Example for Grade 7: Explanatory – Invasive Species - ID: 4944

Many non-native species come, but many of them don’t survive. However, many of them so survive and succeed, Plants such as the Japanese kuduzu, Tulips, and the Irises. There are also fruits that are non-native that survived and succeeded, fruits like the orange and apples. Not only did flowers and fruits survived, even wheat, a grain have also survied and is used by many.

To begin with, when non-native plants come to new environments, all of the animals that eat them are now gone, which means they can grow without having other organisms eating them which makes it very hard to thrive. With all of the animals gone, they can now keep growing until they become strong, and with this, they will keep growing because all of their predators are gone.

When the non-native plant comes to a new environment, they are safe because no animals in that environment will know what kind of plant it is which can only mean they will not eat it. Therefore the plant will survive and others might die off because they are native therefore the animals what plant it is and will eat it.

Almost all of the non-native plants will have survived because all of their predators have gone and they can grow as much as they want because their predators will not go searching for the plant, they’ll just have to find another plant to eat. Animals will not go looking for the plant in the time of famine, they will just have to find another source of food which makes the non-native plant safe because of this.

Also, non-native plants are plants they have come from somewhere else and not in the environment they have come from, which means that people may be a bit cautious around the plant.

When people are more careful around the plant by not touching it, it can leave the plant a good opportunity to grow and flourish. So with animals and people not touching or eating the plant and things like that, these plants will actually have a chance to grow. However, this is not the only problem.

Secondly, when these non-native plants come to new environments they are given more space than the previous one. The non-native plant probably came to the new environment because the old one didn’t have any more spaces and that it needed to have more space to grow. With this problem it came to the new environment to help itself and grow and survive while other plants will either stay in the current environment or be so crowded and not being able to get any water, soil, or sunlight and will soon die because of the lack of these resources.

With these problems that are happening to the old environment. They are lacking all of the things they needed to survive, things such as water so they will not dry out, space so that the plant will have enough room to grow, and also sunlight, maybe the environment is so crowded that many of the plants are not getting enough sunlight, water, or even space.

Many of the non-native plants may have to compete with the other plants to get some of the sources they may need to survive. When the non-native plants come over to the new environment and may not have to compete as much with the native plants. When non-native plants come to live on a new environment, they might be stronger then the native plants which gives them a big advantage of surviving.

Another advantage non-native plants have with this problem is that they can easily take over because they plant may not be stronger in it’s previous environment but it may be stronger in it’s new one. With this kind of advantage, the non-native plant will be able to survive and grow big and strong while the other may be a bit weak to grow or even try to relocate its destination. This is not the only advantage that the non-native plants have.

Lastly, the last advantage that the non-native plants have is the ability to look exotic to many people which can attract attention for for many people. When this non-native plants grow big they can attract lots of attention because it is so exotic looking and may lead to people not wanting to kill off these non-native plants.

With this kind of advantage, not only will people not want to cut these plants down but they will want to own these kind of plants and will want to keep in their house to water and provide more space for these non-native plants. Not only will they grown thrive and succeed they are also having people favor this kind of plant and makes them want to plant more into their backyards or plant them into the wilderness because of their beauty while the native plants will have to survive on their own without the help of humans spreading their seed because they are seen everyday in that environment and is no longer unique to us. There are many ways a non-native plant will be able to survive. However these are some of the main reasons how.

Non-native plants sometimes die off because of the weather change or they may not be able to survive the different kind of soil almost all of the non-native plants survive,thrive, and succeed. In summation, non-native plants can survive a new environment and can also become part of an ecosystem. Many people will favor the non-native plant and will help them grow and survive in its new environment. Some of the non-native plants are very useful to us, some of them grow fruits that we eat such as the orange and the apple. If we killed these non-native plants before realizing what they are good for, we may never be able to eat those delicious fruits. Lots of non-native plants have grown and have started to become something popular in peoples homes because they have received help from us and from other plants and also some animals who did not want to eat it, Therefore making it a succesul plant.