IUCN Datasheets

IUCN datasheets were produced to provide technical and scientific support in relation to the implementation of Regulation (EU) 1143/2014 on Invasive Alien Species. Management measures for both rapid eradication of new introductions and Widely Spread Species are detailed within the following documents. 

Plants

• • • • Acacia saligna – Golden wreath wattle
      • Ailanthus altissima – Tree-of-heaven
      • Alternanthera philoxeroides – Alligator Weed
      • Andropogon virginicus – Broomsedge bluestem
      • Asclepias syriaca – Common milkweed
      • Baccharis halimifolia – Eastern Baccharis
      • Cabomba caroliniana – Green cabomba
      • Cardiospermum grandiflorum – Balloon vine
      • Cortaderia jubata – Purple pampas grass
      • Eichornia crassipes – Water hyacinth
      • Elodea nuttallii – Nuttall’s waterweed
      • Gunnera tinctoria – Chilean rhubarb
      • Gymnocoronis spilanthoides – Senegal tea plant
      • Heracleum mantegazzianum – Giant hogweed
      • Humulus scandens – Japanese Hop
      • Hydrocotyle ranunculoides – Floating pennywort
      • Impatiens glandulifera – Himalayan balsam
      • Lagarosiphon major – Curly waterweed
      • Lespedeza cuneata – Chinese bush clover
      • Ludwigia grandiflora & L. peploides – Water primrose & Floating water primrose
      • Lygodium japonicum – Vine like fern
      • Lysichiton americanus – American skunk cabbage
      • Microstegium vimineum – Japanese stiltgrass
      • Myriophyllum aquaticum & M. heterophyllum – Parrot’s feather & Broadleaf watermilfoil
      • Parthenium hysterophorus – Whitetop weed
      • Pennisetum setaceum – Crimson fountain grass
      • Persicaria perfoliata – Mile-a-minute weed
      • Prosopis juliflora – Mesquite
      • Salvinia molesta – Salvinia moss
      • Triadica sebifera – Chinese tallow

Animals

• • • • Alopochen aegyptiaca – Egyptian goose
      • Corvus splendens – Indian house crow
      • Eriocheir sinensis – Chinese mitten crab
      • Lepomis gibbosus – Pumpkinseed
      • Lithobates catesbeianus – North American bullfrog
      • Nasua nasua – Coati
      • Nyctereutes procyonoides – Raccoon dog
      • Ondatra zibethicus – Muskrat
      • Perccottus glenii – Chinese sleeper
      • Pseudorasbora parva – Topmouth gudgeon
      • Threskiornis aethiopicus – Sacred ibis
      • Trachemys scripta – Slider terrapins
      • Vespa velutina – Asian hornet