Invasive Species
The information below provides advice and case studies for the common invasive plant species found in the Tees Valley.
General information
Field Guide by Tees Valley Wildlife Trust to common invasive plants
All choked up – preventing pond pests (Water for Wildlife)
Invasive non-native plants associated with fresh waters (species action framework)
Protecting our native flora (Environment Agency)
New Zealand Stonecrop – Crassula helmsii
Information sheet 11 – Australian Swamp stonecrop (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology)
Controlling Crassula at Old Moor RSPB Reserve
Controlling Crassula at Dungeness RSPB Reserve, Kent
Controlling Crassula at The Lodge RSPB Reserve, Bedfordshire
Australian Swamp Stonecrop (The Alien Invasive Species Project)
Water Fern – Azolla filiculoides
Information sheet 22: Water Fern (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology)
Algae
Barley straw for algae control
Information about blue-green algae (Argyll Bute Council)
More information on other plants can be found in the ‘Websites and information’ section of the Tees Valley Pondscape website
