Morella faya

Basic information
Scientific name	Morella faya	(No picture)
Major synonym	Myrica faya
Common names	Fire tree
Higher taxon	Myricaceae, Myricales, Magnoliopsida, Magnoliophyta
Natural range	Azores, Madeira, and Canary Islands, S Portugal.
Habitat	Farm area, vacancy, grassland, forest, etc.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Not established in Japan
Origin
Date
Route	Deliberate: As ornamental plant (to Hawaii)
Impact	Potentially: This species forms a dense bush, drops numerous leaves, and disturbs growth of native species. Native organism(s) affected: Native trees.
Regulation in Japan	No action for prevention, mitigation, control, or eradication.
Introduced range in other countries	Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand

Reference	Notes
DECO (ed) (2006) Dictionary of Alien Species. Tokyo-Shoseki, Tokyo (in Jpn) Encyclopedia of Life (Accessed on 2011-1-27) http://www.eol.org/ ISSG. Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) (Accessed on 2011-1-27) http://www.issg.org/database/welcome/ JWRC (ed) (2008) A Photographic Guide to the Invasive Alien Species in Japan. Heibonsha, Tokyo (in Jpn)	100 of the World’s Worst Invasive Alien Species