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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centaurea jacea | Brown knapweed, Brown starthistle | Plants | Other Herbaceous | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Celastrus orbiculatus | Oriental bittersweet | Plants | Vine | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Centaurea nigra | Black knapweed, Lesser knapweed | Plants | Other Herbaceous | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Elaeagnus umbellata | Autumn Olive | Plants | Tree | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Cirsium vulgare | Bull thistle | Plants | Other Herbaceous | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Cirsium arvense | Canada thistle | Plants | Other Herbaceous | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Euonymus alatus | Burning-bush, Winged spindle | Plants | Shrub or woody bush | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Dipsacus fullonum | Fuller's teasel, common teasel, venuscup | Plants | Other Herbaceous | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Centaurea stoebe | Spotted knapweed | Plants | Other Herbaceous | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Robinia pseudoacacia | Black Locust | Plants | Tree | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Morus alba | White mulberry | Plants | Tree | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Leucojum aestivum | Summer snowflake | Plants | Other Herbaceous | Tier 5 - Watch |
| Lysimachia clethroides | Gooseneck yellow-loosestrife | Plants | Other Herbaceous | Tier 5 - Watch |
| Lonicera tatarica | Tatarian honeysuckle | Plants | Shrub or woody bush | Tier 5 - Watch |
| Lysimachia punctata | Spotted loosestrife, Large yellow-loosestrife | Plants | Other Herbaceous | Tier 5 - Watch |
| Lythrum virgatum | European wand loosestrife | Plants | Other Herbaceous | Tier 5 - Watch |
| Amorpha fruticosa | False indigo bush | Plants | Shrub or woody bush | Tier 5 - Watch |
| Macleaya cordata | Plume poppy | Plants | Other Herbaceous | Tier 5 - Watch |
| Buddleja davidii | Orange-eye butterfly-bush | Plants | Shrub or woody bush | Tier 5 - Watch |
| Mahonia bealei | Beales barberry | Plants | Shrub or woody bush | Tier 5 - Watch |
