List of invasive species
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Purple flowers of the highly invasive Patterson's Curse infest the Warrumbungle National Park in New South Wales, Australia.
This is a List of Invasive species by country or region. A species is regarded as invasive if it has been introduced by human action to a location, area, or region where it did not previously occur naturally (i.e., is not native), becomes capable of establishing a breeding population in the new location without further intervention by humans, and becomes a pest in the new location, threatening the local biodiversity.
The term invasive species refers to a subset of those species defined as introduced species, for which see List of introduced species.
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Australia
- See main article Invasive species in Australia
Plants
- Prickly pear (Opuntia spp.)
- Patterson's Curse (Echium plantagineum)
Birds and Mammals
- Rabbit (Oryctolagus cunicularis)
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Feral cat (Felis silvestris catus)
Amphibian
- Cane Toad (Bufo marinus)
Europe
Plants
- Tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
- desert false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa)
- grape caulerpa (Caulerpa racemosa)
- caulerpa (Caulerpa taxifolia); usually referring to the Mediterranean clone (1 (http://www.issg.org/database/species/ecology.asp?si=115&fr=1&sts=))
- Canadian pondweed (Elodea canadensis)
- Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica)
- Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
- Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera)
- Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
- rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum)
Invertebrates
- Colorado Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)
- New Zealand Flatworm (Arthurdendyus triangulatus)
Birds and Mammals
- Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
- House Mouse (Mus musculus)
- American Mink (Mustela vison)
- Coypu (Myocastor coypus)
- Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
- Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
- Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
- Black Rat (Rattus rattus)
- Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Pathogens
- Dutch elm disease (Ophiostoma ulmi)
New Zealand
See main article: Invasive species in New Zealand
Plants
- Boneseed
- Broom
- Gorse
- Heather
- Kahili Ginger
- Old man's beard
- Pampas Grass
- Ragwort
- Wandering Jew
Mammals
Fish
North America
Plants
- Air-potato (Dioscorea bulbifera)
- Australian pine (Casuarina equisetifolia)
- Autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata)
- Brazilian pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius)
- Brazilian waterweed (Egeria densa)
- Caulerpa (Caulerpa taxifolia); usually referring to the Mediterranean clone
- Camphor tree (Cinnamomum Camphora)
- Chinaberry (Melia azedarach)
- Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense)
- Chinese tallow (Sapium sebiferum)
- cogon grass (Imperata cylindrical)
- Common broom (Cytisus scoparius)
- Common reed (Phragmites australis; also native, but European subspecies invasive 1 (http://www.invasiveplants.net/invasiveplants/phragmites/natint.htm))
- Cotton thistle (Onopordum acanthium)
- Coral ardisia (Ardisia crenata)
- Curly-leaf pondweed
- Diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa)
- Dog-strangling vine
- Downy brome, Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum)
- Eurasian water-milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)
- Flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus)
- Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
- Giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum)
- Giant-reed (Arundo donax)
- Giant salvinia (Salvinia molesta)
- Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata)
- Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
- Japanese knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum)
- Japanese climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum)
- Kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata)
- Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula)
- Melaleuca (Melaleuca quinquenervia)
- Mile-a-minute weed (Polygonum perfoliatum)
- Mimosa (Mimosa pudica)
- Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)
- Musk thistle (Carduus nutans)
- Natal grass (Rhynchelytrum repens)
- Old World climbing fern (Lygodium microphyllum)
- Orange Hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum)
- Pampas Grass (Cortaderia selloana)
- Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
- Russian knapweed (Acroptilon repens)
- Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia)
- Saltcedar (Tamarix spp.)
- Silk-tree (Albizia julibrissin)
- Skunk vine (Paederia foetida)
- Spotted knapweed (Centaurea beibersteinii)
- Torpedo grass (Panicum repens)
- Tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
- tropical soda apple (Solanum viarum)
- Water caltrop (Trapa natans)
- Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)
- Wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)
- Wild taro(Colocasia esculenta)
- Yellow star thistle (Centaurea solstitialis)
Insects
- Africanized honeybee (Apis mellifera scutellata)
- Argentine Ant (Iridomyrmex humilis)
- Asian long-horned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)
- Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus)
- Cactus moth (Cactoblastis cactorum)
- Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis)
- European gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar)
- Formosan subterranean termite (Coptotermes formosanus)
- Glassy-winged sharpshooter (Homalodisca coagulata)
- Hemlock Woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae)
- Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica)
- Red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta)
- Varroa mite (Varroa destructor)
Fish
- Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)
- Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)
- Eurasian ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus)
- Flathead catfish (Pylodictus olivaris)
- Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) in the Great Lakes
- Northern Snakehead (Channa argus)
- Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus)
Reptiles and Amphibians
Aquatic Invertebrates
- European green crab (Carcinus maenas)
- Veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa)
- Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha)
Birds and Mammals
- Coypu or Nutria (Myocastor coypus)
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Wild Boar (Sus scrofa)
Pathogens
- Chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica)
- Dutch elm disease (Ophiostoma ulmi)
- Exotic Newcastle Disease (Paramyxovirus)
- Fowlpox (Avipoxvirus)
- Plum Pox (Potyviruses: Potyviridae)
- Soybean Rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi, Phakopsora meibomiae)
- Sudden Oak Death (Phytophthora ramorum)
- West Nile virus (Flavivirus)
- Whirling Disease (Myxobolus cerebralis)
Others
- earthworms, several species (lumbricid)fr:Liste des risques écologiques