TranscontinentalPhragmites

Arrival in North America

New Haven, CT

Camden, NJ

Chesapeake Beach, MD

Establishment and Early Spread (CT population)

Conquering the Continent

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Transcontinental Railroad

US Highways

Epilobium hirsutum (Hairy Willow Herb)

Invasive Species in a Changing World By Harold A. Mooney, Richard J. Hobbs, International Council of Scientific Unions Scientific Committee on Problems of

the Environment. Published by Island Press, 2000