Michigan’s Invasive Species Watch List
These are priority species that have been identified as posing an immediate and significant threat to Michigan’s natural resources. These species have either never been confirmed in Michigan or have very limited distribution or are localized.
https://www.michigan.gov/invasives/id-report/watchlist
| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
| mountain pine beetle |
Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, 1902 |
| balsam woolly adelgid |
Adelges (Dreyfusia) piceae (Ratzeburg, 1844) |
| hemlock woolly adelgid |
Adelges (Annandina) tsugae Annand, 1924 |
| Asian longhorned beetle |
Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky, 1853) |
| kudzu |
Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S. Almeida |
| Brazilian waterweed, Brazilian elodea |
Egeria densa Planch. |
| hydrilla |
Hydrilla verticillata (L. f.) Royle |
| Japanese stiltgrass |
Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus |
| parrotfeather |
Myriophyllum aquaticum (Vell.) Verdc. |
| water lettuce |
Pistia stratiotes L. |
| mile-a-minute vine, Asiatic tearthumb |
Persicaria perfoliata (L.) H. Gross |
| lesser celandine, fig buttercup |
Ficaria verna Huds. |
| European water chestnut |
Trapa natans L. |
| nutria |
Myocastor coypus (Molina) |
| Chinese yam |
Dioscorea polystachya Turcz. |
| water soldier |
Stratiotes aloides L. |
| red swamp crayfish |
Procambarus clarkii (Girard) |
| grass carp |
Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844) |
| Japanese sedge |
Carex kobomugi Ohwi |
| northern snakehead |
Channa argus (Cantor, 1842) |
| European frog-bit |
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae L. |
| Himalayan balsam |
Impatiens glandulifera Royle |
| European water-clover |
Marsilea quadrifolia L. |
| yellow floating heart |
Nymphoides peltata (S.G. Gmel.) Kuntze |
| Japanese chaff flower |
Achyranthes japonica (Miq.) Nakai |
| New Zealand mud snail |
Potamopyrgus antipodarum (J.E. Gray, 1853) |
| primrose-willow |
Ludwigia L. |
| silver carp |
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844) |
| bighead carp |
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis J. Richardson, 1845 |
| black carp |
Mylopharyngodon piceus J. Richardson, 1846 |
| thousand cankers disease |
Geosmithia morbida (Proposed name) |
| spotted lanternfly |
Lycorma delicatula (White, 1845) |
| beech leaf disease |
Litylenchus crenatae mccannii Carta, 2020 |
| common water hyacinth |
Pontederia crassipes Martius |
| marbled crayfish |
Procambarus virginalis Lyko, 2017 |
