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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- ● A nonnative species is considered invasive if it causes environmental or economic harm in an ecosystem.
- ● Curly pondweed is a species of aquatic plant native to parts of Eurasia.
- ● It can also be found in the northern and western US.
- ● There, it crowds out native plants and impedes aquatic recreation.
- ● It is considered an invasive species in the US.
- ● The student wants to provide an example of an invasive species.
- ● A nonnative species is considered invasive if it causes environmental or economic harm in an ecosystem.
- ● Curly pondweed is a species of aquatic plant native to parts of Eurasia.
- ● It can also be found in the northern and western US.
- ● There, it crowds out native plants and impedes aquatic recreation.
- ● It is considered an invasive species in the US.
- ● The student wants to provide an example of an invasive species.