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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euonymus fortunei | Winter Creeper, Climbing spindle-tree | Plants | Vine | Tier 3 - Established |
| Actinidia polygama | Silver vine | Plants | Vine | Tier 2 - Emerging |
| Wisteria floribunda | Japanese wisteria | Plants | Vine | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Akebia quinata | Chocolate vine, Five-leaf Akebia | Plants | Vine | Tier 2 - Emerging |
| Wisteria sinensis | Chinese wisteria | Plants | Vine | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Humulus japonicus | Japanese hops | Plants | Vine | Tier 3 - Established |
| Actinidia arguta | Hardy kiwi, tara vine | Plants | Vine | Tier 2 - Emerging |
| Pueraria montana | Kudzu | Plants | Vine | Tier 2 - Emerging |
| Persicaria perfoliata (Polygonum perfoliatum) | Mile-a-minute, Asiatic tearthumb | Plants | Vine | Tier 3 - Established |
| Lonicera japonica | Japanese honeysuckle | Plants | Vine | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Ampelopsis brevipedunculata | Porcelainberry | Plants | Vine | Tier 3 - Established |
| Celastrus orbiculatus | Oriental bittersweet | Plants | Vine | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Cynanchum louiseae (C. nigrum, Vincetoxicum nigrum) | Black swallowwort | Plants | Vine | Tier 3 - Established |
| Clematis terniflora | Japanese virgin's-bower, Yam-leaved virgin's-bower, Sweet autumn virgin's-bower | Plants | Vine | Tier 3 - Established |
| Phalaris arundinacea | Reed canarygrass | Plants | Grass-like Plant | Tier 4 - Widespread |
| Glyceria maxima | Reed manna grass | Plants | Grass-like Plant | Tier 1 - Threat |
| Carex kobomugi | Asiatic sand sedge, Japanese sedge | Plants | Grass-like Plant | Tier 1 - Threat |
| Arthraxon hispidus | Small carpetgrass, Hairy jointgrass | Plants | Grass-like Plant | Tier 2 - Emerging |
| Arundo donax | Giant reed | Plants | Grass-like Plant | Tier 2 - Emerging |
| Microstegium vimineum | Japanese stiltgrass | Plants | Grass-like Plant | Tier 4 - Widespread |
