https://www.oliverstringham.com/tags/plants/ Recent content in plants on Oliver C. Stringham Hugo -- gohugo.io en Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.oliverstringham.com/publications/horizon-scan-online-plant-trade/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.oliverstringham.com/publications/horizon-scan-online-plant-trade/ Using automated web scraping across 11 Australian e-commerce platforms between 2020 and 2023, we identified 3,822 plant species for sale and categorized them by regulatory, naturalisation, and native status, flagging emerging invasive species risks and the online platforms most in need of monitoring. https://www.oliverstringham.com/publications/discrepancies-australian-invasive-plant-regulation/ Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.oliverstringham.com/publications/discrepancies-australian-invasive-plant-regulation/ Australia’s invasive plant regulations are set independently by each state and territory, producing inconsistent protections. We document the scale of these jurisdictional discrepancies and their implications for national efforts to prevent the spread of invasive plants across borders. https://www.oliverstringham.com/publications/weed-wide-web-invasive-plant-trade/ Fri, 11 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.oliverstringham.com/publications/weed-wide-web-invasive-plant-trade/ Despite state and territory bans, invasive plants are widely available on Australian e-commerce platforms. Across 235,162 plant advertisements collected over 12 months, we found 155 plant taxa being sold that are prohibited from trade in at least one Australian state or territory.