New York State 6 NYCRR Part 575 Prohibited and Regulated Species

NYS Prohibited Invasive Species No person shall knowingly possess with an intent to sell, import, purchase, transport or introduce any prohibited invasive species. No person shall sell, import, purchase, transport, introduce or propagate any prohibited invasive species Algae and Cyanobacteria Plants continued Killer Green Algae Caulerpa taxifolia Japanese Stilt Grass Microstegium vimineum Didymo Didymosphenia geminata Marsh Dewflower Murdannia keisak Golden Algae Prymnesium parvum Parrot-feather Myriophyllum aquaticum Broadleaf Water-milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum Plants Broadleaf Water-milfoil Hybrid Myriophyllum heterophyllum x lasum Sycamore Maple Acer pseudoplatanus Eurasian Water-milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum Japanese Chaff Flower Achyranthes japonica Yellow Floating Heart Nymphoides peltata Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata Wavyleaf Basket grass Oplismenus hirtellus Porcelain Berry Ampelopsis brevipedunculata Mile-a-minute Weed Persicaria perfoliata Wild Chervil Anthriscus sylvestris Amur Cork Tree Phellodendron amurense Japanese Angelica Tree Aralia elata Common Reed Grass Phragmites australis Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris Golden Bamboo Phyllostachys aurea Small Carpet Grass Arthraxon hispidus Yellow Groove Bamboo Phyllostachys aureosulcata Japanese Barberry Berberis thunbergii Curly Pondweed Potamogeton crispus Slender False Brome Brachypodium sylvaticum Kudzu Pueraria montana Fanwort Cabomba caroliniana Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japanica Narrowleaf Bittercress Cardamine impatiens Giant Knotweed Reynoutria sachalinensis Oriental Bittersweet Celastrus orbiculatus Bohemian Knotweed Reynoutria bohemica Spotted Knapweed Centaurea stoebe Common Buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica Canada Thistle Cirsium arvense Multiflora Rose Rosa multiflora Black Swallow-wort Cynanchum louiseae Wineberry Rubus phoenicolasius Pale Swallow-wort Cynanchum rossicum Gray Florist's Willow Salix atrocinerea Chinese Yam Dioscorea polystachya Cup-plant Silphium perfoliatum Cut-leaf Teasel Dipsacus laciniatus Water Chestnut Trapa natans Brazillian Waterweed Egeria densa Beach Vitex Vitex rotundifolia Autumn Olive Elaeagnus umbellata Cypress Spurge Euphorbia cyparissias Fish Leafy Spurge Euphorbia esula Northern Snakehead Channa argus Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Bullseye Snakehead Channa marulius Smooth Buckthorn Frangula alnus Giant Snakehead Channa micropeltes Reed Manna Grass Gyceria maxima Walking Catfish Clarias batrachus Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum Western Mosquito Fish Gambusia affinis Japanese Hops Humulus japonicus Eastern Mosquito Fish Gambusia holbrooki Hydrilla Hydrilla verticillata Largescale Sliver Carp Hypophthalmichthys harmandi European Frog-bit Hydrocharis morus-ranae Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix Cogon Grass Imperata cylindrica Bighead Carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis Yellow Iris Iris pseudacorus Oriental Weatherfish Misgurnus anguillicaudatus Broad-leaved Pepper-grass Lepidium latifolium Black Carp Mylopharyngodon piceus Chinese Lespedeza Lespedeza cuneata Round Goby Neogobius melanostomus Border Privet Ligustrum obtusifolium Sea Lamprey Petromyzon marinus Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica Tubenose Goby Proterorhinus semilunaris Amur Honeysuckle Lonicera maackii Tench Tinca tinca Morrow's Honeysuckle Lonicera morrowii Tartarian Honeysuckle Lonicera tatarica Fly Honeysuckle Lonicera x bella Uruguayan Primrose Willow Ludwigia hexapetala Floating Primrose Willow Ludwigia peploides Garden Loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria

For more information on invasive species in western New York visit: www.wnyprism.org New York State 6 NYCRR Part 575 Prohibited and Regulated Species

NYS Prohibited Invasive Species cont. NYS Regulated Invasive Species Aquatic Invertebrates No person shall knowingly introduce into a free-living state or Chinese Mystery Snail Bellamya chinensis introduce by a means that one knew or should have known Japanese Mystery Snail Bellamya japonica would lead to the introduction into a free-living state any Faucet Snail Bithynia tentaculata regulated invasive species, although such a species shall be Spiny Water Flea Bythotrephes longimanus legal to possess, sell, buy, propagate, and transport. Fishhook Water Flea Ceropagis pengoi Asia Clam Corbicula fluminea Algae and Cyanobacteria Suminoe Oyster Crassostrea ariakensis Cylindro Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii Carpet Tunicate Didemnum spp. Red Algae Grateloupia turuturu Zebra Mussel Dreissena polymorpha Quagga Mussel Dreissena rostriformis bugensis Plants Chinese Mitten Crab Eriocheir sinensis Norway Maple Acer platanoides Asian Shore Crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus Japanese Virgin's Bower Clematis terniflora Bloody Red Shrimp Hemimysis anomala Burning Bush Euonymus alatus Rusty Crayfish Orconectes rusticus Winter Creeper Euonymus fortunei New Zealand Mud Snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum Chinese Silver Grass Miscanthus sinensis Veined Rapa Whelk Rapana venosa Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia Asian Sea Squirt Styela plicata Fish Terrestrial Invertebrates Goldfish Carassius auratus Giant Ghana Snail Achatina achatina Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis Giant African Land Snail Achatina fulica Common Carp, Koi Cyprinus carpio Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Adelges tsugae Ruffe Gymnocephalus cernuus Emerald Ash Borer Agrilus planipennis Asian Swamp Eel Monopterus albus Asian Earthworms Amynthas spp. Blue Tilapia Oreochromis aureus Asian Longhorned Beetle Anoplophora glabripennis Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus Africanized Honey Bee Apis mellifera scutellata Common Lionfish Pterois miles Giant West African Snail Archachatina marginata Red Lionfish Pterois volitans Beech Scale Cryptococcus fagisuga Zander Sander (Stizostedion) lucioperca Asian and European Gypsy Moth Lymantria dispar Rudd Scardinius erythrophthalmus Japanese Pine Sawyer Monochamus alternatus Walnut Twig Beetle Pityophthorus juglandis Aquatic Invertebrates Sirex Woodwasp Sirex noctilio European Green Crab Carcinus maenas Water Flea Daphnia lumholtzi Vertebrates Brush-clawed Shore Crab Hemigrapsus takanoi Mute Swan Cygnus olor European Hare Lepus europaeus Vertebrates Nutria Myocastor coypus Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegypticacus Asian Raccoon Dog Nyctereutes procyonoides Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata Eurasian Boar* Sus scrofa Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus *excluding Sus scrofa domestica European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Red-eared Slider Trachemys scripta elegans Fungi African Clawed Frog Zenopus laevis Sirex Wasp Fungus Amylostereum areolatum White-nose Syndrome Geomyces destructans Thousand Canker Disease Geosmithia morbida Sudden Oak Death Phytophthora ramorum

6 NYCRR Part 575 Prohibited and Regulated Invasive Species Express Terms can be found at: http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/99141.html

For more information on invasive species in western New York visit: www.wnyprism.org