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Lantana (Lantana camara) has become one of the world’s most invasive weeds. Shonil Bhagwat and others analyze the history of lantana invasion and management in India, Australia and South Africa. These are the highlights from their study published in the journal PLoS One, summarized for Conservation
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Lantana camara is a perennial, erect sprawling or scandent, shrub which typically grows to around 2 metres (6 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet) tall and form dense thickets in a variety of environments. Under the right conditions, it can scramble up into trees and can grow to 6 m (20 ft) tall.
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Lantana has long escaped India’s manicured gardens and has spread across the length and breadth of the country, invading roadsides, fallow plots, agricultural fields, and forests. A recent studypublished in Global Ecology and Conservation reports that lantana occupies 154,000 sq.km forests (more than 40 percent by area) in India’s tiger range. Amon...
While more than 40% of Indian forests are invaded, the rest 50% holds the potential to conserve the native forms of our forest ecosystems. The study identified such uninvaded forests to be present in northeastern India, and in parts of Odisha (Simlipal and Satkosia), Chhattisgarh (Hasdeo Arand forests), Jharkhand (Palamau) and Maharashtra(Bander – ...
Eradicating lantana has been practiced religiously in several protected areas in tropical India, where on an annual basis, hectares of lantana invaded patches are either burnt, or are uprooted. Most of the time, the frontline forest staff works across the summer months in these forests manually uprooting this thorny plant one after the other. But, ...
Protecting biodiversity and patrolling the forests against illegal activities becomes difficult with the presence of these invasive plants. Today, some forests (like Bandipur Tiger Reserve) are completely covered with lantana bushes, raising concern for both scientists and managers. But what leads to such a monstrous spread of this invasive plant? ...
Aug 25, 2021 · Lantana camara and other exotic weeds are dangerous because they inflict huge economic losses on the Indian agriculture sector (~$11B USD over the past decade)
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Nov 1, 2009 · Lantana is one of the world's worst weeds of South American origin that threatens native biodiversity of forest ecosystems across India. It was introduced into India as a garden ornamental and...
Jan 11, 2024 · While Lantana camara, considered one of the world’s most troublesome weeds, is widespread in India, other invasives like Senna spectabilis and Crofton weed have received little attention despite reports of being invasive.
May 6, 2019 · Allelopathic effect of Lantana (Lantana camara) and Siam weed (Chromolaena odorata) on selected crop. Weed Science 41: 303-308. Article Google Scholar
