Worse, some exotics crowd out indigenous flora.

The developers have pledged to preserve the indigenous flora and fauna of a site set among mature oak, pine and carob trees.

The island has undergone an extensive vegetation rehabilitation program which involves planting of indigenous flora and the removal of alien plant species.

In modern times, these populations have come to be viewed as exotic pests, with severe impacts on the indigenous flora and fauna.

Indigenous flora and fauna were replaced by domestic grasses and animals and domestic woodlands were lost.