In Michigan and all around the world
invasive species are becoming a big problem. In fact, in the Great Lakes basin there are more than 200 invasive species that have been either accidentally or intentionally brought in. Plants, such as the purple loosestrife, garlic mustard, autumn olive, common reed grass and Eurasian milfoil, and animals, such as gypsy moth and round gobies, have resulted in major ecological changes that disrupt the food web. Our task is to build a list of invasive species that live in Michigan. Please post the name of the species and include the web page where you found the information. Also include the following information in bulleted form:
- Name of species
- Website where you found the information
- Where it came from
- The problem with the food web that it causes
- Additional Information
Example
- Asian Carp
- Comes from Europe
- Eats zooplankton that is a primary food source for native fish during early life stages
- These fish reproduce quickly and overwhelm any ecosystem where they are introduced.
- People have tried to get rid of them by killing all fish in the lake with a poison, and then re-stocking the desirable species.
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The Red-Headed McDaniel
http//.www.scaryinvasiveanimals.com
•Comes from the dark jungles of Africa
•Destroys the habitat of many animals by tearing down the trees to make science test
•No natural predators known. Government is spending millions of dollars each year to replant trees
White Perch
http://www.great-lakes.net/envt/flora-fauna/invasive/perch.html
•Came from Atlantic Coastal Regions
•It has declined the population of the Great Lakes walleye population because it has been eating the walleye and the white perch population is getting larger in the Great Lakes
•Invaded in between the Erie and Welland canals in 1950
Zebra Mussel
www.mseagrant.umich.edu/ais/mussels.html
•The zebra mussel is from a sea in Asia.
•The effects of the mussel is that it kills other mussels when it attaches to it. And they also cost millions of dollars a year to get rid of them. The worst part is that they send out an algal.
Emerald ash Border
•http://www.Biodiversitypartners.org/invasive/factsheet/MI.pdf
•Asia; Found near Detroit in 2002, probably entered with solid wood packing materials
•Now found in 20 counties in Michigan and is spreading to Ohio, Indiana, And Ontario
•In a little over 2 years the Emerald ash Border has killed over 7 million trees, and is spreading quickly.
•Sea Lamprey
•http://www.great-lakes.net/envt/flora-fauna/invasive/lamprey.html
•Both sides of the Atlantic Ocean
•It kills many whitefish and lake trout
•It entered the Great Lakes through the Welland Canal
Emerald beetle
•It was find in southern Michigan in July of
2002.
•It come from Indiana On April 21, 2004
•To find the beetle like in damage trees.
•Then if you if it to kill to you have to put it in a freezer.
Round Goby
www.msea grant.umich.edu/ais/fish.html
•The Round Goby is a fish from St.Clare river.
•The problem is that the goby eats other fish eggs. They also can spawn multiple times in a season.
Purple Loosestrife
http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/pp/index.html
•It came from wetland in Michigan
•The Purple Loosestrife Michigan Citizens have assisted in the control of them.
•The Purple Loosestrife enemy is the Gale
•The Gypsy Moth.
•Was brought in 1869 by a scientist named Etienne Leopold Trouvelot from Medford, Massachusetts.
•Is native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa.
•Was brought to breed with other moths and make a new type of silkworms. But they escaped.
•Spread by egg sacks on trailers and campers.
•Eats over 600 types of trees and only a few are immune to it.
•Emerald ash borer,
•Discovered in/ lower Michigan near Detroit,
•It’s destroying trees,
•Website,/ emerald ash borer,
•Killed over 20million trees,
Eurasian Ruffe
www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/aquatics/ruffe.shtml
•Eurasia
•Competes with native species
•the date of introduction was in 1986 and the scientific term of the fish is gymnocephalus cernuus
•4-6 inches in length
•Dutch Elm Disease
•http://www.biodiversitypartners.org/invasive/factsheets/MI.pdf
•Asia
•Killed over 100 million elm trees
•Fungus, arrived in 1930 became more violent in 1940
•Emerald ash borer beetle
•http://www.biodiversitypartners.org/invasive/factsheets/MI.pdf
•asia
•Kills trees that other small animals and insects feed on
•Found near Detroit in 2002
Garlic Mustard
•http://www.ipm.msu.edu/garlicmustard.htm
•Came from Europe
•Impacts on forest health.
•It springs ephemerals, trilliums, and trout lilies.
•Garlic mustard
•You can find this information at http://www.ipm.msu.edu/garlicmustard.htm
•Found in Europe
•it invades woodland habiatats
•many land managers considers it to be one of the most potentially harmful and difficult to control invasive plants in the region
•Emerald ash borer
•http://www.biodiversitypartners.org/invasive/factsheets/MI.pdf
•Asia
•The Emerald ash borer has killed over 7 million trees in Michigan in the past two years.
Garlic Mustard
http://www.biodiversitypartners.org/invasive/factsheets/MI.pdf
•Ranges from Canada, to South Virginia and west to Kansas and Nebraska
•Grows earlier in spring than native plants, allowing it to dominate forest understory and crowd out natives
Barbot
*http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/greatlakesfish/LakeMichFishIndex.html
*comes from thewaters of Alaska, Canada and northern United States as well as corresponding latitudes of Eurasia.
•Zebra Mussel
• http://www.biodiversitypartners.org/invasive/factsheets/MI.pdf
•The Zebra mussel came from Asia
•It out completes native animals fouls baots and clogs intake pipes at power plant and municipal water sources
•This species is found in the great lakes and 193 other lakes in Michigan the Zebra Mussel also was from Asia in 1988 and accidentally dumped in Lake St. Clair
Emerald Ash Borer
http://www.biodiversitypartners.org/invasive/factsheets/MI.pdf
•The Emerald Ash Borer is a beetle from Asia and was discovered near Detroit in 2002.
•It has killed over 7 million trees in Michigan which is destroying other animals that live in the forest habitats.
•It is also found in over 20 counties in Indiana, Ohio, and Ontario, Canada. Also in the northern part of the United States.
•The beetle is spreading and reproducing all over the states in Michigan and the states near Michigan too.
Garlic Mustard
http://www.biodiversitypartners.org/invasive/factsheets/MI.pdf
•Came from Europe by settlers as rich winter herb
•Effect is that it grows earlier spring than other native plants and it crowds out other native plants
•It can self pollinate
Multi-Colored Asian Lady Beetle
http://www.ipm.msu.edu/beetleBio.htm
•Asia
•Overpopulate and cause a problem
•They can bite people and come
inside buildings in the winter.
•Zebra Mussel
•www.biodiversitypartners.org/invasive/factsheets/MI.pdf
•Caspian Sea Region in Asia
•Cant get eaten and fouls boats by clogging the intake pipes
•They can be found in the great lakes plus 193 other Michigan lakes
•Frogbit
•Comes from Eurasia
•It was found in Michigan in 2000
•It grows in marshes, ditches, and swamps. It has small, heart-shaped leaves. It forms in dense mats on water and reduces the growth of water plant life.
Asian Carp
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=75502
•destroyed the ecosystem and ruined recreational
•Comes from Asia
•They don’t know what to do for the spices is every where.
Garlic mustard
http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/alpe1.htm
It Came From Europe
Destroys Forests
When Grown The Leaves Smell Like Crushed Garlic
•Curly-leaf Pondweed
•It covers lake surfaces interfering with water sports
•http://www.great-lakes.net/envt/flora-fauna/invasive/pondweed.html
•It is native to Eurasia
Common carp
http://www.great-lakes.net/envt/flora-fauna/invasive/carp.html
•Came from Caspian Sea region and east Asia
•Degrade shallow lakes which can lead to declines in waterfowl
•Introduced in 1879
http://www.ohioagriculture.gov/plnt/STUDY_MATERIAL/3B%20Zebra%20Muscle.pdf
A boat from Europe carried them over to the United States not knowith that they did.
It now covers every inch of the bottom of lake Erie.
It is clogging pipes in the lake from factories.
Garlic Weed
•Comes from Europe
•Grows 2 to 31/2
•Takes minerals and water from other plants
EURASIANRUFFLe
•http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/ais/fish.html
~It came from Europe.
•The problem with food is predators cannot eat it.
•It has an “explosive population growth.
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