{"id":8710,"date":"2017-04-12T09:50:34","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T09:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=8710"},"modified":"2025-07-31T08:35:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T12:35:16","slug":"invasive-plants-impact-on-environment-and-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/invasive-plants-impact-on-environment-and-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Invasive Plants: Impact on Environment and People"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Invasive<\/a>Check out the new publication entitled Invasive Plants: Impact on Environment and People<\/a> now available in The Education Store!<\/p>\n

Invasive species are plants, animals, or pathogens that are nonnative (or alien) to the ecosystem under consideration and whose introduction causes or is likely to cause harm. An invasive species is a nonnative species that can cause significant environmental and economic losses. Invasive species are said to be the second leading cause of biodiversity loss, after habitat loss.<\/p>\n

This lesson teaches students about the significant environmental and economic losses that can be caused by the introduction of invasive plant species. It includes a game that can be played in class, plus a worksheet. The lesson meets multiple Indiana science, natural resources, math, and social studies standards.<\/p>\n

Resources:
\n<\/strong>The Nature of Teaching<\/a> \u2013 Purdue Extension
\nAlternative Options for Invasive Landscape Plants<\/a>, The Education Store
\nInvasive Plant Species in Hardwood Tree Plantations<\/a>, The Education Store
\nInvasive Plant Species: Callery Pear<\/a>, Youtube, Education Store
\nInvasive Plants of the Eastern US<\/a>, The Education Store<\/p>\n

Mysha Clarke<\/a>, Graduate Research Assistant,
\nPurdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n

Zhao Ma<\/a>, Associate Professor of Sustainable Natural Resources Social Sciences
\nPurdue Department of Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Check out the new publication entitled Invasive Plants: Impact on Environment and People now available in The Education Store! Invasive species are plants, animals, or pathogens that are nonnative (or alien) to the ecosystem under consideration and whose introduction causes or is likely to cause harm. An invasive species is a nonnative species that can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,49,53],"tags":[66,297,257],"class_list":["post-8710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-invasiveplantspecies","category-plants","category-urbanforestry","tag-invasive-plant-species","tag-nature-of-teaching","tag-purdue-extension","audience-for-enthusiasts","audience-for-homeowners","audience-for-landowners","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 03:43:17","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8710"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33887,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8710\/revisions\/33887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}