This table lists invasive and potentially invasive plant species profiled by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER) that occur on D'Arros Island. It includes those of environmental concern (including those that are probably of threat only to islands with high elevations) as well as agricultural and ruderal weeds. Each species is linked by its scientific name to an individual write-up containing relevant information.
The information in this table is based on the supporting data and may not represent the current situation. Note also there may be discrepancies among data presented at geographic resolutions (e.g., island vs. island group vs. country-territory-state levels), depending upon the reliability of the data at each level.
Species are listed in alphabetic order. You can browse this list or use the "find" function on your web browser to search by scientific name.
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| Scientific name (+Family) | Often-used other Latin names | Habit |
Primarily a threat
at high elevations? |
| Adenanthera pavonina (Fabaceae) | tree | No | |
| Alocasia macrorrhizos (Araceae) | Alocasia indica Schott; Alocasia plumbea Van Houtte; Arum indicum Lour.; Arum macrorrhizon L.; Colocasia indica (Lour.) Kunth | herb | No |
| Bidens pilosa (Asteraceae) | herb | No | |
| Bryophyllum pinnatum (Crassulaceae) | Kalanchoë pinnata Pers. | succulent | No |
| Capsicum frutescens (Solanaceae) | herb | No | |
| Casuarina equisetifolia (Casuarinaceae) | Casuarina litorea L. var. litorea; Casuarina littorea Rumph. | tree | No |
| Catharanthus roseus (Apocynaceae) | Lochnera rosea (L.) Reichb. ex Steud.; Vinca rosea L. | herb | No |
| Cenchrus echinatus (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| Cynodon dactylon (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| Cyperus ligularis (Cyperaceae) | sedge | No | |
| Dactyloctenium aegyptium (Poaceae) | Eleusine aegyptiaca (L.) Desf. | grass | No |
| Digitaria ciliaris (Poaceae) | Digitaria adscendens (Kunth) Henrard | grass | No |
| Digitaria horizontalis (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| Eleusine indica (Poaceae) | grass | No | |
| Eragrostis amabilis (Poaceae) | Eragrostis tenella (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. | grass | No |
| Euphorbia cyathophora (Euphorbiaceae) | herb | No | |
| Euphorbia hirta (Euphorbiaceae) | Chamaesyce hirta (L.) Millsp. | herb | No |
| Euphorbia prostrata (Euphorbiaceae) | Chamaesyce prostrata (Aiton) Small | herb | No |
| Ipomoea violacea (Convolvulaceae) | Convolvulus tuba Schlechtend.; Ipomoea macrantha Roem. & Schult.; Ipomoea tuba (Schlechtend.) G. Don | vine | No |
| Leucaena leucocephala (Fabaceae) | Leucaena glauca (L. ex Willd.) Benth. | tree | No |
| Mirabilis jalapa (Nyctaginaceae) | herb | No | |
| Moringa oleifera (Moringaceae) | Moringa pterygospera C. F. Gaertn. | tree | No |
| Panicum maximum (Poaceae) | Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B. K. Simon & S. W. L. Jacobs; Urochloa maxima (Jacq.) R. Webster | grass | No |
| Passiflora suberosa (Passifloraceae) | vine | No | |
| Pennisetum polystachion (Poaceae) | Cenchrus setosus SW.; Panicum polystachion L.; Pennisetum polystachyon (L.) Schultes; Pennisetum setosum (Sw.) L. Rich. | grass | No |
| Phyla nodiflora (Verbenaceae) | Lippia nodiflora (L.) Michx.; Lippia repens Spreng. | herb | No |
| Portulaca oleracea (Portulacaceae) | herb | No | |
| Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae) | shrub | No | |
| Sida rhombifolia (Malvaceae) | Sida microphylla Cav. | shrub | No |
| Solanum nigrum (Solanaceae) | herb | No | |
| Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (Verbenaceae) | herb | No | |
| Striga asiatica (Orobanchaceae) | Buchnera asiatica L.; Striga lutea Lour. | herb | No |
| Tagetes patula (Asteraceae) | Tagetes lunulata Ortega | herb | No |
| Tridax procumbens (Asteraceae) | herb | No | |
| Turnera ulmifolia (Passifloraceae) | herb | No |