ECOLOGY
ORGANISMS AND POPULATION
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lantana and water hyacinth
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acacia and calotropis
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ficus religiosa and lantana
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nile perch and ficus religiosa
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lantana, Eichhornia and Parthenium are all exotic species, which had been introduced in India. Lantana camara has replaced many species in forests of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Eichhornia(water hyacinth) has clogged water bodies including wetlands resulting in the death of several aquatic plants and animals.
Detailed explanation-2: -Solution : Exotic species introduced in India are Lantana camara, Water Hyacinth and Parthenium.
Detailed explanation-3: -Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) is called the ‘Terror of Bengal’. It is an exotic species which is not native to Bengal.
Detailed explanation-4: -Exotic species are those that have been intentionally or unintentionally introduced by humans into an ecosystem in which they did not evolve. Such introductions probably occur frequently as natural phenomena. For example, Kudzu (Pueraria lobata), which is native to Japan, was introduced in the United States in 1876.