List of identification guides

The following Invasive Non-native Species identification guides have been produced by Northern Ireland Environment Agency, or adapted with permission of the Non-native Species Secretariat.  

• • • • • • Asian clam – Corbicula fluminea
          • Asian hornet – Vespa velutina
          • Asian shore crab – Hemigrapsus spp.
          • American lobster – Homarus americanus
          • American mink – Neovison vison
          • American skunk cabbage – Lysichiton americanus
          • Australian flatworm – Australoplana sanguinea
          • Bamboo – Broad-leaved and Arrow 
          • Brown bullhead catfish – Ameiurus nebulosus
          • Brown Hare – Lepus europaeus
          • Butterfly bush – Buddleja davidii
          • Canadian waterweed – Elodea canadensis 
          • Chinese mitten crab – Eriocheir sinensis
          • Chinese Water Deer – Hydropotes inermis
          • Chub – Squalius cephalus
          • Coatimundi – Nasua nasua
          • Cotoneaster – Cotoneaster simonsii
          • Common Carp – Cyprinus carpio
          • Common cord grass – Spartina anglica
          • Coypu – Myocastor coypus
          • Curly waterweed – Lagarosiphon major
          • Dace – Leuciscus leuciscus
          • Egyptian Goose – Alopochen aegyptiacus
          • False acacia – Robinia pseudoacacia 
          • Fanwort/Cabomba – Cabomba caroliniana
          • Floating pennywort – Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
          • Fox squirrel – Sciurus niger
          • Fringed Water Lily – Nymphoides peltata
          • Grey squirrel – Sciurus carolinensis
          • Giant Hogweed – Heracleum mantegazzianum
          • Giant knotweed – Fallopia sachalinensis
          • Giant rhubarbs – Gunnera tinctoria & G. manicata
          • Harlequin ladybird – Harmonia axyridis
          • Himalayan balsam – Impatiens glandulifera
          • Himalayan knotweed – Persicaria wallichii
          • Hottentot fig – Carpobrotus edulis
          • Indian house crow – Corvus splendens
          • Japanese knotweed – Fallopia japonica
          • Japanese rose – Rosa rugosa
          • Killer Shrimp – Dikerogammarus villosus
          • Leathery sea squirt – Styela clava
          • Montbretia – Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora
          • Muntjac deer – Muntiacus reevesi
          • Muskrat – Ondatra zibethicus
          • New Zealand Flatworm – Arthurdendyus tiangulatus
          • New Zealand Pigmyweed – Crassula helmsii
          • Nuttall’s waterweed – Elodea Nuttallii
          • Oak processionary moth – Thaumetopoea processionea
          • Pacific Oyster – Crassostrea gigas
          • Pallas’s squirrel – Callosciurus erythraeus
          • Parrots feather – Myriophyllum aquaticum
          • Perri perri burr – Acaena spp.
          • Pink salmon – Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
          • Pumpkinseed – Lepomis gibbosus
          • Quagga mussel – Dreissena bugensis
          • Raccoon – Procyon lotor
          • Raccoon Dog – Nyctereutes procyonoides
          • Rainbow Trout – Oncorhynchus mykiss
          • Rhododendron – Rhododendron ponticum
          • Ruddy duck – Oxyura jamaicensis
          • Ruffe – Gymnocephalus cernuus
          • Russian vine – Fallopia baldschuanica
          • Salmonberry – Rubus spectabilis
          • Scared ibis – Threskiornis aethiopicus
          • Sea Squirt – Didemnum spp.
          • Siberian chipmunk – Tamias sibiricus
          • Signal crayfish – Pacifastacus leniusculus
          • Slider terrapins – Trachemys scripta spp.
          • Slipper limpet – Crepidula fornicata
          • Snowberry – Symphoricarpos albus
          • Topmouth Gudgeon – Pseudorasbora parva
          • Wakame – Undaria pinnatifida
          • Water fern – Azolla filiculoides
          • Water lettuce – Pista stratiotes
          • Water primrose – Lugwigia grandiflora
          • Wire weed – Sargassum muticum
          • Zander – Sander lucioperca
          • Zebra mussel – Dreissena polymorpha