Beneficial "Invasive" Species?

Honey bee.

How has that not jumped the Ms. River?

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Beneficial "Invasive" Species?

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Great Britain? They invaded many part sof the world and while not everything was beneficial, its hard to argue they didn't modernize a large portion of the planet.

I know hogs are bad. Very bad. But I do enjoy shooting them and eating them.

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It's on both sides of the river.

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Had no idea. Every time I cross at Vidalia it's none, none, none, bam.

Crawfish were not native to China but were brought over in the early 1900s they then became cheap imports here in the USA.
Ohh wait you said beneficial!!

While not invasive, the salmon in Lake Michigan and other Great Lakes are not native. They were brought in to kill alewives, which were destroying the Lake.

They created a multi-million $$$ sports fishing industry as well

Honey Suckle

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While not invasive, the salmon in Lake Michigan and other Great Lakes are not native.

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When Lewis and Clark explored out West, the rivers and lakes were basically void of fish. They described them as sterile. A few suckers is all they found to eat.

There were a few native brook and cutthroat trout in super high elevations around Yellowstone.

The brown and rainbow trout that dominate out West now were all brought from Europe.

And the other answer is obviously: Pheasants. Brought from China about the same time as the trout came from Europe.

Two of the wild game species most emblematic of the American West are transplants.

I learned recently that wild turkeys are present in 49 states, but are only “native” to 37 states. I guess that’d count as invasive.