Early Detection Watchlist for New River Gorge NP and PRES

These species are on the Early Detection and Rapid Response list for New River Gorge National Park and Preserve. Help the park be on the lookout for these species so that if found, they can be treated and contained before they become established.

All 23

Elongate hemlock scale ¹
Fiorinia externa

Diplodia corticola ²

Asian Long-horned Beetle ³
Anoplophora glabripennis

Thousand Cankers Disease of Walnut
Geosmithia morbida

Wild Boar ⁴
Sus scrofa

Spotted Lanternfly ⁵
Lycorma delicatula

Neonectria ⁶

Didymo ⁷
Didymosphenia geminata

Japanese Chaff Flower ⁸
Achyranthes japonica

Giant Hogweed ⁹
Heracleum mantegazzianum

wavyleaf basketgrass ¹⁰
Oplismenus undulatifolius

ravenna grass
Saccharum ravennae

lesser celandine ¹¹
Ficaria verna

Five-leaf akebia ¹²
Akebia quinata

porcelain berry ¹³
Ampelopsis glandulosa brevipedunculata

mile-a-minute weed ¹⁴
Persicaria perfoliata

alder buckthorn ¹⁵
Frangula alnus

Norway maple ¹⁶
Acer platanoides

common buckthorn ¹⁷
Rhamnus cathartica

jetbead ¹⁸
Rhodotypos scandens

Japanese angelica tree ¹⁹
Aralia elata

Callery pear ²⁰
Pyrus calleryana

Beech Leaf Disease ²¹
Litylenchus crenatae

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Early Detection Watchlist for New River Gorge NP and PRES

Elongate hemlock scale 1 Fiorinia externa

Diplodia corticola 2

Asian Long-horned Beetle 3 Anoplophora glabripennis

Thousand Cankers Disease of Walnut Geosmithia morbida

Wild Boar 4 Sus scrofa

Spotted Lanternfly 5 Lycorma delicatula

Neonectria 6

Didymo 7 Didymosphenia geminata

Japanese Chaff Flower 8 Achyranthes japonica

Giant Hogweed 9 Heracleum mantegazzianum

wavyleaf basketgrass 10 Oplismenus undulatifolius

ravenna grass Saccharum ravennae

lesser celandine 11 Ficaria verna

Five-leaf akebia 12 Akebia quinata

porcelain berry 13 Ampelopsis glandulosa brevipedunculata

mile-a-minute weed 14 Persicaria perfoliata

alder buckthorn 15 Frangula alnus

Norway maple 16 Acer platanoides

common buckthorn 17 Rhamnus cathartica

jetbead 18 Rhodotypos scandens

Japanese angelica tree 19 Aralia elata

Callery pear 20 Pyrus calleryana

Beech Leaf Disease 21 Litylenchus crenatae