Alien, Invasive and thriving: Native plants choked in Western Ghats

Non-native species of flora, introduced mostly by the British, have proliferated across the Western Ghats. With the High Court directing the National Board for Wildlife to look into the issue, ecologists and officials wonder if it is ever going to be possible to shear the verdant hillsides of species that choke indigenous plants.

from The Hindu - National https://ift.tt/2N1TH0c