species which have been brought into North America
Native somewhere else, but having been brought deliberately by people to the area specified (adjective). Apples, wheat, and domestic cats were introduced to North America. 10 Introduced: Native somewhere else, but having been brought deliberately or accidentally by people to the area specified. 10 Introduced: Native somewhere else, but having arrived somehow in the area specified. Although this concept makes no logical sense because it clearly includes organisms that arrived entirely without the aid of people, it still is used by some biologists. 10
Not native to an area; brought in from another area.
brought in and established in a new place or surroundings
not indigenous; not native to the area in which it now occurs. cf. adventive, naturalised.
An organism imported, either deliberately or accidentally by humans or other animals, that becomes naturalised, is introduced. See also: alien
Grasses which have been brought in from outside North America and are not in the original vegetation.
Plants brought into North America and not part of the original vegetation.
Plant origins from outside western North America. Introduction is either accidental or intentional.
momo tauhou A plant or animal that was brought to New Zealand by humans.
Refers to a species brought into a geographical area where it does not naturally occur. In terms of cultivars, refers to releases that were originally collected outside the USA or that were collected within the USA from plant materials purposefully introduced and maintained as an introduced population.
Introduced means that people have brought a plant or animal to a country where it did not live naturally before, eg. rats, deer and gorse are introduced to New Zealand.
Brought from another region; not native.