This book provides a comprehensive guide to identifying and understanding the plants that are changing the North American landscape forever.

The book features full-color photos and descriptions of more than 250 alien species, both terrestrial and aquatic, that are in some cases changing the landscape to an almost unimaginable degree. Accompanying text describes the plant’s environmental and economic impacts as well as management techniques used to control it.

The book is divided into several sections, including “The Aliens Landed Long Ago and Keep Arriving,” “Invasives Changing Wild America,” “Managing the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” “A Quick Key to Identifying Major Species of Invasive Plant Groups,” “A Field Guide to Individual Species,” and “More Information”.