We used data from a 15-year experiment in a C₄-dominated grassland to address the effects of community structure (i.e., plant species richness, dominance) and disturbance on invasibility, as measured ...

Tropical hibiscus likes hot weather and provides vibrant flowers in summer, but it will not survive a winter outside in ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Oceanic islands are good model systems with which to explore factors affecting exotic species diversity. Islands vary in size, topography, ...

Although conventional wisdom suggests that invasive exotic plants thrive because they escape the natural enemies that kept them in check in their native ranges, a new study in the journal Science ...

A research program recently conducted by an IRD team and its partners found new clues for understanding the influence of exotic species on the biodiversity of communities of mycorrhizal fungi and ...

Let us introduce you to the banana leaf plant. Although they are commonly called banana trees, banana leaf plants (Musa spp.) ...

Whenever I visit Worldwide Exotics Nursery, I see something I’ve never seen before. It’s a nursery with lots of unusual selections and many of them appeal to the “I gotta have one” mentality of the ...

The hall opened in 1983 with 300 plants—representing nearly a third of all plant families—on display in its grand wooden display cases. A stroll through Plants of the World is an introduction to the ...

Amazon horticulturalist Ron Gagliardo discusses plant species in a smaller greenhouse meant to mock the temperature and humidity conditions of the Spheres. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) It’s no ...