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The Willamette Valley's Least Wanted...


We have identified a list of 15 plants and 2 animals that we believe pose a serious threat to habitats, water quality, and land value in the Upper Willamette valley and its watersheds.  Please look out for, report, and help control these invaders! Click on each species name to view its file. Many are also listed on a cheat sheet for you.




Riparian/wetland/aquatic plants

Water Primrose (Ludwigia hexapetala)

Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)

Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus)

Yellow Flag Iris

Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria)
  

Prairies and dryer sites 

False Brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum)- find also under "Forest Understory"

False Broom
Photo: Bruce Newhouse

Meadow Knapweed (Centauria pratensis)

Yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis)

Yellow Starthistle
Photo: Tania Siemens, TNC

Maltese starthisle (Centaurea melitensis)

Medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae)
  

Forest Understory 

False Brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum)- find also under "Prairies and dryer sites"

Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)

Shining Geranium (Geranium lucidum)

Shining Geranium
Photo: Bruce Newhouse

Spurge laurel (Daphne laureola)

Aquatic animals

New Zealand Mudsnail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum)

Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) and Quagga mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis)

 

 

How to report: Contact Tania Siemens (tsiemens@tnc.org, 541-914-0701) with the name and location of the species you found. 
Report Form (pdf)

Report Form (Word)

It is useful if you can mark the location on a map and take some digital photographs. If you are outside the southern Willamette Valley, you can call the state reporting hotline at 1-866-INVADER or report online at http://www.oregoninvasiveshotline.org/.

 

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