Invasive species in California are 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 amazon Yellow-headed amazon Brown-Headed Cowbird
Reptiles Southern watersnake Northern watersnake Red-eared slider Brown anole Jackson's chameleon Italian wall lizard Mediterranean house gecko Spiny softshell turtle
Amphibians American bullfrog African clawed frog Common coqui
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 Limnoperna fortunei — Golden mussel 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
Invasive 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
References
External links University of California Statewide IPM Program: Exotic & invasive pests website homepage — IPM = integrated pest management.