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==Invasive plants== | ==Invasive plants== | ||
Centaurea maculosa Lam. (European spotted knapweed, Asteraceae) is an invasive plant in North America. | |||
==References== | |||
Ridenour, W.M., and Callaway, R.M. 2001. The relative importance of allelopathy in interference: the effects of an invasive weed on a native bunchgrass. Oecologia, 126: 444-450. doi: 10. 1007/s004420000533. | |||
==Further reading== | |||
==External links== | |||
[[Category:Biology Workgroup]] | [[Category:Biology Workgroup]] | ||
[[Category:CZ Live]] | [[Category:CZ Live]] | ||
Revision as of 12:33, 31 May 2007
Allelopathy is the secretion by plants of a toxic substance into the soil in order to prevent other plants from growing near them. This trait is most commonly exhibited in desert plants, where water is scarce and competition from other plants for it is a matter of survival.
Invasive plants
Centaurea maculosa Lam. (European spotted knapweed, Asteraceae) is an invasive plant in North America.
References
Ridenour, W.M., and Callaway, R.M. 2001. The relative importance of allelopathy in interference: the effects of an invasive weed on a native bunchgrass. Oecologia, 126: 444-450. doi: 10. 1007/s004420000533.