Regulated Species

Category	Common Name	Scientific name	NR40 Regulated	NR40 Added	Habitat
Plant	Amur cork tree	Phellodendron amurense	Prohibited	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Amur honeysuckle	Lonicera maackii	Prohibited/Restricted	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Amur maple	Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala	Restricted	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Anchored water hyacinth	Eichhornia azurea	Prohibited	5/1/2015	A, W
Plant	Aquatic forget-me-not	Myosotis scorpioides	Restricted	5/1/2015	W, T
Plant	Asian loeseneri bittersweet	Celastrus loeseneri	Prohibited	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Asian marshweed	Limnophila sessiliflora	Prohibited	5/1/2015	A, W
Plant	Australian swamp crop or New Zealand pygmyweed	Crassula helmsii	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Plant	Autumn olive	Elaeagnus umbellata	Restricted	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Balfour's touch-me-not	Impatiens balfourii	Restricted	5/1/2015	W, T
Plant	Bell's or showy bush honeysuckle	Lonicera x bella	Restricted	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Bishop's goutweed	Aegopodium podagraria	Restricted	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Black (European) alder	Alnus glutinosa	Restricted	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Black knapweed	Centaurea nigra	Restricted	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Black locust	Robinia pseudoacacia	Restricted	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Black or Louise's swallow−wort	Vincetoxicum nigrum or Cynanchum louiseae	Prohibited/Restricted	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Bohemian knotweed	Fallopia x bohemicum or F. x bohemica or Polygonum × bohemicum	Prohibited	5/1/2015	W, T
Plant	Brittle naiad, or lesser, bushy, slender, spiny or minor naiad or water nymph	Najas minor	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Plant	Brown knapweed	Centaurea jacea	Restricted	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Burning bush	Euonymus alatus	Restricted	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Butterfly dock	Petasites hybridus	Prohibited	5/1/2015	W, T
Plant	Canada thistle	Cirsium arvense	Restricted	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Celandine	Chelidonium majus	Restricted	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Chinese wisteria	Wisteria sinensis	Prohibited	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Chinese yam	Dioscorea batatas or D. polystacha	Prohibited	5/1/2015	W, T
Plant	Colt's foot	Tussilago farfara	Prohibited	5/1/2015	W, T
Plant	Common barberry	Berberis vulgaris	Prohibited	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Common buckthorn	Rhamnus cathartica	Restricted	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Common teasel	Dipsacus sylvestris or D. fullonum	Restricted	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Creeping bellflower	Campanula rapunculoides	Restricted	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Crown vetch	Coronilla varia	Restricted	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Curly−leaf pondweed	Potamogeton crispus	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Plant	Cut−leaved teasel	Dipsacus laciniatus	Restricted	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Cypress spurge	Euphorbia cyparissias	Restricted	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Dalmatian toadflax	Linaria dalmatica	Prohibited/Restricted	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Dame's rocket	Hesperis matronalis	Restricted	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Diffuse knapweed	Centaurea diffusa	Prohibited	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Ducklettuce	Ottelia alismoides	Prohibited	5/1/2015	A
Plant	Egeria	Egeria densa	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Plant	Eurasian watermilfoil	Myriophyllum spicatum	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Plant	European frogbit	Hydrocharis morsus−ranae	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Plant	European marsh thistle	Cirsium palustre	Prohibited/Restricted	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Fanwort, Carolina Fanwort	Cabomba caroliniana	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Plant	Field scabiosa	Knautia arvensis	Restricted	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Fiveleaf akebia or Chocolate vine	Akebia quinata	Prohibited	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Floating marsh pennywort	Hydrocotyle ranunculoides	Prohibited	5/1/2015	A
Plant	Flowering rush	Butomus umbellatus	Restricted	9/1/2009	A, W
Plant	Garden heliotrope or Valerian	Valeriana officinalis	Restricted	5/1/2015	W, T
Plant	Garden yellow loosestrife	Lysimachia vulgaris	Restricted	5/1/2015	W, T
Plant	Garlic mustard	Alliaria petiolata	Restricted	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Giant hogweed	Heracleum mantegazzianum	Prohibited	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Giant knotweed	Fallopia sachalinensis or Polygonum sachalinense	Prohibited	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Giant reed	Arundo donax	Prohibited	5/1/2015	A, W
Plant	Giant salvinia	Salvinia herzogii	Prohibited	5/1/2015	A, W
Plant	Giant salvinia	Salvinia molesta	Prohibited	5/1/2015	A, W
Plant	Glossy buckthorn	Rhamnus frangula or Frangula alnus	Restricted	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Graceful cattail	Typha laxmannii	Prohibited	5/1/2015	A, W
Plant	Grecian foxglove	Digitalis lanata	Prohibited	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Hairy willow herb	Epilobium hirsutum	Prohibited/Restricted	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Hawaii arrowhead	Sagittaria sagittifolia	Prohibited	5/1/2015	A, W
Plant	Helleborine orchid	Epipactis helleborine	Restricted	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Hemp nettle, brittlestem hemp nettle	Galeopsis tetrahit	Restricted	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Hill mustard	Bunias orientalis	Prohibited/Restricted	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Himalayan blackberry	Rubus armeniacus	Prohibited	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Hound's tongue	Cynoglossum officinale	Restricted	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Hybrid cattail	Typha x glauca	Restricted	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Hydrilla	Hydrilla verticillata	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Plant	Indian Swampweed	Hygrophila polysperma	Prohibited	5/1/2015	A
Plant	Indian yam	Dioscorea oppositifolia	Prohibited	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Japanese barberry	Berberis thunbergii	Restricted	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Japanese chaff flower	Achyranthes japonica	Prohibited	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Japanese hedge parsley or erect hedge parsley	Torilis japonica	Prohibited/Restricted	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Japanese honeysuckle	Lonicera japonica	Prohibited	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Japanese hops	Humulus japonicus	Prohibited/Restricted	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Japanese knotweed	Fallopia japonica or Polygonum cuspidatum	Restricted	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Japanese stilt grass	Microstegium vimineum	Prohibited	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Japanese wisteria	Wisteria floribunda	Prohibited	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Java waterdropwort or Vietnamese parsley	Oenanthe javanica	Prohibited	5/1/2015	A, W
Plant	Johnsongrass	Sorghum halepense	Prohibited	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Kudzu	Pueraria montana or P. lobata	Prohibited	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Leafy spurge	Euphorbia esula	Restricted	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Lesser celandine	Ranunculus ficaria	Prohibited	5/1/2015	W, T
Plant	Lyme grass or sand ryegrass	Leymus arenarius or Elymus arenarius	Prohibited/Restricted	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Medusahead	Taeniatherum caput-medusae	Prohibited	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Mile−a−minute vine	Polygonum perfoliatum or Persicaria perfoliata	Prohibited	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Moneywort	Lysimachia nummularia (or L. nummelaria)	Restricted	5/1/2015	W, T
Plant	Morrow's honeysuckle	Lonicera morrowii	Restricted	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Mosquito fern	Azolla pinnata	Prohibited	5/1/2015	A, W
Plant	Mudmat	Glossostigma cleistanthum	Prohibited	5/1/2015	A, W
Plant	Multiflora rose	Rosa multiflora	Restricted	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Musk thistle or Nodding thistle	Carduus nutans	Restricted	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Narrow-leaf bittercress	Cardamine impatiens	Prohibited	5/1/2015	W, T
Plant	Narrow-leaf cattail	Typha angustifolia	Restricted	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Oriental bittersweet	Celastrus orbiculatus	Restricted	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Oxygen−weed, African elodea or African waterweed	Lagarosiphon major	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Plant	Pale or European swallow−wort	Vincetoxicum rossicum or Cynanchum rossicum	Prohibited	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Parrot feather	Myriophyllum aquaticum	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Plant	Perennial or broadleaved pepperweed	Lepidium latifolium	Prohibited	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Phragmites or Common reed non-native ecotype	Phragmites australis non-native ecotype	Prohibited/Restricted	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Plumeless thistle	Carduus acanthoides	Restricted	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Poison hemlock	Conium maculatum	Prohibited/Restricted	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Policeman's helmet	Impatiens glandulifera	Prohibited	5/1/2015	W, T
Plant	Porcelain berry	Ampelopsis brevipedunculata	Prohibited	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Princess tree	Paulownia tomentosa	Prohibited	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Purple loosestrife	Lythrum salicaria	Restricted	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Queen of the meadow	Filipendula ulmaria	Restricted	5/1/2015	W, T
Plant	ribbon grass or gardener's garters and other ornamental variegated varieties and cultivars.	Phalaris arundinacea var. picta	Restricted	5/1/2015	W, T
Plant	Rose acacia or Bristly locust	Robinia hispida	Restricted	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Russian knapweed	Centaurea repens	Prohibited	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Russian olive	Elaeagnus angustifolia	Restricted	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Sacred Lotus	Nelumbo nucifera	Prohibited	5/1/2015	A
Plant	Sawtooth oak	Quercus acutissima	Prohibited	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Scarlet pimpernel or Burnet saxifrage	Pimpinella saxifraga	Restricted	5/1/2015	W, T
Plant	Scotch broom	Cytisus scoparius	Prohibited	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Seaside goldenrod	Solidago sempervirens	Prohibited/Restricted	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Sericea or Chinese lespedeza	Lespedeza cuneata or L. sericea	Prohibited	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Siberian elm	Ulmus pumila	Restricted	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Siberian peashrub	Caragana arborescens	Restricted	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Southern cattail	Typha domingensis	Prohibited	5/1/2015	A, W
Plant	Spiny naiad	Najas marina	Restricted	5/1/2015	A, W
Plant	Spotted knapweed	Centaurea biebersteinii, C. maculosa or C. stoebe	Restricted	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Spreading hedge parsley	Torilis arvensis	Prohibited	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Tall or reed mannagrass	Glyceria maxima	Prohibited/Restricted	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Tansy	Tanacetum vulgare	Restricted	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Tartarian honeysuckle	Lonicera tatarica	Restricted	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Tree of heaven	Ailanthus altissima	Restricted	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Tyrol knapweed	Centaurea nigrescens	Restricted	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Wanded loosestrife	Lythrum virgatum	Prohibited	5/1/2015	A, W
Plant	Water chestnut	Trapa natans	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Plant	Water hyacinth, floating	Eichhornia crassipes	Prohibited	5/1/2015	A, W
Plant	Water lettuce	Pistia stratiotes	Prohibited	5/1/2015	A, W
Plant	Water Soldiers	Stratiotes aloides	Prohibited	5/1/2015	A, W
Plant	Water spinach, swamp morning-glory	Ipomoea aquatica	Prohibited	5/1/2015	A, W
Plant	Wavy leaf basket grass	Oplismenus hirtellus ssp. undulatifolius	Prohibited	5/1/2015	T
Plant	White bedstraw	Galium mollugo	Restricted	5/1/2015	T
Plant	White mulberry	Morus alba	Restricted	5/1/2015	T
Plant	White poplar	Populus alba	Restricted	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Wild chervil	Anthriscus sylvestris	Prohibited/Restricted	9/1/2009	W, T
Plant	Wild parsnip	Pastinaca sativa	Restricted	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Wineberry or wine raspberry	Rubus phoenicolasius	Prohibited	9/1/2009	T
Plant	Woodland forget-me-not	Myosotis sylvatica (or M. sylvaticum)	Restricted	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Wormwood	Artemisia absinthium	Restricted	5/1/2015	T
Plant	Yellow floating heart	Nymphoides peltata	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Plant	Yellow iris	Iris pseudacorus	Restricted	5/1/2015	A, W, T
Plant	Yellow star thistle	Centaurea solstitialis	Prohibited	9/1/2009	T
Other	Cylindro (cyanobacteria)	Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Other	Didymo or rock snot	Didymosphenia geminata	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Other	Golden alga	Prymnesium parvum	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Other	Killer algae	Caulerpa taxifolia	Prohibited	5/1/2015	A
Other	Novel cyanobacterial epiphyte of the order Stigonematales linked with avian vacuolar myelinopathy	Stigonematales spp.	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Other	Starry stonewort (alga)	Nitellopsis obtusa	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Other	Ulva species, including species previously known as Enteromorpha species	Ulva (Enteromorpha) species	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Other	White-nose syndrome fungal pathogen	Pseudogymnoascus destructans	Prohibited	6/1/2011	T
Animal	Alewife	Alosa pseudoharengus	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Arctic char (2)	Salvelinus alpinus	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Asian clam	Corbicula fluminea	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Asian longhorned beetle	Anoplophora glabripennis	Prohibited	9/1/2009	T
Animal	Atlantic salmon (2)	Salmo salar	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Banded mystery snail	Viviparus georgianus	Restricted	5/1/2015	A
Animal	Bighead carp	Hypophthalmichthys nobilis	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Bitterling (3)	Rhodeus spp.	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Black carp	Mylopharyngodon piceus	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Bloody shrimp	Hemimysis anomala	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Brown trout (2)	Salmo trutta	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Chinese hi-fin banded shark (3)	Myxocyprinus asiaticus	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Chinese mitten crabs	Eriocheir sinensi	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Chinese mystery snail	Cipangopaludina chinensis	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Chinook salmon (2)	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Coho salmon (2)	Oncorhynchus kisutch	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Common carp	Cyprinus carpio	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Crayfish - non-native	Crayfish	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A, W
Animal	Eastern mosquitofish	Gambusia holbrooki	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Emerald ash borer	Agrilus planipennis	Restricted	9/1/2009	T
Animal	European valve snail	Valvata piscinalis	Restricted	5/1/2015	A
Animal	Faucet snail	Bithynia tentaculata	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Feral domestic swine	Sus domestica	Prohibited	9/1/2009	T
Animal	Fishhook water flea	Cercopagis pengoi	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Golden mussel	Limnoperna fortunei	Prohibited	5/1/2015	A
Animal	Goldfish *(3)	Carassius auratus	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Grass carp	Ctenopharyngodon idella	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Hemlock woolly adelgid	Adelges tsugae	Prohibited	9/1/2009	T
Animal	Ide (3)	Leuciscus idus	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Japanese trapdoor snail or Japanese mystery snail	Cipangopaludina japonica	Restricted	5/1/2015	A
Animal	Jumping worm	Amynthas or Amynthus species	Restricted	9/1/2009	T
Animal	Killer Shrimp	Dikerogammarus villosus	Prohibited	5/1/2015	A
Animal	Koi carp *(3)	Cyprinus rubrofuscus	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Malaysian trumpet snail	Melanoides tuberculata	Prohibited	5/1/2015	A
Animal	Monk or Quaker parakeet or parrot	Myiopsitta monachus	Prohibited	9/1/2009	T
Animal	Mountain Pine Beetle	Dendroctonus ponderosae	Prohibited	5/1/2015	T
Animal	New Zealand mud snail	Potamopyrgus antipodarum	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Nutria	Myocastor coypus	Prohibited	5/1/2015	A, W, T
Animal	Pink salmon (2)	Oncorhynchus gorbuscha	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Quagga mussel	Dreissena rostriformis	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Rainbow smelt	Osmerus mordax	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Rainbow trout (2)	Oncorhynchus mykiss	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Red shiner	Cyprinella lutrensis	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Redear sunfish (2)	Lepomis microlophus	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Round goby	Neogobius melanostomus	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Rudd	Scardinius erythrophthalmus	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Ruffe	Gymnocephalus cernuus	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Russian boar & other wild swine	Sus scrofa	Prohibited	9/1/2009	T
Animal	Rusty crayfish (non-native established)	Orconectes rusticus	Restricted	9/1/2009	A, W
Animal	Sea lamprey	Petromyzon marinus	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Silver carp	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Snakehead family	Channidae	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Spiny water flea	Bythotrephes cederstroemi	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Spongy moth, North American or European subspecies	Lymantria dispar dispar	Restricted	9/1/2009	T
Animal	Spongy moth, subspecies with flight-capable females	Lymantria dispar asiatica or L. dispar japonica	Prohibited	9/1/2009	T
Animal	Sterlet (3)	Acipenser ruthenus	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Sudden oak death pathogen	Phytophthora ramorum	Prohibited	9/1/2009	T
Animal	Tench	Tinca tinca	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Thousand cankers disease of walnut	Geosmithia morbida	Prohibited	5/1/2015	T
Animal	Three-spine stickleback	Gasterosteus aculeatus	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Tiger trout (2)	Salvelinus fontinalis x Salmo trutta	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Tilapia	Tilapia spp.	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Tubenose Goby	Proterorhinus marmoratus	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Walnut twig beetle	Pityophthorus juglandis	Prohibited	5/1/2015	T
Animal	Water flea	Daphnia lumholtzi	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Weather loach (3)	Misgurnus anguillicaudatus	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Western mosquitofish	Gambusia affinis	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	White perch	Morone americana	Restricted	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Zander	Sander lucioperca	Prohibited	9/1/2009	A
Animal	Zebra mussel	Dreissena polymorpha	Restricted	9/1/2009	A

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