Invasive Species

Invasive species are non-native organisms which have the potential to cause harm to the ecosystem to which they are newly introduced.  These species may pose a risk to environmental health and balance, human health, or economic and agricultural health and profits.

These are some of the top offenders found in Ohio currently.  This is not an exhaustive list. Consider using the GREAT LAKES EARLY DETECTION NETWORK (GLEDN) App to report any suspected invasive species in your area.  

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  PLANTS                  INSECTS

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Invasive Plant Species 

Image of Tree of Heaven click for more images

Name: Ailanthus altissima

Common Name: Tree of Heaven

Woody Tree

Image of Garlic Mustard click for more images

Name: Alliaria petiolata

Common Name: Garlic Mustard

Herbaceous Biennial Plant

Click here to learn more about the invasive species, procelainberry

Name: Ampelopsis glandulosa, var. brevipedunculata

Common Name: Porcelainberry

Woody Vine

Additional Information:

 BYGL Article

Image of Common Barberry click for more images

Name: Berberis vulgaris

Common Name: Common Barberry

Shrub

image of oriental bittersweet click for more images

Name: Celastrus orbiculatus

Common Name: Oriental Bittersweet

Vine

Image of spotted knapweed click for more images and info

Name: Centaurea stoebe ssp. Micranthos

Common Name: spotted knapweed

image of common teasel click for more information

Name: Dipsacus fullonum

Common Name: common teasel

Image of Cutleaf Teasel click to learn more

Name: Dipsacus laciniatus

Common Name: cutleaf teasel

Russian Olive leaves click to learn more

Name: Elaeagnus angustifolia

Common Name: Russian olive

Autumn Olive Plant click to learn more

Name: Elaeagnus umbellata

Common Name:  Autumn olive

Click here to learn more about burning bush

Name: Euonymus alatus

Common Name:  Burning Bush

Woody Shrub

Click to learn more about the invasive plant, lesser celandine or fig buttercup

Name: Ficaria verna (previously Ranunculus ficaria)

Common Name: lesser celandine or fig buttercup

Image of glossy buckthorn plant, click for more information

Name: Frangula alnus (synonym: Rhamnus franagula)

Common Name:  Glossy Buckthorn

Woody Shrub

image of giant hogweed, click to learn more

Name: Heracleum mantegazzianum

Common Name: Giant hogweed

Dames Rocket Flowers, click to learn more

Name: Hesperia matronlis

Common Name: Dame's Rocket

Japanese honeysuckle flower, click to learn more

Name: Lonicera japonica

Common Name: Japanese honeysuckle

Additional Information:

Controlling Honeysuckle Factsheet

Amur honeysuckle plant, click to learn more

Name: Lonicera maackii

Common Name: amur honeysuckle

Additional Information:

Controlling Honeysuckle Factsheet

Morrow Honeysuckle, click to learn more

Name: Lonicera morrowii

Common Name: Morrow's honeysuckle

Additional Information:

Controlling Honeysuckle Factsheet

Tatarian honeysuckle, click to learn more

Name: Lonicera tatarica

Common Name:  tatarian honeysuckle

Additional Information:

Controlling Honeysuckle Factsheet

image of purple loosestrife invading a wetland area, to learn more click here

Name: Lythrum salicaria

Common Name: purple loosestrife

Japanese stilt grass, click to learn more

Name: Microstegium vimineum

Common Name: Japanese stiltgrass

Annual Grass

Additional Information:

Controlling Japanese Stiltgrass factsheet

phragmites reed grass, click to learn more

Name: Phragmites australis

Common Name: common reed

kudzu overtaking a forest, click to learn more about kudzu

Name: Pueraria montana var. lobate

Common Name: kudzu

Invasive Callery Pear Tree, click to learn more

Name: Pyrus calleryana

Common Name: Callery Pear

Deciduous Tree

European Buckthorn branch, to learn more click here

Name: Rhamnus cathartica

Common Name: European buckthorn or Common buckthorn

multiflora rose, to learn more click here

Name: Rosa multiflora

Common Name: Multiflora rose

Woody Shrub

   

 

Invasive Insects

click here to learn more about hemlock woolly adelgid

Name: Adelges tsugae

Common Name: Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

Order: Hemiptera

Family: Adelgidae

Click to learn more about emerald ash borer

Name: Agrilus planipennis

Common Name: Emerald Ash Borer

Order: Coleoptera

Family: Buprestidae

Click to learn more about Asian Longhorned Beetle

Name: Anoplophora glabripennis

Common Name: Asian Longhorned Beetle

Order: Coleoptera

Family: Cerambycidae

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Name: Cydalima perspectalis

Common Name: Box Tree Moth

Order: Lepidoptera

Family: Crambidae

click to learn more about spotted wing drosophila

Name: Drosophila suzukii

Common Name: Spotted Wing Drosophila

Order: Diptera

Family: Drosophilidae

click to learn more about the brown marmorated stink bug

Name: Halyomorpha halys

Common Name: Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Order: Hemiptera

Family: Pentatomidae

Click here to learn more about the multicolored asian lady beetle

Name: Harmonia axyridis

Common Name: Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle

Order: Coleoptera

Family: Coccinellidae

 

CLICK TO SEE OTHER NON-NATIVE LADY BEETLES

click to learn more about the spotted lanternfly

Name: Lycorma delicatula

Common Name: Spotted Lanternfly

Order: Hemiptera

Family:  Fulgoridae

Click here for more information about gypsy moth

Name: Lymantria dispar

Common Name: Gypsy Moth

Order: Lepidoptera

Family: Erebidae

click to learn more about japanese beetles

Name: Popillia japonica

Common Name: Japanese Beetle

Order: Coleoptera

Family: Scarabidae

Click to learn more about Viburnum Leaf Beetle

Name: Pyrrhalta viburni

Common Name: Viburnum Leaf Beetle

Order: Coleoptera

Family:Chrysomelidae