''Rorippa sylvestris'' (the creeping yellowcress, keek, or yellow fieldcress;
syn.
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
* In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnae ...
''Radicula sylvestris'' (L.) Druce ) is an
invasive species
An invasive species otherwise known as an alien is an introduced organism that becomes overpopulated and harms its new environment. Although most introduced species are neutral or beneficial with respect to other species, invasive species ad ...
of plant in the
United States, likely entering from Europe before 1818 from
ballast water and spreading throughout North America through contaminated nursery seed stock.
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