Invasive Species Have Far-Reaching Effects in Maryland

Spring brings some uninvited creatures and plants to landscapes that become invasive. Luke Macaulay, with the University of Maryland Extension Service describes invasive species as non-native plants or animals that spread and displace native species. Invasive species are often introduced through human activity and can harm the environment, as well as the economy…

 

 

“You can have these cascading impacts across the ecosystem. If you think about the food web from your elementary days, where you learned how everything was interconnected, one big piece that gets changed has this ripple effect throughout the rest of the ecosystem. So, there are multiple effects from these things spreading on the landscape.”