

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Invasive region: East US

Habitat: Forests, fields, and streams

Harm caused: Dense thickets make some areas unusable to some species

How to manage: Physical removal or chemical removal

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Invasive regions: Mississippi River and surrounding waters.

Habitat: slow-moving waters such as lakes and backwaters of large rivers.

What harm does it cause: they cause damage to boats and potentially harm passengers.

How to get rid of it: the use of fish poisons, physical barriers, physical removal, habitat alteration, or the addition of predators, parasites, or pathogens.

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Invasive Region: Over 30 states (Cali, Hawaii, Ny)

Habitat: Urban landscapes

What harm: Secretes a chemical into soil that kills surrendering plants.

One way to manage: applying a systemic herbicide

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Invasion Region Several States in the East Coast

Habitat: Lakes, Ponds, Streams, Canals, and wetlands

What harm does it cause?: Carriers of diseases that are harmful to Amphibians and fish

One way to manage it: Enclose them in aquariums

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Zebra muscles

Invasive region: eastern Europe

Habitat: Black, Caspian and Aral Seas

Harm it causes: Filter out alge to eat which makes the water more clear and the sun can array farther into the water.

How to manage: Inspect boat, trailer, and other recreational equipment that have been in contact with water.

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Invasive region: South-East United States

Habitat: The beach

Harm caused: Crowds out native dune species

How to manage it: Physical removal

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Invasive region: Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean

Habitat: Coral reefs

Harm caused: Additional stress on coral reefs

Ways to manage: Stop bringing them

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Invasive Region: Eastern mexico, South America, and Central America

Habitat: Hollow tree holes and stumps

What harm does it cause?: They have killed 1,000 people

One way to manage it: Block or remove nesting sites

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Invasive Region: Japan, North Korea, U.S.

Habitat: Ornamental and Woody trees (Tree-Of-Heaven Preferred)

What harm does it cause: greatly reduces yield, but remaining grapes have lower sugar content and overall plant health suffers

One way to manage it: Bark spray, trunk injections, or root drenches are used to get systemic insecticides into trees.

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Invasive regions: Florida, Alabama, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Wyoming and New York.

Habitat: Japanese knotweed is found in moist, open to partially shaded habitats.

What harm does it cause: infiltrating outbuilding foundations with weak foundations

How to get rid of it: Cut or break stems in early summer, then apply herbicide spray to the regrowing shoots in late summer.

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Spotted lantern flies

Invasive region: eastern US

Habitat: a wide range of fruit, ornamental, and woody trees Harm it causes: Kills off many fruit trees and plants making farms spend thousands.

How to manage them: Control/kill of the tree of heaven

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Invasive Region: North America
Habitat: fields, roadsides, open areas
What harm does it cause?:
Competes with local plants and causes burns on humans
One way to manage it: cut or dig out plants and dispose of in plastic bags or allow to dry in sun.