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Indiana
Exotic animal and plant pests are invading Indiana and multiplying, causing economic and visual damage. Fight back by learning the signs, reporting sightings and taking precautions.
– Indiana DNR
Resources
Indiana Invasive Species Council
Indiana DNR: Invasive Species
The Nature Conservancy: Invasives found in Indiana
Indiana Wildlife Federation: Invasive Animals
Indiana Wildlife Federation: Invasive Plants
Defenders of Wildlife: Invasive Species in Indiana
State Contacts
Phil Marshall
Entomology & Plant Pathology
pmarshall@dnr.in.gov
Ph:
812-358-9034
Eric Fischer
Fish and Wildlife Division
efischer@dnr.in.gov
Ph:
317-234-3883
Top Reported Species
Multiflora rose: 7,654
Autumn olive: 3,546
Garlic mustard: 3,032
Moneywort: 2,514
Himalayan blackberry: 2,468
Japanese honeysuckle: 2,371
Chinese lespedeza: 888
Japanese stiltgrass: 534
Reed canarygrass: 487
Brown marmorated stink bug: 428
Recent Observations
Winter creeper in Floyd County, IN
on July 20, 2023
Amur honeysuckle in Hamilton County, IN
on May 30, 2023
Common buckthorn in Morgan County, IN
on May 13, 2023
Purple loosestrife in St. Joseph County, IN
on August 29, 2022
Purple loosestrife in St. Joseph County, IN
on August 29, 2022
Prohibited Aquatic Species
African Oxygen weed
Anchored Water Hyacinth
Arrowhead
Asian Marshweed
Brazilian Elodea
Brittle Water-Nymph
Caulerpa (Killer Algae)
Chinese Waterspinach
Curlyeaf Pondweed
Ducklettuce
Eurasian Watermilfoil
European Frog-Bit
Exotic Bur-Reed
Flowering Rush
Giant Salvina
Heartshaped False Pickerelweed
Hydrilla
Indian Swampweed
Mosquito Fern
Narrowleaf Cattail
Parrot Feather Watermilfoil
Water Chestnut
Yellow Flag Iris
Yellow floating Heart
Noxious Weed
Canada Thistle
Johnsongrass
Goatsrue
Giant Hogweed
Prohibited Terrestrial Species
Kudzu
Multiflora Rose
Purple Loosestrife