Common name
Toad Rush
Informal group
Plants
Territories
Island
Tristan
Establishment status
Establishment status detail
Common [2]
First record
1937
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Habitat
14. Artificial - Terrestrial
- 14.4. Artificial - Terrestrial – Rural Gardens
15. Artificial - Aquatic
- 15.1. Artificial - Aquatic – Water Storage Areas [over 8 ha]
- 15.2. Artificial - Aquatic – Ponds [below 8 ha]
- 15.3. Artificial - Aquatic – Aquaculture Ponds
- 15.5. Artificial - Aquatic – Excavations (open)
- 15.6. Artificial - Aquatic – Wastewater Treatment Areas
- 15.7. Artificial - Aquatic – Irrigated Land [includes irrigation channels]
- 15.8. Artificial - Aquatic – Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land
- 15.9. Artificial - Aquatic – Canals and Drainage Channels, Ditches
5. Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1. Wetlands (inland) – Permanent rivers/streams/creeks (includes waterfalls)
- 5.2. Wetlands (inland) – Seasonal/intermittent/irregular rivers/streams/creeks
- 5.4. Wetlands (inland) – Bogs, marshes, swamps, fens, peatlands
- 5.5. Wetlands (inland) – Permanent freshwater lakes (over 8 ha)
- 5.6. Wetlands (inland) – Seasonal/intermittent freshwater lakes (over 8 ha)
- 5.7. Wetlands (inland) – Permanent freshwater marshes/pools (under 8 ha)
- 5.8. Wetlands (inland) – Seasonal/intermittent freshwater marshes/pools (under 8 ha)
Habitat detail
Common in lowland areas all around the island, mostly on open ground [2].
References
[1] Ryan, P. (ed.) (2007). Field Guide to the Animals and Plants of Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island. Pisces Publications, Newbury. 162 pp; [2] Gremmen, N.J.M. and R.L. Halbertsma (2009). Alien plants and their impact on Tristan da Cunha. Report Data-Analyse Ecology, Diever, NL.; [3] Maczey, N., Tanner, R., Cheesman, O., & Shaw, R. (2012). Understanding and addressing the impact of invasive non-native species in the UK Overseas Territories in the South Atlantic: A review of the potential for biocontrol. Unpublished report. CABI (ref: TR10086).