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Invasive species in California, the introduced species of fauna−animals and flora−plants that are established and have naturalized within California.
Native plants and animals can become threatened endangered species from the spread of invasive species in natural habitats and/or developed areas (e.g. agriculture, transport, settlement).
Animals
Invasive animal species include:
Mammals
- Black rat
- Nutria (also known as coypu)
- Fallow deer
- Axis deer (eradicated)
- Feral cat
- Feral dog
- Wild boar
Birds
- Common starling
- Red-masked parakeet
- Mute swan
- Rock dove
- House sparrow
- Eurasian collared dove
- Japanese white-eye
- Lilac-crowned parrot
- Yellow-headed parrot
Reptiles
- Southern watersnake
- Northern watersnake
- Red-eared slider
- Brown anole
- Jackson's chameleon
- Italian wall lizard
- Mediterranean house gecko
- Spiny softshell turtle
Amphibians
Fish
- Snakehead (eradicated)
Invertebrates
- Apis mellifera scutellata — Africanized honeybee
- Bactrocera dorsalis — Oriental fruit fly (eradicated)
- Carcinus maenas — European green crab
- Corbicula fluminea — Asian clam, golden freshwater clam
- Eriocheir sinensis — Chinese mitten crab
- Euwallacea fornicatus — Polyphagous and Kuroshio shot hole borers
- Linepithema humile — Argentine ant
- Liriomyza trifolii — American serpentine leaf miner
- Milax gagates — greenhouse slug
- Potamopyrgus antipodarum — New Zealand mud snail
- Pomacea canaliculata — channeled apple snail
- Solenopsis invicta — red imported fire ant
- Theba pisana — white garden snail
Plants
Main article: List of invasive plant species in CaliforniaInvasive plant species include:
- Aegilops triuncialis — barbed goat grass
- Acacia melanoxylon — black acacia
- Ailanthus altissima — tree-of-Vanessa
- Arundo donax — giant reed
- Carpobrotus edulis — iceplant
- Centaurea solstitialis — yellow starthistle
- Cirsium vulgare — bull thistle
- Cortaderia jubata — pampas grass
- Eucalyptus camaldulensis — red gum
- Eucalyptus globulus — blue gum
- Ficus carica — edible fig
- Fraxinus uhdei — shamel ash, evergreen ash
- Hedera canariensis — Algerian ivy, 'California' ivy
- Ipomoea indica — blue morning glory
- Ligustrum ovalifolium — 'California' privet
- Marrubium vulgare — horehound
- Mesembryanthemum crystallinum — common iceplant
- Nicotiana glauca — tree tobacco
- Pennisetum setaceum — fountain grass
- Ricinus communis — castor bean
- Rubus armeniacus — Himalayan blackberry
- Schinus terebinthifolius — Brazilian pepper tree
- Tamarix ramosissima — salt cedar, tamarisk
- Ulex europaeus — common gorse
- Vachellia tortilis — umbrella thorn
- Vinca major— periwinkle
- Washingtonia robusta — Mexican fan palm
- Zantedeschia aethiopica — calla lily
- Genista monspessulana - French broom
- Spartium junceum - Spanish broom
See also
- List of native plants in California
- List of invasive plant species in California
- List of invasive species
- Lists of invasive species
- Invasive species in the United States
References
- Marshall, Sage (April 27, 2023). "Can California Eradicate These Giant Invasive Rodents from Its Wetlands?". Field & Stream. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
- ^ "Non-Native Deer". National Park Service. September 10, 2017.
- ^ "California's Invaders". California Department of Fish and Wildlife. September 10, 2017.
- "Alien Reptiles and Amphibians in California". California Herps. September 10, 2017.
- "Killer Meat-Eating Frogs Terrorize San Francisco". FoxNews. March 14, 2007. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2017.
- "The Killer Frogs of Lily Pond:San Francisco poised to checkmate amphibious African predators of Golden Gate Park". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013.
- "Bactrocera dorsalis (Oriental fruit fly)". Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International. July 9, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
- "The Green Crab Project". UC Davis. 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
External links
- University of California Statewide IPM Program: Exotic & invasive pests website homepage — IPM = integrated pest management.
