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JoJoKeKe wrote:
Common Name, Genus, Spread, Common Season(s) of Flowering, Method of Introduction, Part of US it Affects, Methods of Control

[hide]While I'm not 100% certain, it could be...

Tamarix Gallica, "salt cedar", Flowers in Winter, Brought over from the middle-east, Effects southwestern United States, applying herbicide to the stump of tree. (This is probably way off if it's the wrong organism.)|[/hide]

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Nope, you were right :) The name is misleading, as the picture had flowers, yet it's called Salt Cedar.
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Magikarpmaster629 wrote:
JoJoKeKe wrote:
Common Name, Genus, Spread, Common Season(s) of Flowering, Method of Introduction, Part of US it Affects, Methods of Control

[hide]While I'm not 100% certain, it could be...

Tamarix Gallica, "salt cedar", Flowers in Winter, Brought over from the middle-east, Effects southwestern United States, applying herbicide to the stump of tree. (This is probably way off if it's the wrong organism.)|[/hide]

NOTE: Can you please let me know how to hide responses, I've yet to figure it out.
Nope, you were right :) The name is misleading, as the picture had flowers, yet it's called Salt Cedar.
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1. Identify the genus of this species
2. What is its common name?
3. It carries a fungus that causes what infectious agent?
4. Where is this organism originally from?
5. What year was it first detected within the United States?
Tournaments (2016): State / Nationals
Fossils: 3 / 8
Disease: 7 / NA
Green Gen: NA / 37
Picture This: 1 / 17
Invasives: 1 / 24

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Rocks - 2
Microbe 2
Ecology 3
Optics 4
Invasives: 1

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JoJoKeKe wrote:Image
1. Identify the genus of this species
2. What is its common name?
3. It carries a fungus that causes what infectious agent?
4. Where is this organism originally from?
5. What year was it first detected within the United States?
Xyleborus, redbay ambrosia beetle, makes no sense as fungi cannot cause infectious agents, laurel wilt, Asia, 2002
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JoJoKeKe wrote:Image
1. Identify the genus of this species
2. What is its common name?
3. It carries a fungus that causes what infectious agent?
4. Where is this organism originally from?
5. What year was it first detected within the United States?
Xyleborus, redbay ambrosia beetle, makes no sense as fungi cannot cause infectious agents, laurel wilt, Asia, 2002
Can we keep this limited to the National Invasive Species list? I know the rules say identify regional species, but I don't think any of us want to learn every regional invasive species...
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Magikarpmaster629 wrote:Can we keep this limited to the National Invasive Species list? I know the rules say identify regional species, but I don't think any of us want to learn every regional invasive species...
Okay then:
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I apologize- I wasn't aware we were going off of a list as of now. And, after reading that question I see how it doesn't make any sense. Thanks for making me aware.
Tournaments (2016): State / Nationals
Fossils: 3 / 8
Disease: 7 / NA
Green Gen: NA / 37
Picture This: 1 / 17
Invasives: 1 / 24

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Microbe 2
Ecology 3
Optics 4
Invasives: 1

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JoJoKeKe wrote:I apologize- I wasn't aware we were going off of a list as of now. And, after reading that question I see how it doesn't make any sense. Thanks for making me aware.
It's alright. :D
1.[i]Myocastor coypus[/i]
2.Coypus, or Nutria
3. Roughly three years
4. Introduced to make fur
5. South America
6. All over the country, primarily the southeast
7. They overgraze grasslands and wetlands, disrupting their ecosystems
8. Rabies virus
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Magikarpmaster629 wrote:
JoJoKeKe wrote:I apologize- I wasn't aware we were going off of a list as of now. And, after reading that question I see how it doesn't make any sense. Thanks for making me aware.
It's alright. :D
1.[i]Myocastor coypus[/i]
2.Coypus, or Nutria
3. Roughly three years
4. Introduced to make fur
5. South America
6. All over the country, primarily the southeast
7. They overgraze grasslands and wetlands, disrupting their ecosystems
8. Rabies virus
Correct, except number 8 is the nematode Strongyloides myopotami.
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[img]http://www.msep.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/NNSS_Image_2856.jpg[/img]
1. Scientific and common name
2. Where is it a native species?
3. What phylum is it in?
4. Where is it invasive?
5. Mode of life?
6. What measures have been taken to stop it?
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