List of invasive species in California
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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
Birds
Reptiles
Amphibians
Fish
- Snakehead (eradicated)
Invertebrates
- Apis mellifera scutellata — Africanized honeybee
- Bactrocera dorsalis — Oriental fruit fly (eradicated)[9]
- Carcinus maenas — European green crab[10]
- Corbicula fluminea — Asian clam, golden freshwater clam
- Eriocheir sinensis — Chinese mitten crab[3]
- Euwallacea fornicatus — Polyphagous and Kuroshio shot hole borers[3]
- Linepithema humile — Argentine ant
- Liriomyza trifolii — American serpentine leaf miner
- Milax gagates — greenhouse slug
- Potamopyrgus antipodarum — New Zealand mud snail[3]
- Pomacea canaliculata — channeled apple snail[3]
- 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
