Second Round Of Public Consultation On Non-Native Species Risk Assessments

27th July 2014

#Flora&Fauna - Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) and the National Biodiversity Data Centre (NBDC) have launched a second round of public consultation on its risk assessments on certain non-native species – including a number of marine and waterways species, following the first round in mid-May.

The following risk assessments of various plant species, many of which grow on or close to Ireland's inland waterways, are now available for comment via www.nonnativespecies.ie until Wednesday 6 August 2014:

•Allium triquetrum (Three-cornered Leek)

•Corbicula fluminea (Asian Clam)

•Egeria densa (Large-flowered Waterweed)

•Hydrocotyle ranunculoides (Floating Pennywort)

•Impatiens glandulifera (Himalayan Balsam)

•Ludwigia spp. (Water Primroses)

•Lysichiton americanus (American Skunk-cabbage)

•Myriophyllum aquaticum (Parrot’s Feather)

The following risk assessments will be available for comment shortly:

•Carpobrotus edulis (Hottentot-fig)

•Elodea canadensis (Canadian Pondweed)

•Hippophae rhamnoides (Sea-buckthorn)

•Juncus planifolius (Broad-leaved Rush)

•Hyacinthoides hispanica (including H. non-scripta x H. hispanica) (Spanish Bluebell)

•Persicaria perfoliata (Mile-a-minute Weed)

•Rubus spectabilis (Salmonberry)

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