Species Information
Below is an alphabetical listing (by scientific name) of some of the invasive species in our region. Click on the column header to sort by that column or search using the filter below.
Species (Scientific) |
Species (Common) | Biological Category | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clematis terniflora | Japanese virgin's-bower, Yam-leaved virgin's-bower, Sweet autumn virgin's-bower | Plants | Vine | Tier 3 - Established |
| Cirsium vulgare | Bull thistle | Plants | Other Herbaceous | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Cirsium arvense | Canada thistle | Plants | Other Herbaceous | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Channa argus | Northern Snakehead | Fish | Aquatic Vertebrate | Tier 2 - Emerging |
| Ceratocystis fagacearum | Oak wilt (fungus) | Fungi | Fungi/Pathogen | Tier 1 - Threat |
| Centaurea stoebe | Spotted knapweed | Plants | Other Herbaceous | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Centaurea nigra | Black knapweed, Lesser knapweed | Plants | Other Herbaceous | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Centaurea jacea | Brown knapweed, Brown starthistle | Plants | Other Herbaceous | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Celastrus orbiculatus | Oriental bittersweet | Plants | Vine | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Carex kobomugi | Asiatic sand sedge, Japanese sedge | Plants | Grass-like Plant | Tier 1 - Threat |
| Cardamine impatiens | Narrowleaf bittercress | Plants | Other Herbaceous | Tier 3 - Established |
| Carassius auratus | Goldfish | Fish | Aquatic Vertebrate | Tier 5 - Watch |
| Caragana arborescens | Siberian peashrub | Plants | Shrub or woody bush | Tier 5 - Watch |
| Cabomba caroliniana | Fanwort | Plants | Aquatic Invasives | Tier 2 - Emerging |
| Bythotrephes longimanus | Spiny waterflea | Aquatic Invertebrate | Aquatic Invasives | Tier 1 - Threat |
| Buddleja davidii | Orange-eye butterfly-bush | Plants | Shrub or woody bush | Tier 5 - Watch |
| Broussonetia papyrifera | Paper mulberry | Plants | Tree | Tier 2 - Emerging |
| Brachypodium sylvaticum | Slender false brome | Plants | Grass-like Plant | Tier 2 - Emerging |
| Berberis vulgaris | Common barberry, European barberry | Plants | Shrub or woody bush | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Berberis thunbergii | Japanese barberry | Plants | Shrub or woody bush | Tier 4 - Widespread |
