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Term	Vocabulary	Vocabulary Type	Definitions
exotic	Nearshore Terrestrial Ecosystems Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: Non-native plant and animal species.
Exotic Species	Web Taxonomy-Environmental Media Topics	Taxonomy	Definition: Plants, animals or microorganisms which are introduced by humans into areas where they are not native. Exotics are often associated with negative ecological consequences for native species and the ecosystems. [GEMET-US]
Exotic species	Chesapeake Bay Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: Any introduced plant or animal species that is not native to a region. Exotic species are not always considered a nuisance or invasive.
Exotic Species	Ecological Risk Assessment Glossary of Terms	Glossary and Key Word List
Exotic Species	Natural Landscaping Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: A non-native plant or animal introduced from another geographic area.
Exotic Species	Terms of Environment	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: A species that is not indigenous to a region.
Animal Exotic Disease	EPA EV-Biological Substances-Animals-Animal Diseases	Taxonomy	Definition: A disease that normally does not occur within a particular area. [USGS Field Manual of Wildlife Disease Glossary at http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/publications/field_manual/appendices.pdf]
Bush Honeysuckle (Exotic)	EPA EV-Biological Substances-Plants-Plant Taxa	Taxonomy
Exotic Plant	EPA EV-Biological Substances-Plants-Plant Roles	Taxonomy	Definition: A plant that is not born, growing, or produced naturally (native) in an area, region, or country. Syn. non-indigenous plant. (SRM 1999) [DOI Bureau of Land Management Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health Glossary at http://www.blm.gov/nstc/library/pdf/1734-6.pdf]
Exotic Species	EPA EV-Biological Substances-Animals-Animal Roles	Taxonomy	Definition: Any introduced plant or animal species that is not native to a region. Exotic species are not always considered a nuisance or invasive.[Chesapeake Bay Program Glossary]
Wisteria (Exotic)	EPA EV-Biological Substances-Plants-Plant Taxa	Taxonomy	Definition: Chinese and Japanese wisteria are exotic, showy, woody ornamental vines. These vigorous vines can climb trees, apparently limited only by the height of the tree, and have been observed to reach 65 feet. Unlike American wisteria (Wisteria frutescens), native to the southeastern U.S., which flowers June through August, and produces a non-hairy seed pod 2-4 inches long, both exotic wisterias flower in the springtime (April-May) and produce a velvety seed pod. The fuzzy brown seed pods are 4-6 inches long, narrowed toward the base, with constrictions between the seeds. Stems of the exotic wisterias can grow to 15 inches in diameter in older plants. White-barked Japanese wisteria vines twine clockwise around the host plant and Chinese wisteria twines counter-clockwise. The compound leaves, consisting of 7-13 (Chinese) or 13-19 (Japanese) smaller leaf units, called leaflets, are about 1 foot long and alternate along the stem. Fragrant, violet to blue-violet flowers, ½ to 1 inch long, occur in showy, pendulous clusters that hang gracefully from the twining stems. [National Park Service Plant Conservation Alliance at http://www.invasive.org/weedcd/pdfs/wgw/exoticwisterias.pdf]

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