Invasive Terrestrial and Aquatic Plant Species:

 

Common name

Scientific name

Norway maple

Acer platanoides

Goutweed; bishop’s weed; ground elder

Aegopodium podagraria

tree-of-heaven; stinking shumac; copal tree; varnish tree

Ailanthus altissima

silk tree; mimosa

Albrizia julibrissim

five-leaf akebia; chocolate vine

Akebia quinata

garlic mustard

Alliara petiolata

field garlic; crow garlic; wild garlic

Allium vineale

Amur peppervine; porcelainberry

Ampelopsis brevipedunculata

oldwoman

Artemisia stelleriana

Mugwort; common wormwood; felon herb

Artemisia vulgaris

common barberry; jaundice-berry; European barberry

Berberis vulgaris

bearded beggarticks

Bidens artistosa

cheatgrass

Bromus tectorum

orange-eye butterfly bus; summer lilac

Buddleja davidii

pond water starwort

Callitriche stagnalis

narrow-leaf bittercress

Cardamine impatiens

spiny plumeless thistle

Cardus acanthoides

curly plumeless thistle

Cardus crispus

nodding plumeless thistle

Cardus nutans

Asiatic sand sedge; Japanese sedge

Carex kobomugi

Carline thistle

Carlina vulgaris

northern catalpa; Western catalpa

Catapla speciosa

Asian, Asiatic or Oriental bittersweet

Celastrus orbiculata

spotted knapweed

Centaurea biebersteinii

yellow-star thistle

Centaurea solstitialis

boreal mouse-ear chickweed

Cerastium biebersteinii

Mexican or Spanish tea; American wormwood

Chenopodium ambrosioides

Canada thistle

Cirsium arvense

bull thistle

Cirsium vulgare

leatherleaf clematis; yam-leaved clematis; sweet autumn virgin's bower

Clematis terniflora

crown vetch

Coronilla varia

Asian flat sedge

Cyperus amuricus

ricefield flat sedge

Cyperus iria

nut grass; kili'p'opu; purple flat sedge

Cyperus rotundus

Queen Anne's lace; wild carrot

Daucus carota

deutzia

Deutzia scabra

Fuller's teasel

Dipsacus fullonum

cut-leaved teasel

Dipsacus laciniatus

Indian strawberry

Duchesnea indica

Russian-olive; oleaster

Elaeagnus angustifolia

autumn-olive; oleaster

Elaeagnus umbellata

weeping lovegrass

Eragrostis curvula

winged burning bush; wahoo; winged euonymus; winged spindle-tree

Euonymus alata

European spindle tree

Euonymus europaea

cypress spurge

Euphorbia cyparissias

leafy spurge, wolf's milk

Euphorbia esula

woodland straw- berry, sowteat strawberry

Fragaria vesca ssp. vesca

glossy buckthorn; European alder buckthorn

Frangula alnus

cottonweed; slender snake cotton

Froelichia gracilis

false baby's breath; wild madder, white bedstraw

Galium mollugo

yellow bedstraw, our lady's bedstraw

Galium verum

Gill-over-the-ground; ground ivy

Glechoma hederacea

English ivy

Hedera helix

prairie sunflower

Helianthus petiolaris

dame's rocket

Hesperis matronalis

pasture spike sedge

Kyllinga gracillima

Chinese bush clover; Chinese lespedeza; sericea lespedeza

Lespedeza cuneata

Thunberg's bush-clover

Lespedeza thunbergii

ox-eye daisy, margarite

Leucanthemum vulgare

border privet; blunt-leaved privet

Ligustrum obtusifolium

common privet; European privet

Ligustrum vulgare

common toadflax; butter-and-eggs; yellow toadflax, wild snap-dragon

Linaria vulgaris

Chinese lobelia

Lobelia chinensis

tall rye grass

Lolium arundinaceum

Japanese honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica

Amur honeysuckle

Lonicera maackii

Morrow's honeysuckle

Lonicera morrowii

Tatarian honeysuckle; Tartarian honeysuckle

Lonicera tatarica

European fly honeysuckle

Lonicera xylosteum

ragged robin, cuckoo flower

Lychnis flos-cuculi

moneywort; creeping Jennie

Lysimachia nummularia

purple loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria

Japanese stilt grass; Nepalese browntop

Microstegium vimineum

Chinese silver grass; eulalia; zebra grass

Miscanthus sinensis

white mulberry

Morus alba

giant chickweed

Myosoton aquaticum

Eurasian watermilfoil; spiked watermilfoil

Myriophyllum spicatum

princess tree; empress tree

Paulownia tomentosa

reed canary grass

Phalaris arundinacea

Japanese corktree

Phellodendron japonicum

common reed

Phragmites australis

Scotch pine; scots pine

Pinus sylvestris

English plantain; lance-leaved plantain

Plantago lanceolata

common plantain; broad-leaved plantain

Plantago major

Japanese knotweed; Mexican bamboo

Polygonum cuspidatum

kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate; prince's-feather; princess feather

Polygonum orientale

Asiatic tearthumb; Devil's-tail tearthumb; mile-a-minute vine; mile-a-minute-weed

Polygonum perfoliatum

curly-leaf pondweed

Potamogeton crispus

bird cherry

Prunus avium

kudzu-vine

Pueraria montana var. lobata

lesser celandine

Ranunculus ficaria

common buckthorn; Hart's thorn; Waythorn; Rhineberry

Rhamnus cathartica

garden red currant; Northern red currant

Ribes rubrum

bristly locust; rose-acacia

Robinia hispida

black locust

Robinia pseudoacacia

dog rose

Rosa canina

multiflora rose; rambler rose

Rosa multiflora

Japanese rose; rugosa rose

Rosa rugosa

Himalayan blackberry

Rubus discolor

cut-leaf blackberry

Rubus laciniatus

wineberry

Rubus phoenicolasius

curly dock

Rumex crispus

Johnson grass

Sorghum halepense

Morison's spurry

Spergula morisonii

Japanese spirea

Spiraea japonica

common chickweed

Stellaria media

common snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

red-seed dandelion

Taraxacum laevigatum

common dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

Japanese yew

Taxus cuspidata

coltsfoot

Tussilago farfara

Chinese elm

Ulmus parvifolia

moth mullein

Verbascum blattaria

common mullein; flannel-leaved mullein

Verbascum thapsus

European speedwell; brooklime

Veronica beccabunga

ivy-leaved speedwell

Veronica hederifolia

common periwinkle

Vinca minor

Japanese wisteria

Wisteria floribunda

Chinese wisteria

Wisteria sinensis

 

Invasive Animal Species:

 

Common name

Scientific name

American alligator

Alligator mississippiensis

Rock bass

Ambloplites rupestris

bowfin

Amia calva

eastern spiny softshell

Apalone spinifera spinifera

fourspine stickleback

Apeltes quadracus

oscar

Astronotus ocellatus

striped barnacle, purple acorn barnacle

Balanus amphitrite

mud bithynia

Bithynia tentaculata

goldfish

Carassius auratus

green crab

Carcinus maenas

house finch

Carpodacus mexicanus

zebra mussel

Dreissena polymorpha

horse

Equus caballus

domestic cat

Felix familiaris

house mouse

Mus musculus

English sparrow

Passer domesticus

ringed neck pheasant

Phagano

Norway rat

Ratus norvegicus

snakehead

 

 

Invasive insect species:

 

Common name

Scientific name

Asian longhorned beetle

Anoplophora glabripennis

gypsy moth

Lymantria dispar

Japanese beetle

Popollia japonica

 

 

Disease: American chestnut blight, Dutch elm disease