What is a Translocated Plant?

• A. A plant that is moved to a new location on the same continent that it is native to
• B. A plant that is not native to the continent on which it is now found
• C. A plant that is non-native and spreads rapidly
• D. A plant designated as hazardous

Answer: (A)

Translocation means moving a plant to a new location while staying within its native geographic area, typically within the same continent. That’s why moving a plant to a new site on the same continent where it originally grew fits the concept. It doesn’t involve shifting a plant to a different continent, which would be considered an introduction, nor does it inherently describe something non-native spreading rapidly or being hazardous. For example, relocating a native plant from one part of a country to another different part of the same country is translocation within the native range. Moving a native plant from North America to another continent would not be translocation.