Non-Native Plants

Non-Native Plants (HM25HY)

Location: Bethlehem, PA 18015 Northampton County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 36.902', W 75° 21.885'

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Along The Hoover-Mason Trestle

NON-NATIVE PLANTS ARRIVED HERE BY HUMAN ACTIVITY either deliberate or accidental. American colonists brought seeds and plants from their home countries for food production, medicinal purposes and ornamental gardening.
Seeds arrived in the ballast of ships; packing material and seeds also hitchhiked on the colonist's clothing, shoes, or on the hooves or fur of animals and in their waste. Also, explorers and botanists, who traveled the world collecting specimens, introduced their collections to American horticulture for propagation.
Many of these plants have naturalized into the wild and are now part of our countryside. Some plants that arrived on our shores have become invasive competitors that compromise once healthy ecosystems.
Examples [clockwise from top]:
Foxtail, Setaria sp.
Butterfly Bush, Buddleia sp.
Oriental Bittersweet, Celastrus Orbiculatus
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HM NumberHM25HY
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Placed BySteelStacks
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Date Added Wednesday, February 14th, 2018 at 7:02pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 469146 N 4496087
Decimal Degrees40.61503333, -75.36475000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 36.902', W 75° 21.885'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 36' 54.12" N, 75° 21' 53.1" W
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Area Code(s)484, 610
Closest Postal AddressAt or near HMT, Bethlehem PA 18015, US
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