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This is an annotated checklist of invasive plants in Ethiopia. This list is provisional and only reports the main species. Typically, invasive species in Ethiopia are under-recorded and under-reported, and it is likely that more species than those listed below are spreading into the Ethiopian countryside.
Acacia decurrens

Acacia melanoxylon

Argemone mexicana

Cupressus lusitanica

Impatiens granduliflora

Lantana camara

Nicotonia glauca

Opuntia ficus-indica

Parthenium hysterophorus

Pinus patula

Prosopis sp.

Psidium guajava

Salvinia mollesta

Solanum spp.

Tagetes minuta

 

 

Cupressus lusitanica profuse regeneration at Ziqualla  (Site details). This crater harbours the only remaining stand of native near pristine forest in the region.

     
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