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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cirsium vulgare | Bull thistle | Plants | Other Herbaceous | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Centaurea jacea | Brown knapweed, Brown starthistle | Plants | Other Herbaceous | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Myriophyllum heterophyllum | Broadleaf/variable-leaf watermilfoil | Plants | Aquatic Invasives | Tier 1 - Threat |
| Lepidium latifolium | Broad-leaved pepper-grass | Plants | Other Herbaceous | Tier 1 - Threat |
| Najas minor | Brittle naiad | Plants | Aquatic Invasives | Tier 3 - Established |
| Egeria densa | Brazilian elodea | Plants | Aquatic Invasives | Tier 2 - Emerging |
| Pyrus calleryana | Bradford pear | Plants | Tree | Tier 3 - Established |
| Ligustrum obtusifolium | Border Privet | Plants | Shrub or woody bush | Tier 3 - Established |
| Cynanchum louiseae (C. nigrum, Vincetoxicum nigrum) | Black swallowwort | Plants | Vine | Tier 3 - Established |
| Robinia pseudoacacia | Black Locust | Plants | Tree | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Centaurea nigra | Black knapweed, Lesser knapweed | Plants | Other Herbaceous | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Prunus avium | Bird cherry | Plants | Tree | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Perilla frutescens | Beefsteak plant | Plants | Other Herbaceous | Tier 2 - Emerging |
| Kolkwitzia amabilis | Beautybush | Plants | Shrub or woody bush | Tier 5 - Watch |
| Mahonia bealei | Beales barberry | Plants | Shrub or woody bush | Tier 5 - Watch |
| Vitex rotundifolia | Beach vitex, Roundleaf chastetree | Plants | Shrub or woody bush | Tier 1 - Threat |
| Elaeagnus umbellata | Autumn Olive | Plants | Tree | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Carex kobomugi | Asiatic sand sedge, Japanese sedge | Plants | Grass-like Plant | Tier 1 - Threat |
| Corbicula fluminea | Asian Clam | Aquatic Invertebrate | Aquatic Invertebrate | Tier 2 - Emerging |
| Lonicera maackii | Amur Honeysuckle | Plants | Shrub or woody bush | Tier 3 - Established |
