Invasive and Exotic Species in Maryland
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Animals
Birds | Insects | Mammals | Crustaceans | Mollusks | Fishes | Microbes/Fungi/Weird things | Other Invertebrates
Birds
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Habitat |
Geographic Region |
Canada Goose (resident) |
Branta canadensis |
Non-Forested |
Statewide |
Mute Swan (resident) |
Cygnus olor |
Bay and Ocean |
Eastern |
Insects:
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Habitat |
Geographic Region |
Asian Longhorned Beetle |
Anoplophora glabripennis |
Forested |
|
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug |
Halyomorpha halys |
Forested; Non-Forested |
Statewide |
Emerald Ash Borer |
Agrilus planipennis |
Forested |
Western; Central; Southern |
Gypsy Moth |
Lymantria dispar |
Forested |
Western |
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid |
Adelges tsugae |
Forested |
Western |
Japanese Beetle |
Popillia japonica |
Forested; Non-Forested |
|
Oriental Beetle |
Exomala orientalis |
|
|
Pine Shoot Beetle |
Tomicus piniperda |
Forested |
|
Red Imported Fire Ant |
Solenopsis invicta |
Forested; Non-Forested |
|
NR: Not Reported in Maryland; Statewide: Western; Central; Southern; Eastern. |
Mammals:
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Habitat |
Geographic Region |
Feral Hog |
Sus scrofa |
Forested; Non-Forested |
NR |
Nutria |
Myocastor coypus |
Bay and Ocean |
Eastern; Southern |
NR: Not Reported in Maryland; Statewide: Western; Central; Southern; Eastern. |
Crustaceans:
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Habitat |
Geographic Region |
Australian Crayfish |
Cherax spp. |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake |
NR |
Chinese Mitten Crab |
Eriocheir sinensis |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake; Bay and Ocean |
Central; Southern; Eastern |
European Green Crab |
Carcinus maenas |
Bay and Ocean |
Eastern |
Japanese Shore Crab |
Hemigrapsus sanguineus |
Bay and Ocean |
Eastern |
Marbled Crayfish |
Procambarus sp. |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake |
NR |
Red Swamp Crawfish |
Procambarus clarkii |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake |
Central; Southern; Eastern |
Rusty Crayfish |
Orconectes rusticus |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake |
Western; Central |
Southern White River Crawfish |
Procambarus zonangulus |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake |
Central; Southern; Eastern |
Spiny Water Flea |
Bythotrephes longimanus |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake |
NR |
Virile Crayfish |
Orconectes virilis |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake |
Western; Central; Southern |
Water Flea |
Daphnia lumholtzi |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake |
NR |
NR: Not Reported in Maryland; Statewide: Western; Central; Southern; Eastern |
Mollusks:
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Habitat |
Geographic Region |
Asiatic clam |
Corbicula fluminea |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake |
Statewide |
Chinese Mystery Snail |
Cipangopaludina chinensis |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake |
Western; Central; Southern |
New Zealand Mud Snail |
Potamopyrgus antipodarum |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake; Bay and Ocean |
NR |
Quagga Mussel |
Dreissena bugensis |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake |
NR |
Veined Rapa Welk |
Rapana venosa |
Bay and Ocean |
NR |
Zebra Mussel |
Dreissena polymorpha |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake |
Central |
NR: Not Reported in Maryland; Statewide: Western; Central; Southern; Eastern |
Fishes:
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Habitat |
Geographic Region |
Asian Swamp Eel |
Monoterus albus |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake |
NR |
Bighead Carp |
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake |
NR |
Black Carp |
Mylopharyngodon piceus |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake |
NR |
Blue Catfish |
Ictalurus furcatus |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake; Bay and Ocean |
Central; Southern; Eastern |
Candiru |
Vandellia cirrhosa |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake |
NR |
Eurasian River Ruffe |
Gymnocephalus cernuus |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake |
NR |
Flathead Catfish |
Pylodictis olivaris |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake; Bay and Ocean |
Central; Eastern |
Grass Carp |
Ctenopharyngodon idella |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake |
Central; Southern, Eastern |
Mimic Shiner |
Notropis volucellus |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake |
Central |
Northern Snakehead |
Channa argus |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake; Bay and Ocean |
Central; Southern; Eastern |
Oriental Weatherfish |
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake |
Central |
Red Shiner |
Cyprinella lutrensis |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake |
NR |
Round Goby |
Neogobius melanostomus |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake |
NR |
Silver Carp |
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake |
NR |
Walking Catfish |
Clarius batrachus |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake |
NR |
NR: Not Reported in Maryland; Statewide: Western; Central; Southern; Eastern |
Microbes/Fungi/Others:
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Habitat |
Geographic Region |
Beech Bark Disease Complex |
|
Forested |
|
Chestnut Blight |
Cryponectria parasitica |
Forested |
|
Chytrid Fungus |
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake |
NR |
Daylily Rust |
Puccinia hemerocallidis |
Forested; Non-Forested |
|
Plum Pox |
|
Forested |
|
Sudden Oak Death |
Phytophthora spp. |
Forested |
|
Thousand Cankers Disease |
Geosmithia morbida |
Forested |
NR |
Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia |
|
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake |
NR |
Whirling Disease |
Myxobolus cerebralis |
Stream, River, Pond, and Lake |
Western |
NR: Not Reported in Maryland; Statewide: Western; Central; Southern; Eastern |
Other Invertebrates:
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Habitat |
Geographic Region |
Corn Cyst Nematode |
Heterodera zeae |
Non-Forested |
|
Northern Root Knot Nematode |
Meloidogyne hapla |
Non-Forested |
|
Southern Root Knot Nematode |
Meloidogyne incognita |
Non-Forested |
|
Soybean Cyst Nematode |
Heterodera glycines |
Non-Forested |
|
NR: Not Reported in Maryland; Statewide: Western; Central; Southern; Eastern |