Invasive Plant Species Distribution
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Amorpha fruticose L., Axonopus compressus (Sw.) P.Beauv., and others, were species requiring
further investigations (Level 5).
Table 2. Catalogue of invasive plants in grasslands of Guizhou Province, Southwest China. The five
invasion levels are as follows: malignant invasion (Level 1), serious invasion (Level 2), local invasion
(Level 3), general invasion (Level 4), and plants requiring further observation (Level 5) [30,31].
Name
Frequency (%)
Rank
Family
Invasive Level
1
Asteraceae
Bidens pilosa L.
1
2
Asteraceae
Ageratina adenophora (Spreng.)
R.King & H.Rob
1
Source Area
America
Mexico
39.14
23.06
Praxelis clematidea (Griseb.)
3
Asteraceae
1
South America
14.75
R.King & H.Rob
4
Asteraceae
Erigeron sumatrensis Retz.
1
South America
9.65
5
Asteraceae
Chromolaena odorata (L.)
R.King & H.Rob
1
Mexico
6.97
9
Amaranthaceae
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.)
Griseb
1
Brazil
4.02
7
Asteraceae
Ageratum conyzoides L.
1
Tropical America
3.75
8
Convolvulaceae
Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth
1
America
2.95
6
Dysphania ambrosioides (L.)
Amaranthaceae
1
Mosyakin & Clemants
Tropical America
0.8
10
Convolvulaceae
Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet
1
America
0.27
Central America,
11
Asteraceae
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.
1
0.27
North America
12
Asteraceae
Ambrosia trifida L.
1
North America
0.27
13
Asteraceae
Parthenium hysterophorus L.
1
Tropical America
0.27
14
Asteraceae
Solidago canadensis L.
1
North America
0.27
15
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthus spinosus L.
1
Tropical America
0.27
North Africa,
16
Fabaceae
Trifolium repens L.
2
Central Asia,
41.29
West Asia, Europe
17
Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.)
17
Asteraceae
2
Africa
7.51
S.Moore
South Europe,
18
Poaceae
Avena fatua L.
2
6.17
Mediterranean
North Africa,
2222
19
Fabaceae
20
Apiaceae
21
Trifolium pratense L.
2
4.83
Central Asia, Europe
Daucus carota L.
Solanaceae
Amaranthaceae
Solanum aculeatissimum Jacq.
22
Europe
2.68
Brazil
0.8
Celosia argentea L.
2
India
0.8
23
Nyctaginaceae
Mirabilis jalapa L.
2
Tropical America
0.54
24
Amaranthaceae
Gomphrena celosioides L.
2
Tropical America
0.54
25
Convolvulaceae
Ipomoea triloba L.
2
India
0.27
26
Cactaceae
Opuntia dillenii (Ker Gawl.) Haw.
2
Caribbean
0.27
27
Asteraceae
Tridax procumbens L.
2
Tropical America
0.27
28
Poaceae
Paspalum dilatatum Poir.
3
South America
3.22
29
Poaceae
Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.
3
Africa
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