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adventive (ăd-vĕn′tĭv), adj.

Not native, and usually not yet well established; exotic (as in plants or animals).

Here is the wikipedia entry.
The alkali grass (Distichlis spicata) pictured below is an introduced adventive species here in Wisconsin, apparently only recorded in a handful of places in two counties.



Etymology:  Latin adventus, arrival.
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