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 1 The following table illustrates some of the species of concern ("pests" and/or "invasive alien species") that can be moved internationally within CTUs. Whether or not the species becomes harmful largely depends on the viability of the organism (and/or its reproductive units) upon arrival in a new location, as well as the environmental conditions in the recipient ecosystem.

2 Plants include the seeds and spores.

Plants
Bluestem; Kleberg, Angleton, and yellow

Dichanthium annulatum; Dichanthium aristatum; Bothriochloa ischaemum var. songarica

Bushkiller, Java, Javan grape

Cayratia japonica

Castorbean

Ricinus communi

Chinaberry, pride of India, Indian lilac, umbrella tree

Melia azedarach

Chinese elm

Ulmus parvifolia

Chinese wisteria

Wisteria sinensis

Cogongrass

Imperata cylindrica

Elephant ear, coco yam, wild taro

Colocasia esculenta

Golden bamboo

Phyllostachys aurea

Japanese climbing fern

Lygodium japonicum

Japanese honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica

Johnsongrass

Sorghum halepense

Lead tree, Leucaena, haole koa

Leucaena leucocephala

Macartney rose

Rosa bracteata

Motojo–bobo, childa, alien weed, bitter gingerleaf

Lycianthes asarifolia

Multiflora rose

Rosa multiflora

Old world climbing fern, small leaf climbing fern

Lygodium microphyllum

Privet, Chinese

Ligustrum sinense

Privet, Japanese

Ligustrum japonicum

Russian olive

Elaeagnus angustifolia

Silktree mimosa

Albizia julibrissin

Tree–of–heaven, Ailanthus, copal tree

Ailanthus altissima

Vaseygrass

Paspalum urvillei

   
Animals / Insects
Bluestem; Kleberg, Angleton, and yellow

Dichanthium annulatum; Dichanthium aristatum; Bothriochloa ischaemum var. songarica

Bushkiller, Java, Javan grape

Cayratia japonica

Asian Gypsy Moth

Lymantria dispar

Asian long–horned beetle

Anoplophora glabripennis

Asian shore crab

Hemigrapsus sanguineus

Asian tiger mosquito

Aedes albopictus

Australian spotted jellyfish

Phyllorhiza punctata

Brown tree snake

Boiga irregularis

Brown/Mexilhao mussel, Green mussel

Perna perna, Perna viridis

Cactus moth

Cactoblastis cactorum

Emerald ash borer

Agrilus planipennis

European green crab, Mediterranean green crab

Carcinus maenas, C. aestuarii

Indo–Pacific swimming crab

Charybdis hellerii

Lionfish

Pterois volitans

Monk parakeet

Myiopsitta monachus

Muscovy duck

Cairina moschata

New Zealand mud snail

Potamopyrgus antipodarum

Pacu, pirapatinga, red–bellied pacu

Colossoma sp., Piaractus sp.

Red–rim melania

Melanoides tuberculatus

Red–vented bulbul

Pycnonotus cafer

Sauerkraut grass, spaghetti Bryozoan

Zoobotryon verticillatum

   
Sirex Wasp

Sirex noctilio

Sirex wasp larva and tunnel

South American cichlids

Cichla sp., Cichlasoma sp.

Veined rapa whelk

Rapana venosa

White crust tunicate

Didemnum perlucidum

   

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