| | Rhode Island Invasive Species Council's List of Invasive Plants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
 | | Once the criteria were established, a preliminary list of 143 plants was drawn up from invasive species lists from Rhode Island and neighboring states, and people were asked to rank the degree of invasiveness of each plant. |
 | | The Rhode Island Invasive Species Council includes members of the nursery industry who are, understandably, concerned that we fully understand the invasive potentialor lack thereofof various cultivars and hybrids of a species before including a species on a list that will be disseminated to the general public. |
 | | The species of greatest concern to the nursery industry are Norway Maple, Japanese Barberry, Winged Euonymus, and some of the bush honeysuckles such as Morrow Honeysuckle and Bella Honeysuckle, all of which meet Criteria 1 through 9, and are widespread in the state. |
| www.riwps.org /PlantLibrary/invasives/invasivelist_winter2001.html (937 words) |