Northern Mariana Islands

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Northern Mariana Islands

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The table lists the species recorded in the Compendium for this region(from the full species datasheets). It includes species that are invasive in this region, those for which there is no data on invasive status, and also species that are not invasive in the region but are reported as invasive elsewhere. This summary table is based on all the information available.When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the distribution record. For further information, please follow the link to the datasheet.

Domain	Kingdom	Phylum	Species	Distribution	Origin	Invasive	References
Bacteria		Proteobacteria	Acidovorax citrulli (fruit blotch)	Present			Wall and Santos (1988); Wall et al. (1990); CABI and EPPO (2011); EPPO (2020)
Bacteria		Proteobacteria	Xanthomonas citri (citrus canker)	Absent, Never occurred			CABI and EPPO (2014); EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Chromista	Oomycota	Phytophthora colocasiae (taro leaf blight)	Present, Widespread			CABI and EPPO (2014); EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Fungi	Ascomycota	Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense (Panama disease of banana)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	CABI and EPPO (2015); EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Fungi	Ascomycota	Mycosphaerella fijiensis (black Sigatoka)	Present			CABI and EPPO (2011)
Eukaryota	Fungi	Basidiomycota	Phellinus noxius (brown tea root disease)	Present			Hodges and Tenorio (1984); CABI and EPPO (1997)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Adoretus sinicus (Chinese rose beetle)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	Pemberton (1954); UK, CAB International (1981); EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito)	Present			CABI Data Mining (2001)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Aleurodicus dispersus (whitefly)	Present			EPPO (2020); CABI (Undated)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Anoplolepis gracilipes (yellow crazy ant)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) (2011)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Aphis gossypii (cotton aphid)	Present			UK, CAB International (1968); Carver (1996)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Aspidiotus destructor (coconut scale)	Present			UK, CAB International (1966); CABI (Undated)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Aulacaspis yasumatsui (cycad aulacaspis scale)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) (2011); EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Bactrocera cucurbitae (melon fly)	Present, Localized	Introduced	Invasive	CABI and EPPO (2003); EPPO (2020); CABI (Undated)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Bactrocera dorsalis (Oriental fruit fly)	Present			CABI/EPPO (2013); EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Bactrocera frauenfeldi (mango fruit fly)	Present			EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Bactrocera tryoni (Queensland fruit fly)	Absent, Invalid presence record(s)			EPPO (2020); CABI (Undated)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Bemisia tabaci (tobacco whitefly)	Present			CAB International and European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (1998); EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Bemisia tabaci (MEAM1) (silverleaf whitefly)	Present			Barro et al. (1998); CABI and EPPO (1999); EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Cerataphis lataniae (palm aphid)	Present	Native		CABI (Undated); CABI and EPPO (2007)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly)	Absent, Invalid presence record(s)			EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Chrysomphalus dictyospermi (dictyospermum scale)	Present			UK, CAB International (1969)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Crocidosema plebejana (cotton tipworm)	Present	Introduced		CABI (Undated)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Culex quinquefasciatus (southern house mosquito)	Present, Widespread	Introduced		Rueda et al. (2011)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Cylas formicarius (sweet potato weevil)	Present			UK, CAB International (1970); EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Diaphorina citri (Asian citrus psyllid)	Present			CABI/EPPO (2011); EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Dysmicoccus brevipes (pineapple mealybug)	Present			UK, CAB International (1972)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Dysmicoccus neobrevipes (grey pineapple mealybug)	Present			García Morales et al. (2016)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Erionota thrax (banana skipper)	Present			Waterhouse and Norris (1989)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Eurema blanda (three-spot grass yellow butterfly)	Present			CABI (Undated)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Ferrisia virgata (striped mealybug)	Present			Ben-Dov (1994); BEARDSLEY jr. (1966)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Helicoverpa armigera (cotton bollworm)	Present			UK, CAB International (1993); EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Heteropsylla cubana (leucaena psyllid)	Present			FAO (1994)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Hypothenemus hampei (coffee berry borer)	Present			Cristancho et al. (2007); EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale)	Present			EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Liriomyza sativae (vegetable leaf miner)	Present			EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Liriomyza trifolii (American serpentine leafminer)	Present			CABI and EPPO (1997); EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Maconellicoccus hirsutus (pink hibiscus mealybug)	Present			Reddy et al. (2009); CABI and EPPO (2015); EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Mononychellus tanajoa (cassava green mite)	Absent, Unconfirmed presence record(s)			EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Myzus persicae (green peach aphid)	Present			UK, CAB International (1979)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Nipaecoccus viridis (spherical mealybug)	Present			CABI and EPPO (2005); EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Oryctes rhinoceros (coconut rhinoceros beetle)	Present			Moore (2007)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Paracoccus marginatus (papaya mealybug)	Present	Introduced		Muniappan (2009); CABI/EPPO (2012)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Paratrechina longicornis (crazy ant)	Present	Introduced		Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) (2011)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Pectinophora gossypiella (pink bollworm)	Present			UK, CAB International (1990); EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Pheidole megacephala (big-headed ant)	Present	Introduced		ISSG (2009)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Phyllocnistis citrella (citrus leaf miner)	Present			UK, CAB International (1986); EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Planococcus citri (citrus mealybug)	Absent, Unconfirmed presence record(s)			CABI and EPPO (1999)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (mulberry scale)	Present			EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Saissetia oleae (olive scale)	Present			Ben-Dov (1993)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Solenopsis geminata (tropical fire ant)	Present	Introduced		ISSG (2009)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Spodoptera litura (taro caterpillar)	Present		Invasive	UK, CAB International (1993); Silva-Krott et al. (1995); EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Sternochetus mangiferae (mango seed weevil)	Present			CABI and EPPO (2015); EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Tapinoma melanocephalum (ghost ant)	Present	Introduced		Wetterer (2009)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Xyleborus perforans (island pinhole borer)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	UK, CAB International (1973); Wood and Bright (1992)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Xyleborus similis	Present	Introduced	Invasive	Wood (1960)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Arthropoda	Xylosandrus morigerus (brown twig beetle)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	Schedl (1963); EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Boiga irregularis (brown tree snake)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) (2011)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Bos taurus (cattle)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) (2011)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Canis lupus familiaris (dogs)	Present	Introduced		Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) (2011)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Capra hircus (goats)	Present	Introduced		Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) (2011)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Dicrurus macrocercus	Present, Widespread	Introduced	Invasive	Baker (1951)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Felis catus (cat)	Present	Introduced		Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) (2011)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Gambusia affinis (western mosquitofish)	Present	Introduced		Froese and Pauly (2010)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Gambusia holbrooki (eastern mosquitofish)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	Froese and Pauly (2008)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Lutjanus kasmira (blueline snapper)	Present, Widespread	Native		Allen (1985)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Mus musculus (house mouse)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) (2011)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Oreochromis mossambicus (Mozambique tilapia)	Present	Introduced		Froese and Pauly (2004); Froese and Pauly (2011)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Rattus norvegicus (brown rat)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) (2011)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Rattus rattus (black rat)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) (2011)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Rhinella marina (cane toad)	Present	Introduced		Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) (2011)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Rusa marianna (Philippine deer)	Present, Localized	Introduced	Invasive	Wiles et al. (1999)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Suncus murinus (Asian house shrew)	Present	Introduced		Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) (2011)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Sus scrofa [ISC] (feral pig)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	SPREP (South Pacific Regional Environment Programme) (2000); Kessler (2002)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Trachemys scripta elegans (red-eared slider)	Present	Introduced		Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) (2011)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Chordata	Varanus indicus (ambon lizard)	Present	Introduced		Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) (2011)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Cnidaria	Tubastraea coccinea (orange-cup coral)	Present			Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) (2011)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Echinodermata	Acanthaster planci (crown-of-thorns starfish)	Present		Invasive	Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) (2011)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Mollusca	Achatina fulica (giant African land snail)	Present, Localized	Introduced	Invasive	Tillier et al. (1993); Cowie (2000); EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Mollusca	Euglandina rosea (rosy predator snail)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	Civeyrel and Simberloff (1996); Cowie (2003)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Mollusca	Veronicella cubensis (Cuban slug)	Present, Widespread	Introduced		Robinson and Hollingsworth (2005); Badilles et al. (2010)
Eukaryota	Metazoa	Platyhelminthes	Platydemus manokwari (New guinea flatworm)	Present, Widespread	Introduced	Invasive	CABI (Undated)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Pteridophyta	Angiopteris evecta (king fern)	Present	Native		PIER (2018)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Pteridophyta	Lygodium microphyllum (old world climbing fern)	Present	Native		PIER (2015)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Pteridophyta	Nephrolepis hirsutula (sword fern)	Absent, Unconfirmed presence record(s)			USDA-ARS (2018)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Pteridophyta	Thelypteris opulenta (jewelled maiden fern)	Present	Introduced		Yoshioka (2008)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Rhodophyta	Gracilaria salicornia	Present	Native		Meneses and Abbott (1987)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Abelmoschus moschatus (musk mallow)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2018)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Abrus precatorius (rosary pea)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	Wagner et al. (2012); PIER (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Abutilon indicum (country mallow)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2015)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Acacia auriculiformis (northern black wattle)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2016)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Acacia confusa	Present	Introduced		PIER (2002)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Acacia farnesiana (huisache)	Present, Planted	Introduced		ILDIS (2002)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Achyranthes aspera (devil's horsewhip)	Present			Swarbrick (1997)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Adenanthera pavonina (red-bead tree)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	ILDIS (2002); PIER (2002); CABI (Undated)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Aeschynomene americana (shyleaf)	Present	Introduced		Raulerson (2006)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Agave americana (century plant)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2016)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Ageratum conyzoides (billy goat weed)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2016)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Albizia lebbeck (Indian siris)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2016); ILDIS (2016)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Allamanda cathartica (yellow allamanda)	Present	Introduced		Wagner et al. (2013)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Alocasia cucullata (Chinese taro)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2019)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Alocasia macrorrhizos (giant taro)	Present	Introduced		Fosberg et al. (1987)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Alpinia purpurata (red ginger)	Present	Introduced		Fosberg et al. (1987)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Alpinia zerumbet (shell ginger)	Present			Wagner et al. (2013)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Alternanthera sessilis (sessile joyweed)	Present			PIER (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Alysicarpus vaginalis (alyce clover)	Present			Wagner et al. (2012)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Amaranthus dubius (spleen amaranth)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Amaranthus spinosus (spiny amaranth)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2015)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Annona muricata (soursop)	Present			Wagner et al. (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Annona reticulata (bullock's heart)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2014); CABI (Undated)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Annona squamosa (sugar apple)	Present	Introduced		Pacific Islands Ecosystems at Risk (PIER) (2009); CABI (Undated)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Antigonon leptopus (coral vine)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	Fosberg et al. (1979)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Argemone mexicana (Mexican poppy)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2016)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Artocarpus altilis (breadfruit)	Present	Introduced	Naturalized	Ragone (2006); CABI (Undated)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Arundo donax (giant reed)	Present	Introduced		Clayton et al. (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Asclepias curassavica (bloodflower)	Present	Introduced		Fosberg et al. (1979); Swarbrick (1997); USDA-ARS (2011)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Asparagus densiflorus (asparagus fern)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2008)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Averrhoa bilimbi (bilimbi)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2015); CABI (Undated)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Bambusa vulgaris (common bamboo)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Barleria cristata (Philippine violet)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2015)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Barringtonia asiatica (sea poison tree)	Present	Native		Govaerts and Tulig (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Bauhinia monandra (Napoleon's plume)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Bidens pilosa (blackjack)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2018); Seaver (2000)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Bixa orellana (annatto)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2015)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Bothriochloa pertusa (pitted beard grass)	Present			PIER (2013)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Bougainvillea spectabilis (great bougainvillea)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2018)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Breynia disticha (snowbush)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2017)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Caesalpinia pulcherrima (peacock flower)	Present	Introduced		ILDIS (2014); PIER (2014); CABI (Undated)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Caladium bicolor (heart of Jesus)	Present	Introduced		Fosberg et al. (1987)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Calopogonium mucunoides (calopo)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	Fosberg et al. (1979)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Canna indica (canna lilly)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2008)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Cardiospermum halicacabum (balloon vine)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2015); EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Cassia fistula (Indian laburnum)	Present	Introduced		ILDIS (2014); PIER (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Cassia javanica (pink shower)	Present	Introduced		ILDIS (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Cassytha filiformis (love-vine)	Present	Native		GBIF (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Casuarina equisetifolia (casuarina)	Present			PIER (2002)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Catharanthus roseus (Madagascar periwinkle)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2015)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Centella asiatica (Asiatic pennywort)	Present	Native		PIER (2014); USDA-ARS (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Cestrum diurnum (day jessamine)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	Meyer (2000)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Cestrum nocturnum (night jessamine)	Present			PIER (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Chamaecrista nictitans (sensitive partridge pea)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2013)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Chloris virgata (feather finger grass)	Present	Introduced		Fosberg et al. (1987)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Chromolaena odorata (Siam weed)	Present, Widespread	Introduced	Invasive	Gautier (1992); PIER (2007)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Chrysopogon aciculatus (golden false beardgrass)	Present	Native		Fosberg et al. (1987)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Cissus quadrangularis (treebine)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2018)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Cleome viscosa (Asian spiderflower)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	Fosberg (1975)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Clerodendrum quadriloculare (bronze-leaved clerodendrum)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	USDA-NRCS (2012)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Clerodendrum speciosissimum (Java glory bower)	Present			PIER (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Clitoria ternatea (butterfly-pea)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2016)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Coccinia grandis (scarlet-fruited ivy gourd)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2013)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Cocos nucifera (coconut)	Present	Introduced		Govaerts et al. (2014); CABI (Undated)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Codiaeum variegatum (garden croton)	Present			Smithsonian Museum of Natural History (2016)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Coix lacryma-jobi (Job's-tears)	Present	Introduced		Fosberg et al. (1987)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Colocasia esculenta (taro)	Present	Introduced		CABI (Undated)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Colubrina asiatica (latherleaf)	Present	Native		Wagner et al. (2012)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Cosmos sulphureus (sulphur cosmos)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	Robinson (2006); CABI (Undated)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Crassocephalum crepidioides (redflower ragleaf)	Present	Introduced		Raulerson (2006)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Crotalaria retusa (rattleweed)	Present	Introduced		Raulerson (2006)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Cryptostegia grandiflora (rubber vine)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2012); Fosberg et al. (1979)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Cuphea carthagenensis (Colombian waxweed)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2015)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Cuphea hyssopifolia (false heather)	Present	Introduced		HEAR (2016)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Cyanthillium cinereum (little ironweed)	Present		Invasive	PIER (2013)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Cymbopogon nardus (citronella grass)	Present, Localized	Introduced		eMonocot (2013)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Cynodon dactylon (Bermuda grass)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Cyperus difformis (small-flowered nutsedge)	Present			Raulerson (2006)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Cyperus rotundus (purple nutsedge)	Present			Govaerts (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Dactylis glomerata (cocksfoot)	Present	Introduced		USDA-NRCS (2015)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Dactyloctenium aegyptium (crowfoot grass)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2016)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Datura metel (Hindu datura)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2014); CABI (Undated)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Delonix regia (flamboyant)	Present	Introduced		ILDIS (2009); Pacific Islands Ecosystems at Risk (PIER) (2009)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Derris elliptica (tuba root)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2018)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Desmodium incanum (creeping beggerweed)	Present, Localized	Introduced	Invasive	Fosberg et al. (1975)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Dichanthium caricosum (nadi blue grass)	Present	Introduced		Raulerson (2006)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Dieffenbachia seguine (dumb cane)	Present	Introduced		HEAR (2017)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Digitaria bicornis (Asian crabgrass)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2016)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Digitaria ciliaris (southern crabgrass)	Present			PIER (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Digitaria insularis (sourgrass)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2012)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Dioscorea bulbifera (air potato)	Present	Native		Fosberg et al. (1987)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Duranta erecta (golden dewdrop)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2013); USDA-ARS (2013)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth)	Present			EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Elephantopus mollis (elephant's foot)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	USDA-ARS (2013)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Eleusine indica (goose grass)	Present, Widespread	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Emilia fosbergii (Florida tassel-flower)	Present	Introduced		Raulerson (2006)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Emilia sonchifolia (red tasselflower)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2018)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Eragrostis amabilis (Japanese lovegrass)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2018)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Eragrostis ciliaris (gophertail lovegrass)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2018)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Erigeron bellioides (bellorita)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2018)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Eriobotrya japonica (loquat)	Present, Planted	Introduced		PIER (2016)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Eugenia uniflora (Surinam cherry)	Present	Introduced		GBIF (2013)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Euphorbia hypericifolia (graceful spurge)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2013)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Euphorbia tithymaloides (devil's backbone)	Present, Only in captivity/cultivation	Introduced		PIER (2016)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Ficus benghalensis (banyan)	Present	Introduced		Fosberg et al. (1979)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Ficus benjamina (weeping fig)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Ficus microcarpa (Indian laurel tree)	Present			Little and Skolmen (1989); PIER (2014); CABI (Undated)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Ficus religiosa (sacred fig tree)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2014); Wagner et al. (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Fimbristylis littoralis (lesser fimbristylis)	Present	Native		Fosberg et al. (1987)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Flemingia strobilifera (wild hops)	Present	Introduced		CABI (Undated)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Furcraea foetida (Mauritius hemp)	Present	Introduced		Govaerts and Barker (2013)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Gliricidia sepium (gliricidia)	Present	Introduced		ILDIS (2002)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Hibiscus tiliaceus (coast cottonwood)	Present	Native		USDA-ARS (2016)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Impatiens balsamina (garden balsam)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2018)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Impatiens walleriana (busy lizzy)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2018)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Imperata cylindrica (cogon grass)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	Fosberg et al. (1987); PIER (2008)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Indigofera spicata (creeping indigo)	Present	Introduced		Wagner et al. (2012); PIER (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Indigofera suffruticosa (Anil indigo)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2013)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Indigofera tinctoria (true indigo)	Present			Wagner et al. (2012)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Ipomoea aquatica (swamp morning-glory)	Present			Gunn and Ritchie (1982)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Ipomoea carnea subsp. fistulosa (bush morning glory)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2017)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Ipomoea hederifolia (scarlet-creeper )	Present	Introduced		PIER (2016)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Ipomoea indica (ocean blue morning-glory)	Present			Staples (2017); USDA-ARS (2017)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Ipomoea quamoclit (cypress vine)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2018)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Ischaemum rugosum (saramollagrass)	Present	Native		Clayton et al. (2015)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Jasminum multiflorum (star jasmine)	Present	Introduced		Fosberg et al. (1979)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Jasminum simplicifolium (Australian wax jasmine)	Present	Introduced		New York Botanical Garden (2018)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Jatropha curcas (jatropha)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2008)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Jatropha gossypiifolia (bellyache bush)	Present, Widespread	Introduced	Invasive	Chadhokar (1978); Fosberg et al. (1979); Holm et al. (1979); Dehgan (1982); CABI (Undated)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Kalanchoe delagoensis (chandelier plant)	Present	Introduced		Raulerson (2006)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Lantana camara (lantana)	Present, Widespread	Introduced	Invasive	Meyer (2000)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Lawsonia inermis (Egyptian privet)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2017)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Lemna aequinoctialis (lesser duckweed)	Present	Native		PIER (2017)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Lemna perpusilla (duckweed)	Present			Pacific Islands Ecosystems at Risk (PIER) (2009)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Lepidium virginicum (Virginian peppercress)	Present	Introduced		Missouri Botanical Garden (2016)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Leucaena leucocephala (leucaena)	Present, Widespread, Planted	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2013)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Lindernia crustacea (Malaysian false pimpernel)	Present	Native		Raulerson (2006)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Livistona chinensis (Chinese fan palm)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2016)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Ludwigia hyssopifolia (water primrose)	Present			HEAR (2012)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Luffa acutangula (angled luffa)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2016); Smithsonian Museum of Natural History (2016)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Luffa aegyptiaca (loofah)	Present			PIER (2007)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Macroptilium atropurpureum (siratro)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2017)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Mangifera indica (mango)	Present	Introduced	Naturalized	PIER (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Megathyrsus maximus (Guinea grass)	Present	Introduced		Fosberg et al. (1987)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Melastoma malabathricum (Banks melastoma)	Present			Holm et al. (1979)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Melia azedarach (Chinaberry)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2002)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Melinis minutiflora (molasses grass)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Melinis repens (natal redtop)	Present, Localized	Introduced		GBIF (2012)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Merremia tuberosa (woodrose)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Mesosphaerum pectinatum (comb bushmint)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	Fosberg et al. (1975); Fosberg et al. (1979); Raulerson (2006); PIER (2014); CABI (Undated)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Mikania micrantha (bitter vine)	Present, Widespread	Introduced	Invasive	Waterhouse and Norris (1987); PIER (2015)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Mikania scandens	Absent, Unconfirmed presence record(s)			Fosberg et al. (1979); Raulerson (2006)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Mimosa diplotricha (creeping sensitive plant)	Present, Few occurrences	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2008)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Mimosa pudica (sensitive plant)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2017)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Momordica charantia (bitter gourd)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Morinda citrifolia (Indian mulberry)	Present	Introduced		Govaerts (2017)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Moringa oleifera (horse radish tree)	Present, Planted	Introduced		PIER (2017)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Mucuna pruriens (velvet bean)	Present	Native		ILDIS (2014); Space and Imada (2004); PIER (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Muntingia calabura (Jamaica cherry)	Present	Introduced		Fosberg et al. (1979); Fosberg et al. (1980); Raulerson (2006)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Ocimum tenuiflorum (holy basil)	Present			CABI (Undated)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Oldenlandia corymbosa (flat-top mille graines)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2018)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Opuntia monacantha (common prickly pear)	Present			PIER (2013)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Oxalis corniculata (creeping woodsorrel)	Present		Invasive	Fosberg et al. (1975)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Pachira aquatica (pachira nut)	Present	Introduced		Fosberg et al. (1979)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Panicum repens (torpedo grass)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2004)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Paspalum conjugatum (buffalo grass)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2018)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Paspalum distichum (knotgrass)	Present			Pacific Islands Ecosystems at Risk (PIER) (2009)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Paspalum paniculatum (Russell River grass)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	Fosberg et al. (1987)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Paspalum scrobiculatum (ricegrass paspalum)	Present			PIER (2004)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Passiflora suberosa (corkystem passionflower)	Present, Widespread	Introduced	Invasive	Fosberg et al. (1979); Meyer (2000)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Pennisetum polystachion (mission grass)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2008); USDA-ARS (2012)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Pennisetum purpureum (elephant grass)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	Fosberg et al. (1987)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Pentas lanceolata (Egyptian starcluster)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2018)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Phaseolus lunatus (lima bean)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Physalis angulata (cutleaf groundcherry)	Present	Introduced		Fosberg et al. (1979); PIER (2013); Wagner et al. (2013)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Physalis peruviana (Cape gooseberry)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2012)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2003); EPPO (2020)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Pithecellobium dulce (Manila tamarind)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2002); CABI (Undated);
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Plectranthus scutellarioides (coleus)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Pluchea carolinensis (sourbush)	Present	Introduced		Fosberg et al. (1979)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Pluchea indica (Indian camphorweed)	Present	Introduced		USDA-ARS (2012)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Psidium guajava (guava)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2012)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Pterocarpus indicus (red sandalwood)	Present	Native		Barstow (2018)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Ricinus communis (castor bean)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2014); CABI (Undated)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Rivina humilis (bloodberry)	Present			Wagner et al. (2013)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Samanea saman (rain tree)	Present	Introduced		ILDIS (2002); CABI (Undated)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Sansevieria trifasciata (mother-in-law’s tongue)	Present	Introduced		Fosberg et al. (1987)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Senna alata (candle bush)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2016)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Senna occidentalis (coffee senna)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2016); ILDIS (2002)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Senna surattensis (golden senna)	Present	Introduced		ILDIS (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Sesbania grandiflora (sesbania)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Sida acuta (sida)	Present, Widespread	Introduced	Invasive	Fosberg et al. (1975); Fosberg et al. (1979)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Sorghum halepense (Johnson grass)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2008)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Spathodea campanulata (African tulip tree)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2008)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Spathoglottis plicata (Philippine ground orchid)	Present	Introduced		Fosberg et al. (1987)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Sphagneticola trilobata (wedelia)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2008)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Sporobolus africanus (rat’s tail grass)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2016)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Stachytarpheta cayennensis (blue snakeweed)	Present	Introduced		USDA-ARS (2015)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Stachytarpheta urticifolia (rattail)	Absent, Unconfirmed presence record(s)			Moldenke (1980)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Tabebuia heterophylla (pink trumpet tree)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2008)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Tecoma stans (yellow bells)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	Fosberg et al. (1979)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Terminalia catappa (Singapore almond)	Present, Planted			CABI (Undated)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Thespesia populnea (portia tree)	Present			Friday and Okano (2006)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Tradescantia spathacea (boat lily)	Present	Introduced		Fosberg et al. (1987)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Tradescantia zebrina (wandering jew)	Present	Introduced		CABI (Undated)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Triphasia trifolia (limeberry)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2012)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Tripsacum latifolium (wideleaf gamagrass)	Present	Introduced		Clayton et al. (2017)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Triumfetta semitriloba (burweed)	Present	Introduced	Invasive	PIER (2015)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Urena lobata (caesar weed)	Present			Fosberg et al. (1979); PIER (2004); USDA-ARS (2012)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Urochloa distachya (signal grass)	Present			PIER (2015)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Urochloa mutica (para grass)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2014)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Urochloa reptans (sprawling signalgrass)	Present	Native		Clayton et al. (2018)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Verbena litoralis (blue vervain)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2012)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Vitex trifolia	Present	Native		Govaerts (2016)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Xanthosoma sagittifolium (elephant ear)	Present	Introduced		Fosberg et al. (1987)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Youngia japonica (oriental false hawksbeard)	Present	Introduced		PIER (2018)
Eukaryota	Plantae	Spermatophyta	Zoysia matrella (Manila grass)	Present	Native		USDA-ARS (2016)
Eukaryota	Protista	Protozoa	Plasmodium relictum	Present			Beadell et al. (2006)
Virus			Banana bunchy top virus (bunchy top of banana)	Absent, Unconfirmed presence record(s)			CABI/EPPO (2013); EPPO (2020)

List of Species CSV Output

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Generate a spreadsheet of the List of Species which also includes records from basic datasheets.

Basic datasheets include data mined from various sources (including the CAB Abstracts database and selected invasive species databases). Further confirmation of distribution status should be sought before use.

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List of Animal Diseases

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The table lists the animal diseases recorded in the Compendium for this region (from the full disease datasheets). For further information, please follow the link to the datasheet.

Disease	Distribution	Origin	Invasive	References
bluetongue	Present, Serological evidence and/or isolation of the agent			OIE (1999)
Plasmodium relictum infection	Present			Beadell et al. (2006)

List of Animal Diseases CSV Output

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Generate a spreadsheet of the List of Animal Diseases which also includes records from basic datasheets.

Basic datasheets include data mined from various sources (including the CAB Abstracts database). Further confirmation of distribution status should be sought before use.

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Land Usage

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2011-2007 | 2006-2002

land use		2011		2010		2009		2008		2007
Agricultural area	Area	3	Fm	3	Fm	3	Fm	3	Fm	3	Fm
Arable land	Area	1	Fm	1	Fm	1	Fm	1	Fm	1	Fm
Arable land and Permanent crops	Area	1.92	Fm	1.92	Fm	2	Fm	2	Fm	2	Fm
Country area	Area	46	Fm	46	Fm	46	Fm	46	W	46	W
Forest area	Area	30.15	Fm	30.32	Q	30.48	Fm	30.65	Fm	30.81	Fm
Land area	Area	46	Fm	46	Fm	46	Fm	46	W	46	W
Other land	Area	12.85	Fm	12.68	Fm	12.52	Fm	12.35	Fm	12.19	Fm
Permanent crops	Area	1	Fm	1	Fm	1	Fm	1	Fm	1	Fm
Permanent meadows and pastures	Area	1	Fm	1	Fm	1	Fm	1	Fm	1	W
Total area equipped for irrigation	Area	0.1	Fm	0.1	Fm	0.1	Fm	0.1	Fm	0.1	W

Land Usage: (1000 Ha)
E = Expert sources from FAO (including other divisions) | Fm = Manual Estimation | I = Country data reported by International Organizations where the country is a member (Semi-official) - WTO, EU, UNSD, etc. | Q = Official data reported on FAO Questionnaires from countries | W = Data reported on country official publications or web sites (Official) or trade country files

2011-2007 | 2006-2002

land use		2006		2005		2004		2003		2002
Agricultural area	Area	3	Fm	3	Fm	3	Fm	3	Fm	3	Fm
Arable land	Area	1	Fm	1	Fm	1	Fm	1	Fm	1	Fm
Arable land and Permanent crops	Area	2	Fm	2	Fm	2	Fm	2	Fm	2	Fm
Country area	Area	46	W	46	Q	46	Q	46	Q	46	Q
Forest area	Area	30.98	Fm	31.14	Q	31.31	Fm	31.47	Fm	31.64	Fm
Land area	Area	46	W	46	Q	46	Q	46	Q	46	Q
Other land	Area	12.02	Fm	11.86	Fm	11.69	Fm	11.53	Fm	11.36	Fm
Permanent crops	Area	1	Fm	1	Fm	1	Fm	1	Fm	1	Fm
Permanent meadows and pastures	Area	1	Fm	1	Fm	1	Fm	1	Fm	1	Fm
Total area equipped for irrigation	Area	0.1	Fm	0.1	Fm	0.1	Fm	0.1	Fm	0.1	W

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