Invasive

Species Types

Mediterranean Oak Borer on an oak tree. Photo by Christine Buhl.

Mediterranean Oak Borer

(Xyleborus monographus)

Animal / Early Detection Rapid Response / Forest / Invasive
Brown flowerhead of Phragmites with green reeds

Common reed

Phragmites australis ssp. australis

Aquatic/Semiaquatic / Early Detection Rapid Response / Invasive / Plant / Sunny Areas
green and bronze metallic Japanese beetle on green leaf

Japanese beetle

Popillia japonica

Agricultural / Animal / Invasive
Spongy moth caterpillar on chewed leaf

Spongy moth

Lymantria dispar

Animal / Forest / Invasive
metallic green insect close-up on ash tree bark

Emerald ash borer

Agrilus planipennis

Animal / Early Detection Rapid Response / Forest / Invasive
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Garlic mustard

Alliaria petiolata

Early Detection Rapid Response / Invasive / Plant / Shaded Forest/Woodland / Sunny Areas
circular white flower with star-like clusters of tiny white petals

Wild Chervil

Anthriscus sylvestris

Invasive / Plant / Shaded Forest/Woodland / Sunny Areas
patch of tall reed canary grass in a large field

Reed canarygrass

Phalaris arundinacea

Agricultural / Aquatic/Semiaquatic / Invasive / Plant / Sunny Areas
Photo: King County, WA

Policeman’s helmet

Impatiens glandulifera

Early Detection Rapid Response / Invasive / Plant / Shaded Forest/Woodland / Sunny Areas
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Yellow archangel

Lamium galeobdolon

Invasive / Plant / Shaded Forest/Woodland / Sunny Areas
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Water primrose

Ludwigia peploides

Aquatic/Semiaquatic / Early Detection Rapid Response / Invasive / Plant / Sunny Areas
False indigo_by Andrey Zharkikh

Desert false indigo/ Indigo bush

Amorpha fruticosa

Aquatic/Semiaquatic / Invasive / Plant / Sunny Areas
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