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. 2021 Feb 20;10(2):406. doi: 10.3390/plants10020406

Table 2.

Identified pairwise interactions among nonindigenous and impacted native species. Nonindigenous species causing * noticeable stress and ** significant adverse effect; those without a symbol include both those categorized as low and unknown impact (per Figure 3); + at-risk native species; ^ terms per original source, exact species impacted were not provided in the original source. A high marsh community is defined as the intermittent zone between low marsh and uplands characterized by sandy soil. Understory natives refer to a reported displacement of plant species except for trees/shrubs. sources: [31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47].

Growth Form Nonindigenous Plant Species Impacted Natives
Submerged Myriophyllum spicatum * M. sibiricum+
Floating Trapa natans * Native (emergent) grasses
Emergent Chenopodium glaucum C. album, C. berlandieri, C. capitatum +, C. foggii +, C. humile, C. leptophyllum +. C. overi, C. pallescens, C. pratericola, C. rubrum, C. salinum, C. simplex, C. standleyanum, C. subglabrum +
Emergent Conium maculatum * Grasses and forbs
Emergent Cirsium palustre * C. pitcheri+, C. muticum
Carex spp.
Emergent Pluchea odorata High marsh community ^
Emergent Butomus umbellatus * Phalaris arundinacea,
Phragmites australis ssp. americanus,
Non-specific natives
Emergent Carex acutiformis * Understory natives ^
Emergent Iris pseudacorus ** Typha spp., Peltandra virginica, I. brevicaulis +, I. cristata +, I. lacustris +, I. robusta [versicolor × virginica] +, I. setosa, I. verna +, I. versicolor, I. virginica var. shrevei +, sedges, rushes
Emergent Juncus compressus * Juncus alpinus +, J. ambiguous +, J. balticus, J. biflorus +, J. marginatus, J. brachycarpus, J. brachycephalus +, J. dichotomus +, J. diffusissimus +, J. ensifolius +, J. greenei +, J. interior +, J. militaris +, J. pelocarpus +, J. scirpoides +, J. secundus +, J. stygius +, J. subcaudatus +, J. vaseyi +, non-rushes
Emergent Juncus inflexus * J. alpinus +, J. ambiguous +, J. balticus, J. biflorus +, J. marginatus, J. brachycarpus, J. brachycephalus +, J. dichotomus +, J. diffusissimus +, J. ensifolius +, J. greenei +, J. interior +, J. militaris +, J. pelocarpus +, J. scirpoides +, J. secundus +, J. stygius +, J. subcaudatus +, J. vaseyi +
Emergent Lycopus asper L. americanus, L. amplectens +, L. rubellus +, L. uniflorus, L. virginicus +
Emergent Lycopus europaeus L. americanus, L. amplectens +, L. rubellus +, L. uniflorus, L. virginicus +
Emergent Lythrum salicaria ** Grasses, sedges, flowering plants
Emergent Epilobium hirsutum * E. angustifolium +, E. strictum +
Emergent Echinochloa crus-galli E. muricata, E. walteri +,
Emergent Phragmites australis ssp. Australis ** Sedges, rushes, cattails
Emergent Lysimachia nummularia * L. radicans +
Emergent Lysimachia vulgaris * L. radicans +
Emergent Typha angustifolia ** T. latifolia, Campanula aparinoides, Cicuta bulbifera, Galium tinctorium
Emergent (tree) Frangula alnus ** Rhamnus alnifolia +, Rhamnus lanceolata +, Ilex verticillata +, trees, shrubs and wildflowers
Emergent (tree) Salix purpurea Native willows