Invasive Species Fact Sheets
We are pleased to provide a library of information about the invasive species that threaten the Garden State. With our partners at the University of Georgia’s Center for Invasive Species & Ecosystem Health, we have created web-page fact sheets that will help you learn to recognize invasive species and suggest the best methods to eradicate them.
Species Lists
Comprehensive Species List with Control Recommendations
Do Not Plant List by Common Name
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calamus (Acorus calamus)
waterwheel (Aldrovanda vesiculosa)
fanwort (Cabomba caroliniana)
European starwort (Callitriche stagnalis)
variable flatsedge (Cyperus difformis)
rock snot (Didymosphenia geminata)
Brazilian water-weed (Egeria densa)
water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)
mudmat (Glossostigma cleistanthum)
hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata)
common frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae)
floating primrose willow (Ludwigia peploides)
purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
European waterclover (Marsilea quadrifolia)
Water chickweed (Myosoton aquaticum)
parrot feather (Myriophyllum aquaticum)
Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)
brittle water-nymph (Najas minor)
white watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
starry stonewort (Nitellopsis obtusa)
yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltata)
reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea)
water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes)
curly pondweed (Potamogeton crispus)
water soldier (Stratiotes aloides)
water chestnut (Trapa natans)
small carpgrass (Arthraxon hispidus)
weeping lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula)
Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum)
Chinese silvergrass (Miscanthus sinensis)
Java dropwort (Oenanthe javanica)
wavyleaf basketgrass (Oplismenus hirtellus ssp. Undulatifolius)
black fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides)
black fountain grass (Pennisetum setaceum )
annual canarygrass (Phalaris canariensis)
common reed (Phragmites australis)
hardy pampas grass (Ripidium ravennae or Saccharum ravennae)
Japanese chaff flower (Achyranthes japonica)
garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
Cuman Ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya)
wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris)
annual wormwood (Artemisia annua)
oldwoman (Artemisia stelleriana)
mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris)
Italian Arum (Arum Italicum)
Blackberry Lily (Belamcanda chinensis)
narrowleaf bittercress (Cardamine impatiens)
Blue-green Sedge (Carex flacca)
Japanese shore sedge (Carex kobomugi)
big-headed sedge (Carex macrocephala)
spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe ssp. Micranthos)
Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)
poison hemlock (Conium maculatum)
purple keman (Corydalis incisa)
purple stemmed dodder (Cuscuta japonica)
Japanese net-veined holly fern (Cyrtomium falcatum)
Fuller’s teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)
cutleaf teasel (Dipsacus laciniatus)
sickleweed (Falcaria vulgaris)
Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica)
giant knotweed (Fallopia sachalinensis)
hairy crabweed (Fatoua villosa)
fig buttercup (Ficaria verna)
giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum)
Blue Plantain Lily (Hosta ventricosa)
chameleon-plant (Houttuynia cordata)
Spanish bluebells (Hyacinthoides hispanica)
Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera)
paleyellow iris (Iris pseudacorus)
Korean clover(Kummerowia stipulacea)
yellow archangel (Lamium galeobdolon)
Chinese bushclover (Lespedeza cuneata)
snowbell (Leucojum aestivum)
ragged robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi)
marsh dayflower (Murdannia keisak)
beefsteakplant (Perilla frutescens)
kiss me over the garden gate (Persicaria orientalis)
Jupiter’s distaff (Salvia glutinosa)
Squill (Scilla siberica)
desert false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa)
wintergreen barberry (Berberis julianae)
Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii)
common barberry (Berberis vulgaris)
orange eye butterflybush (Buddleja davidii)
Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius)
fuzzy deutzia (Deutzia scabra)
Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia)
thorny elaeagnus (Elaeagnus pungens)
autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata)
fiveleaf aralia (Eleutherococcus sieboldianus)
burningbush (Euonymus alatus)
European spindletree (Euonymus europaeus)
glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus)
seaberry (Hippophae rhamnoides)
Beautybush (Kolkwitzia amabilis)
amur privet (Ligustrum amurense)
border privet (Ligustrum obtusifolium)
California privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)
European privet (Ligustrum vulgare)
fragrant honeysuckle (Lonicera fragrantissima)
Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii)
Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii)
Tatarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica)
Leatherleaf mahonia (Mahonia bealei)
memorial rose (Rosa wichuraiana)
Holly osmanthus (Osmanthus heterophyllus)
Oriental photinia (Photinia villosa)
hardy orange (Poncirus trifoliata)
common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)
Dahurian buckthorn (Rhamnus davurica)
Chinese buckthorn (Rhamnus utilis)
jetbead (Rhodotypos scandens)
garden red current (Ribes rubrum)
bristly locust (Robinia hispida)
dog rose (Rosa canina)
multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)
rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa)
Himalayan blackberry (Rubus armeniacus)
cutleaf blackberry (Rubus laciniatus)
Western thimbleberry (Rubus parvifolus)
wine raspberry (Rubus phoenicolasius)
Large Gray Willow (Salix atrocinerea)
Gray Willow (Salix cinerea)
Japanese spiraea (Spiraea japonica)
Japanese snowbell (Styrax japonicus)
linden viburnum (Viburnum dilatatum)
wayfaring tree (Viburnum lantana)
Guelder rose (Viburnum opulus)
doublefile viburnum (Viburnum plicatum)
Siebold’s viburnum (Viburnum sieboldii)
tea viburnum (Viburnum setigerum)
Amur maple (Acer ginnala)
Japanese maple (Acer palmatum)
Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus)
tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
mimosa (Albizia julibrissin)
European alder (Alnus glutinosa)
Japanese angelica tree (Aralia elata)
paper mulberry(Broussonetia papyrifera)
Kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa)
castor-aralia (Kalopanax septemlobus)
golden raintree (Koelreuteria elegans)
Kobus Magnolia (Magnolia Kobus)
Japanese crabapple (Malus toringo)
Chinese mulberry(Morus australis)
Amur cork-tree (Phellodendron amurense)
white poplar (Populus alba)
gray poplar (Populus x canescens)
weeping cherry (Prunus subhirtella var. pendula)
birchleaf pear (Pyrus betulaefolia)
Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana)
black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
Chinese willow (Salix matsudana)
Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
English elm (Ulmus procera)
Siberian elm (Ulmus pumila)
Japanese zelkova (Zelkova serrata)
hardy kiwi (Actinidia arguta)
chocolate vine (Akebia quinata)
porcelainberry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata)
Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus)
fragrant clematis (Clematis flammula)
Japanese clematis (Clematis terniflora)
black swallowwort (Cynanchum louiseae)
pale swallowwort (Cynanchum rossicum)
Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya)
wintercreeper (Euonymus fortunei)
English ivy (Hedera helix)
Japanese hop (Humulus japonicus)
Italian honeysuckle (Lonicera caprifolium)
Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
Boston ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
mile-a-minute (Persicaria perfoliata)
Bukhara fleeceflower (Polygonum baldschuanicum)
kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata)
Chinese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis)
Japanese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda)
hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae)
Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus)
emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis)
European oak-boring beetle (Agrilus sulcicollis)
Asian longhorn beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)
pine flat bug (Aradus cinnamomeus)
Lily Leaf Beetle (Lilioceris lilii)
spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula)
European gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar)
Asian gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar asiatica)
Eurasian nun moth (Lymantria monacha)
Allium Leaf Miner (Phytomyza gymnostoma)
Viburnum leaf beetle (Pyrrhalta viburni)
European oak bark beetle (Scolytus intricatus)
Sirex woodwasp (Sirex noctilio)
red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta)
brown longhorned spruce beetle (Tetropium fuscum)
common pine shoot beetle (Tomicus piniperda)
ambrosia beetle (Xylosandrus crassiusculus)
ambrosia beetle (Xylosandrus mutilatus)
cylindrical papershell (Anodontoides ferussacianus)
brown-lipped snail (Cepaea nemoralis)
Chinese mystery snail (Cipangopaludina chinensis malleata)
Asiatic clam (Corbicula fluminea)
quagga mussel (Dreissena bugensis)
zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha)
leopard slug (Limax maximus)
European periwinkle (Littorina littorea)
New Zealand mud snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum)
Wedge rangia (Rangia cuneata)
Chinese pond mussel (Sinanodonta woodiana)
paper pondshell (Utterbackia imbecillis)
Beech Leaf Disease
chytrid pathogen of frogs (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis)
chytrid pathogen of salamanders (Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans)
Oak Wilt (Ceratocystis fagacearum)
white pine blister rust (Cronartium ribicola)
chestnut blight fungus (Cryphonectria parasitica)
dogwood anthracnose disease (Discula destructiva)
MSX oyster disease (Haplosporidium nelsoni)
beech bark fungus (Neonectria coccinea var. faginata)
snake fungal disease (Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola)
Dutch elm disease 2 (Ophiostoma novo-ulmi)
Dutch elm disease (Ophiostoma ulmi)
Dermo (Perkinsus marinus)
Phytophthora root rot (Phytophthora cinnamomi)
sudden oak death syndrome (Phytophthora ramorum)
white nose syndrome(Pseudogymnoascus destructans)
butternut canker fungus (Sirococcus clavigignenti-juglandacearum)
bacterial leaf scorch (Xylella fastidiosa)
Northern snakehead (Channa argus)
grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)
brook stickleback (Culaea inconstans)
Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio)
silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)
bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis)
green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus)
warmouth (Lepomis gulosus)
Oriental weatherfish (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)
Red-bellied Pacu (Piaractus brachypomus)
lionfish (Pterois volitans)
flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris)