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BIOLOGY
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Author: Hoefnagels
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Chapter 40, Problem 11WIO
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To determine:

The plant species that are considered invasive in home state. Also give the reason that those species are harmful. The invasive plants should be eradicated or not.

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Invasive species are the species which are introduced to the new environment and have the ability to spread infection and make the new environment contaminated.

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