Template:Invasive species category

This category is for articles about invasive species. Please do not add this category to general articles about single organisms, unless it is an article specifically about that species' invasiveness. Appropriate article examples for addition to invasive species categories include: List of invasive species in North America, Garlic mustard as an invasive species, or Cane toads in Australia. Inappropriate examples include: Garlic mustard or Cane toad. For past CfDs on this subject, see here.

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Example

See Category:Invasive species

Background

See past categories for discussion (CFDs) on invasive species and similar categories:

• May 2007 CFD Category:Introduced species; deleted, "because nearly all common species have been 'introduced' somewhere"
• June 2009 CFD Category:Invasive species by country; renamed to Category:Lists of invasive species
• January 2014 CFD Category:Introduced saltwater fish of...; deleted
• January 2014 CFD Category:Introduced Species; comments proposing listifying, limiting categorization to articles specifically about introductions or invasiveness
• February 2014 CFD Category:Introduced freshwater fish of...; deleted
• March 2014 CFD Category:Invasive plant species in...; listified and deleted
• December 2020 CFD Category:Invasive fish species in Ukraine; deleted

See also

• Template:Introduced species category

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