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II: Rare and Endangered Species List

III: Introduced & Invasive Species List

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APPENDIX III

INTRODUCED AND INVASIVE SPECIES LISTS

Plants
List of most common introduced and invasive plant species found in Connecticut. It is not possible to list every species and the list keeps growing year to year. List adapted from "Invasive Plant Species Occurring in Connecticut" by Leslie J. Mehrhoff (1997).

Common Name Scientific Name
Norway Maple Acer platanoides
Sycamore Maple Acer pseudoplatanus
Cottonweed Froelichia gracilis
Goutweed Aegopodium podagraria
Black-Swallow Wort Vincetoxicum nigrum
Swallow Wort Vincetoxicum rossicum
Musk Thistle Carduus nutans
Spotted Napweed Centuarea maculosa
Canada Thistle Cirsium arvense
Bull Thistle Cirsium vulgare
Coltsfoot Tussalago farfara
Japanese Barberry Berberis thunbergii
Empress Tree Paulownia tomentosa
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata
Cardamine Jewelweed Cardamine impatiens
Dame's Rocket Hesperis matronalis
Tall Pepperwort Lepidium latifolium
Watercress Nasturtium officinale
Fanwort Cabomba caroliniana
Japanese Hops Humulus japonicus
Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica
Amur Honeysuckle Lonicera maackii
Morrow's Honeysuckle Lonicera marrowii
Tatarian Honeysuckle Lonicera tatarica
European Fly Honeysuckle Lonicera xylosteum
Bella Honeysuckle Lonicera bella
Asiatic (Oriental) Bittersweet Celastrus orbiculatus
Winged Euonymus Euonymus alatus
Russian Olive Elaeagnus angustifolia
Autumn Olive Elaeagnus umbellate
Kudzu Pueraria lobata
Nepalese Crane-bill Geranium nepalense
European Water-milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum
Hydrilla Hydrilla verticillatta
Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus
Elholtzia Elholtzia ciliata
Wild Garlic Allium vineale
Star of Bethleham Ornithlogalum umbellatum
Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria
Water Shamrock Marsilea quadrifolia
White Mulberry Morus alba
European Privet Ligustrum vulgare
Helleborine Epipactis helleborine
Drooping Brome-grass Bromus tectorum
Japanese Silt-grass Microstegium vimineum
Common Reed-grass (1) Phragmites australis
Canada Blue-grass Poa compressa
Japanese knotweed Polygonum cuspidatum
Crimped Pondweed Potamogeton crispus
Garden Loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris
European Buckthorn Frangula alnus
Buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica
Multiflora Rose Rosa multiflora
Wineberry Rubus phoenicolasias
White Poplar Populus alba
Tree-of-Heaven Ailanthus altissima
Jimsonweed Datura stramonium
Climbing Nightshade Solanum dulcamara
Common Periwinkle Vinca minor
English Ivy Hedera helix
Pachysandra Pachysandra terminalis
Climbing Euonymus Euonymus fortunei
Crown-vetch Coronilla varia
Scotch Broom Cytisus scoparius
Chinese Lespedeza Lespadeza cuneata
Orange Day-lily Hemerocallis fulva
Yam-leaved Clematis Clematis terniflora
Japanese Rose Rosa rugosa
Box-elder (1) Acer negundo
Common Cocklebur (1) Xanthium strumarium
May-apple (1) Podophyllum peltatum
Diverse-leaved Watermilfoil (1) Myriophyllum heterophylum
Reed Canary-grass (1) Phalaris arundinacea
Weeping Willow Salix babylonica
Chinese wisteria Wisteria sinensis
European (Horse) chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum

(1) denotes species with both a native and introduced form

Animals
Animal species lists are not as extensive as the plant lists because a number of imported species are domesticated and are not listed here (i.e., cows). Only those that are common or of special concern will be noted here.

Common Name Scientific Name
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
Pigeon (Rock Dove) Columba livia  
Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
Mute Swan Cygnus olor
Asiatic Clam Corbicula fluminea
Green Crab Carcinus maenas
Common Periwinkle Littorina littoria
Zebra Mussell  
Hemlock Wooly Adelgid Adelges tsugae
Asian Long-horn Beetle Anoplophora glabipennis
Japanese Beetle Popillia japonica
European Corn Borer Ostrinia nubalalis
Asian Lady Beetle (Ladybug) Harmonia axyridis
Asiatic Garden Beetle Maladera castanea