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Marauding plants steer clear of a communist-ruled island

Cuba’s relatively closed economy could explain why it has fewer invasive plant species per unit area than other Caribbean islands.
Tourists gather on steps in the main square of the city of Trinidad in Cuba.

Cuba has hosted relatively small numbers of tourist groups given its size, which might have helped to keep invasive plants at bay. Credit: Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket/Getty

For more than 60 years, the rocky relationship between the United States and Cuba has helped to steer tourists and businesses away from the Caribbean island. Now, researchers have found that Cuba’s economic and political isolation might also have limited the spread of invasive plants.

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Nature 590, 530 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00448-7

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