LAND 340 – Plants for Arid Climates: Native vs. Non-Native Plant Types

Fill-in-the-blank flashcards covering native, non-native adapted, and invasive plant types with examples from the notes.

A plant is indigenous to a given ecosystem at a given time and has not been directly influenced by human intervention.

native plant

plant species are plants which do not naturally occur in a given ecosystem, but which are suitable to other ecosystems due to their tolerance of other environments.

non-native adapted plant species

are plants which are non-native but thrive in a given ecosystem to the point that they negatively impact the new ecosystem and its native inhabitants.

Invasive plants

Example: (Joshua Tree) is a native plant.

Yucca brevifolia

Example: Acacia stenophylla (Shoestring Acacia) is a .

non-native adapted plant species

Example: Tamarix ramosissima (Salt Cedar) is an .

invasive plant