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Invasive Species of Texas

based on work found at https://www.texasinvasives.org.

Zebra Mussel 1
Dreissena polymorpha
Wild Boar 2
Sus scrofa
Coypu 3
Myocastor coypus
harmel 4
Peganum harmala
African Tamarisk 5
Tamarix africana
Asian Clam 6
Corbicula fluminea
white poplar 7
Populus alba
air potato 8
Dioscorea bulbifera
Alligator weed 9
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Amur honeysuckle 10
Lonicera maackii
giant tiger prawn 11
Penaeus monodon
African Honey Bee 12
Apis mellifera scutellata
Red Imported Fire Ant 13
Solenopsis invicta
Angleton Bluestem 14
Dichanthium aristatum
anchored water hyacinth 15
Eichhornia azurea
athel tamarisk 16
Tamarix aphylla
autumn olive 17
Elaeagnus umbellata
Bahia grass 18
Paspalum notatum
bird's-eye cress 19
Myagrum perfoliatum
Blue Hound's-tongue 20
Cynoglossum creticum
milk thistle 21
Silybum marianum
viper's-bugloss 22
Echium vulgare
annual bastard cabbage 23
Rapistrum rugosum
beefsteak plant 24
Perilla frutescens
Beach Sheoak 25
Casuarina equisetifolia
greater periwinkle 26
Vinca major
Bermuda grass 27
Cynodon dactylon
Brazilian pepper tree 28
Schinus terebinthifolius
spear thistle 29
Cirsium vulgare
camel thorn 30
Alhagi maurorum
buffelgrass 31
Pennisetum ciliare
Callery pear 32
Pyrus calleryana
Camphor Tree 33
Cinnamomum camphora
Brazilian Vervain 34
Verbena brasiliensis
Bushkiller 35
Cayratia japonica
Tatarian honeysuckle 36
Lonicera tatarica
Britton's Wild Petunia 37
Ruellia caerulea
Tuckeroo 38
Cupaniopsis anacardioides
Chinese parasol tree 39
Firmiana simplex
Cherokee rose 40
Rosa laevigata
Chinese pistache 35
Pistacia chinensis
Chinaberry 41
Melia azedarach
Chinese privet 42
Ligustrum sinense
Catclaw vine 43
Macfadyena unguis-cati
castor bean 44
Ricinus communis
Drooping Brome 45
Bromus tectorum
Chinese silver grass 46
Miscanthus sinensis
common chickweed 47
Stellaria media
Chinese Tallow 48
Triadica sebifera
Christmas Senna 49
Senna pendula
Cogon Grass 50
Imperata cylindrica
Chinese wisteria 51
Wisteria sinensis
Dioscorea oppositifolia 25
common dandelion 52
Taraxacum officinale
lesser periwinkle 53
Vinca minor
great mullein 22
Verbascum thapsus
water spangles 54
Salvinia minima
dalmatian toadflax 55
Linaria dalmatica dalmatica
Gibasis pellucida 56
Deep-Rooted Sedge 57
Cyperus entrerianus
Crested Floating Heart 58
Nymphoides cristata
Dallis grass 59
Paspalum dilatatum
dotted duckweed 60
Landoltia punctata
Coral Bells 61
Antigonon leptopus
common water hyacinth 62
Eichhornia crassipes
Torpedo grass 40
Panicum repens
duck-lettuce 63
Ottelia alismoides
Taro 64
Colocasia esculenta
European holly 65
Ilex aquifolium
common ivy 66
Hedera helix
five-stamen tamarisk 67
Tamarix chinensis
Common Privet 68
Ligustrum vulgare
hop trefoil 69
Trifolium campestre
field bindweed 70
Convolvulus arvensis
Eurasian water-milfoil 71
Myriophyllum spicatum
Field Brome 72
Bromus arvensis
garlic mustard 73
Alliaria petiolata
French tamarisk 74
Tamarix gallica
goldenrain tree 75
Koelreuteria paniculata
Heavenly bamboo 42
Nandina domestica
Giant Salvinia 27
Salvinia molesta
golden bamboo 76
Bambusa vulgaris
guinea grass 77
Urochloa maxima
Giant Hogweed 78
Heracleum mantegazzianum
glossy privet 79
Ligustrum lucidum
hedge bindweed 80
Calystegia sepium
Hydrilla 81
Hydrilla verticillata
Japanese honeysuckle 82
Lonicera japonica
house holly-fern 10
Cyrtomium falcatum
Itchgrass 40
Rottboellia cochinchinensis
Japanese climbing fern 83
Lygodium japonicum
white horehound 84
Marrubium vulgare
branched broomrape 85
Orobanche ramosa
Japanese privet 86
Ligustrum japonicum
japanese dodder
Cuscuta japonica formosana
Hovenia dulcis 87
King Ranch Bluestem 88
Bothriochloa ischaemum songarica
Johnson grass 89
Sorghum halepense
Japanese stiltgrass 90
Microstegium vimineum
Japanese wisteria 91
Wisteria floribunda

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