They can transform landscapes, lower property values and even lead to job loss.
Invasive species, including plants, animals, insects, fish and pathogens living outside their native range, can cause flooding, reduce climate resiliency and decimate Ontario’s native species.
A sea lamprey is shown attached to a lake trout.
Courtesy Great Lakes Fishery Commission
Buckthorn has greenish-yellow flowers and black fruit in the late summer and fall.
Invasive Species Centre photo
The Asian longhorned beetle has been eradicated in some parts of Toronto, but the insect threatens maple trees and can be costly to control.
Invasive Species Centre photo
Hemlock woolly adelgid is an aphidlike insect the size of a sesame seed. It can be detected in the fall through egg masses that resemble cot…
They can transform landscapes, lower property values and even lead to job loss.
Invasive species, including plants, animals, insects, fish and pathogens living outside their native range, can cause flooding, reduce climate resiliency and decimate Ontario’s native species.
A sea lamprey is shown attached to a lake trout.
Courtesy Great Lakes Fishery Commission
Buckthorn has greenish-yellow flowers and black fruit in the late summer and fall.
Invasive Species Centre photo
The Asian longhorned beetle has been eradicated in some parts of Toronto, but the insect threatens maple trees and can be costly to control.
Invasive Species Centre photo
Hemlock woolly adelgid is an aphidlike insect the size of a sesame seed. It can be detected in the fall through egg masses that resemble cotton balls at the base of hemlock tree needles.
Invasive Species Centre photo
Dog-strangling vine can grow up to two-metres high while wrapping around vertical structures.
Invasive Species Centre photo
Some invasive plants, like garlic mustard, pictured, are allopathic, which means they can emit chemical from their roots which kill or inhibit the growth of other species.
David Hobson