@article{article_508208, title={IMPACTS OF INVASIVE PLANTS}, journal={Turkish Journal of Weed Science}, volume={18}, pages={1–2}, year={2015}, author={Önen, Hüseyin}, keywords={Invasive plants, invasive species, economic loses, health impacts, biodiversity loses}, abstract={Different living organisms having invasive characteristics pose severe threats to ecosystems, biodiversity, environment, human and animal health and economy. Moreover, biological invasions are being considered as the greatest threat to biodiversity after climate change and habitat defragmentation. Among invasive species, plants are of prime importance as these pose multidimensional impacts. Invasive plants replace the established species from their natural habitats, thus disturbing all the processes from the ecosystem to the human life. Here I discussed the impacts of different invasive plants listed in the 100 most worst invasive species of the world. In economic impacts, the economic costs of early detection, eradication and management, losses in terms of human health and social life of different invasive plants in different countries are given. To accomplish the task extensive literature search has been done from different database providing the information about invasive species. The top searched database were Global Invasive Species Database (GISD), International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Delivering Invasive Alien Species Inventories in Europe (DIASIE). I have collected the data about the total number of alien species and plants present in different parts of the world from these different databases. The data has been presented in graphical form. In biodiversity impacts we have tried to give some practical examples of the plant which have been replacing the native species. The agricultural impacts are described in terms of loss of crop production, management costs of invasive plants, allelopathic effects and herbicide resistance of invasive plants. Different human health impacts such as allergies and vectors are also given in human health impacts}, number={3}, publisher={Türkiye Herboloji Derneği}