An Invasive Plant Parthenium hysterophorus Reduces Native Forage Cover

While some research has been conducted in sub–Saharan Africa on the alien invasive Parthenium hysterophorus, little work assessed whether it is poses negative impact native forages. A field survey was carried out to study dominant co–existing plant species, and its abundance, forage cover. We found that non–natives were plants with P. hysterophorus compared natives. Plant species (r = -0.889, P 0.043) abundance -0.968, 0.007) decreased increasing percent Moreover, (Brachiaria reptans; r -0.922, 0.026), Cynodon dactylon; -0.972, 0.006, Digitaria milanjiana; -0.938, 0.018, Indigofera spicata; -0.977, 0.004) cover The concludes negatively affects diversity, thus, should controlled.