Invasive Species Fact Sheets

The Strike Team has prepared identification fact sheets for all target emerging invasive species. Also available are a sampling of widespread plant fact sheets. You may choose to download fact sheets individually or as an entire group.

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Plants (alphabetical by scientific name)

A - D

Amur Maple (Acer ginnala) Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) Sycamore Maple (Acer pseudoplatanus) Hardy kiwi (Actinidia arguta) Chocolate vine (Akebia quinata) Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin) European black alder (Alnus glutinosa) Desert false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa) Porcelain-berry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata) Wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris) Japanese angelica tree (Aralia elata) Oldwoman (Artemisia stelleriana) Common barberry (Berberis vulgaris) Orange eye butterflybush (Buddleja davidii) Sedge(Carex spp.) Clematis (Clematis spp.) Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum) Kousa Dogwood (Cornus kousa) Black Swallow-wort (Cynanchum louiseae) Rock Snot (Didymosphenia geminata) Chinese yam (Dioscorea oppositifolia) Cutleaf teasel (Dipsacus laciniatus)

E - K

Brazilian Waterweed (Egeria densa) Water-hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) Five-leaf Aralia (Eleutherococcus sieboldianus) Weeping lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula) European spindletree (Euonymus europaea) Glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus) Mudmat (Glossostigma cleistanthum) English Ivy (Hedera helix) Giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) Japanese hop (Humulus japonica) Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) Common Frogbit(Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) Paleyellow iris (Iris pseudacorus) Castor aralia (Kalopanax septemlobus)

L - P

Chinese Bush Clover (Lespedeza cuneata) Italian honeysuckle (Lonicera caprifolium) Fragrant honeysuckle (Lonicera fragrantissima) European waterclover (Marsilea quadrifolia) Chinese silvergrass (Miscanthus sinensis) Parrot feather (Myriophyllum aquaticum) Yellow Floating Heart (Nymphoides peltata) Wavy-leaf basket grass (Oplismenus hirtellus) Boston Ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) Beefsteakplant (Perilla frutescens) Annual canary grass (Phalaris canariensis) Japanese corktree (Phellodendron amurense) Oriental Photinia (Photinia villosa) Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) Kiss Me Over the Garden Gate (Polygonum orientale) Mile-a-Minute Vine (Polygonum perfoliatum) Giant knotweed (Polygonum sachalinense) Weeping Cherry (Prunus subhirtella) Kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata) Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana)

R - Z

Buckthorn (Rhamnus spp.) Common buckthorn Jetbead (Rhodotypos scandens) Garden red currant (Ribes rubrum) Bristly locust (Robinia hispida) Dog rose (Rosa canina)

Insects

Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) European oak-boring beetle (Agrilus sulcicollis) Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) Pine flat bug (Aradus cinnamomeus) Gypsy & Nun Moth (Lymantria spp) Viburnum Leaf Beetle (Pyrrhalta viburni) European Oak Bark Beetle (Scolytus intricatus) Sirex Wood wasp (Sirex noctilio) Red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) Brown longhorned spruce beetle (Tetropium fuscum) Common pine shoot beetle (Tomicus piniperda) Ambrosia Beetle (Xylosandrus spp)

Mollusks

Quagga & zebra mussel(Dreissena spp) New Zealand mud snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) Chinese pond mussel (Sinanodonta woodiana)

Pathogens

White pine blister rust (Cronartium ribicola) Dutch Elm Disease II(Ophiostoma novo-ulmi) Phytophthora root rot (Phytophthora cinnamomi) Sudden oak death syndrome (Phytophthora ramorum) Bacterial leaf scorch (Xylella fastidiosa)

Mammals

Nutria (Myocastor coypus) Feral hog (Sus scrofa)

Crustaceans

Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) Asian shore crab (Hemigrapsus sanguineus)

Fish

Northern Snakehead (Channa argus) Big Headed Carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus) Flathead Catfish (Pylodictis olivaris)

Birds

Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)