Invasive Species of Ohio

This is a list of invasive species in Ohio.

All 41

Wild Boar ¹
Sus scrofa

Round Goby ²
Neogobius melanostomus

Ruffe ³
Gymnocephalus cernuus

White Perch ⁴
Morone americana

Grass Carp ⁵
Ctenopharyngodon idella

Silver Carp ⁴
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix

Bighead Carp ⁶
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis

Black Carp ⁴
Mylopharyngodon piceus

Sea lamprey ⁷
Petromyzon marinus

Zebra Mussel ⁴
Dreissena polymorpha

Codling Moth ⁸
Cydia pomonella

Gypsy Moth ⁹
Lymantria dispar

European Corn Borer ¹⁰
Ostrinia nubilalis

Asian Long-horned Beetle ¹¹
Anoplophora glabripennis

Walnut Twig Beetle ⁴
Pityophthorus juglandis

Emerald Ash Borer ¹²
Agrilus planipennis

Hemlock Woolly Adelgid ¹³
Adelges tsugae

Rusty Crayfish ¹⁴
Orconectes rusticus

White Sweet Clover ¹⁵
Melilotus albus

Multiflora Rose ¹⁶
Rosa multiflora

Common Buckthorn ¹⁷
Rhamnus cathartica

Autumn Olive ¹⁸
Elaeagnus umbellata

Japanese Knotweed ¹⁹
Fallopia japonica

Creeping Thistle ²⁰
Cirsium arvense

Tree of Heaven ²¹
Ailanthus altissima

Purple Loosestrife ⁴
Lythrum salicaria

Japanese Honeysuckle ²²
Lonicera japonica

Bush Honeysuckle ²³
Lonicera maackii

Fuller's Teasel ²⁴
Dipsacus fullonum

Cut-leaved Teasel ²⁵
Dipsacus laciniatus

Garlic Mustard ²⁶
Alliaria petiolata

Eurasian Water-milfoil ²⁷
Myriophyllum spicatum

Smooth Brome ²⁸
Bromus inermis

Reed Canary Grass
Phalaris arundinacea

Common Reed ²⁹
Phragmites australis

Narrow-leaved Cattail ³⁰
Typha angustifolia

Brittle Naiad ⁴
Najas minor

Crisp-leaved Pondweed ³¹
Potamogeton crispus

Flowering-rush ³²
Butomus umbellatus

Chestnut Blight ³³
Cryphonectria parasitica

Dutch elm disease ³⁴
Ophiostoma ulmi

Edited by brennanangle, some rights reserved (CC BY)

Photo Credits

1. (c) Randall Wade (Rand) Grant, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
2. (c) Ohio Sea Grant, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
3. (c) Sergey Yeliseev, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
4. (c) brennanangle, all rights reserved
5. (c) Biopix, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
6. (c) Elizabeth Sellers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
7. (c) NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
8. (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ken-ichi Ueda
9. (c) Thijs Calu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
10. (c) Donald Hobern, some rights reserved (CC BY)
11. (c) sallaha, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
12. (c) Kohichiro Yoshida, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
13. (c) BlueRidgeKitties, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
14. (c) Ashour Rehana, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
15. (c) Steve Chilton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
16. (c) wplynn, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND)
17. (c) JanetandPhil, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
18. (c) Dave Spier, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
19. (c) Marie Studer, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Marie Studer
20. (c) Matt Lavin, some rights reserved (CC BY)
21. (c) James Gaither, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
22. (c) CameliaTWU (away for a while), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
23. (c) Leonora Enking, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
24. (c) Jorunn D. Newth, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
25. (c) Dan Mullen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
26. (c) 57Andrew, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
27. (c) John Hilty, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
28. (c) Hörður Kristinsson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
29. (c) 2006 Luigi Rignanese, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
30. (c) Roger Butterfield, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
31. (c) Susan J. Hewitt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Susan J. Hewitt
32. (c) Ondřej Zicha, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
33. (c) Vicky Herrala, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
34. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY)

Member of the iNaturalist Network | Powered by iNaturalist open source software | Documentation for developers