Introduced species in Athens County

84 species reported here that are listed as introduced

Listed as introduced by US-RIIS (the lower 48 states) or iNaturalist's Ohio checklist. Invasive species are those US-RIIS or Ohio's rules list as invasive, as causing or likely to cause harm. A species missing from this list is not necessarily native.

Sources: US-RIIS 2.0, iNaturalist's Ohio checklist and Ohio's invasive-species rules

84 species

bird's-eye speedwell (Veronica persica)bird's-eye speedwellVeronica persica · Flowering plantsPhoto © liriodendron_tulipifera · CC BY-NC 4.0Mid-February to mid-May, middle week Mar 29 – Apr 4170 recordsIvy-leaved Speedwell (Veronica hederifolia)Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia · Flowering plantsPhoto © rowantoad · CC BY-NC 4.0Late March to late April, middle week Mar 29 – Apr 425 recordsred deadnettle (Lamium purpureum)red deadnettleLamium purpureum · Flowering plantsPhoto © Katrina Winthrop · CC BY-NC 4.0Mid-March to mid-May, middle week Apr 12–18275 recordscommon star-of-Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum)common star-of-BethlehemOrnithogalum umbellatum · Flowering plantsPhoto © Hannah Blumenfeld · CC BY-SA 4.0Mid-April to mid-May, middle week May 3–948 recordspoison hemlock (Conium maculatum)poison hemlockConium maculatum · Flowering plantsPhoto © Kate Bullock · CC BY-NC 4.0Late March to late June, middle week May 10–16122 recordswhite clover (Trifolium repens)white cloverTrifolium repens · Flowering plantsPhoto © Gennadiy Okatov · CC BY-NC 4.0Late March to mid-October, middle week May 17–23257 recordsCoronilla variaCoronilla variaCoronilla varia · Flowering plantsPhoto © Jerry Oldenettel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Mid-April to mid-September, middle week Jun 7–1371 recordsCarolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense)Carolina horsenettleSolanum carolinense · Flowering plantsPhoto © dillonmr · CC BY-NC 4.0Late January to mid-October, middle week Aug 30 – Sep 592 recordschicory (Cichorium intybus)chicoryCichorium intybus · Flowering plantsPhoto no rights reserved, uploaded by Алексей Ябс · CC0 1.0Late June to mid-October, middle week Sep 6–12302 recordsBull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)Bull ThistleCirsium vulgare · Flowering plantsPhoto © Sabine Atteln · CC BY-NC 4.0Late March to early October, middle week Sep 13–1967 recordsAmur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii)Amur honeysuckleLonicera maackii · Flowering plantsPhoto © Andrew Conboy · CC BY 4.0No season shown489 recordsAsian bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus)Asian bittersweetCelastrus orbiculatus · Flowering plantsPhoto © Jeff Skrentny · CC BY-NC 4.0No season shown126 recordsAsian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)Asian Lady BeetleHarmonia axyridis · BeetlesPhoto © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0No season shown145 recordsautumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata)autumn oliveElaeagnus umbellata · Flowering plantsPhoto no rights reserved, uploaded by Shawn · CC0 1.0No season shown379 recordsbaldcypress (Taxodium distichum)baldcypressTaxodium distichum · Conifers and relativesPhoto © Wildlife Habitat Stewards of NE NC · CC BY-NC 4.0No season shown25 recordsbird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)bird's-foot trefoilLotus corniculatus · Flowering plantsPhoto © Andreas Rockstein · CC BY-SA 4.0No season shown25 recordsBlack Medick (Medicago lupulina)Black MedickMedicago lupulina · Flowering plantsPhoto © Douglas Goldman · CC BY-SA 4.0No season shown40 recordsborder privet (Ligustrum obtusifolium)border privetLigustrum obtusifolium · Flowering plantsPhoto © Sandy Wolkenberg · CC BY 4.0No season shown113 recordsbroad-leaved dock (Rumex obtusifolius)broad-leaved dockRumex obtusifolius · Flowering plantsPhoto © Andreas Rockstein · CC BY-SA 4.0No season shown35 recordsBrown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys)Brown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halys · True bugsPhoto © Kimberly · CC BY 4.0No season shown70 recordsCallery pear (Pyrus calleryana)Callery pearPyrus calleryana · Flowering plantsPhoto © Benjamin Smith · CC BY 4.0No season shown30 recordscarpet bugle (Ajuga reptans)carpet bugleAjuga reptans · Flowering plantsPhoto © Анна · CC BY-NC 4.0No season shown32 recordscatchweed bedstraw (Galium aparine)catchweed bedstrawGalium aparine · Flowering plantsPhoto © Magnus Hagdorn · CC BY-SA 4.0No season shown98 recordsChinese bushclover (Lespedeza cuneata)Chinese bushcloverLespedeza cuneata · Flowering plantsPhoto © Roberto R. Calderón · CC BY-NC 4.0No season shown56 recordscolt's-foot (Tussilago farfara)colt's-footTussilago farfara · Flowering plantsPhoto © snsergeevna · CC BY-NC 4.0No season shown47 recordscommon chickweed (Stellaria media)common chickweedStellaria media · Flowering plantsPhoto © Jim Walker · CC BY-NC 4.0No season shown55 recordscommon dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)common dandelionTaraxacum officinale · Flowering plantsPhoto © Paul Reeves · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0No season shown271 recordscommon groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)common groundselSenecio vulgaris · Flowering plantsPhoto © Inge Biller · CC BY-NC 4.0No season shown51 recordscommon hibiscus (Hibiscus syriacus)common hibiscusHibiscus syriacus · Flowering plantsPhoto (c) Kai Yan, Joseph Wong, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0No season shown37 recordscommon ivy (Hedera helix)common ivyHedera helix · Flowering plantsPhoto © Marianna Boi · CC BY 4.0No season shown58 recordsCommon Whitlowgrass (Draba verna)Common WhitlowgrassDraba verna · Flowering plantsPhoto © crgillette · CC BY 4.0No season shown29 recordscreeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia)creeping JennyLysimachia nummularia · Flowering plantsPhoto © miroslavamalovcova · CC BY-NC 4.0No season shown128 recordscreeping thistle (Cirsium arvense)creeping thistleCirsium arvense · Flowering plantsPhoto © Adja Gaye · CC BY-NC 4.0No season shown43 recordscurled dock (Rumex crispus)curled dockRumex crispus · Flowering plantsPhoto © Joseph Knight · CC BY-NC 4.0No season shown30 recordsdame's rocket (Hesperis matronalis)dame's rocketHesperis matronalis · Flowering plantsPhoto © Wolfgang Bacher · CC BY-NC 4.0No season shown58 recordsDeptford pink (Dianthus armeria)Deptford pinkDianthus armeria · Flowering plantsPhoto © Valentin Hamon · CC BY-NC 4.0No season shown20 recordsEuropean Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)European StarlingSturnus vulgaris · BirdsPhoto © Shiva Shenoy · CC BY 4.0No season shown37 recordsfortune's spindle (Euonymus fortunei)fortune's spindleEuonymus fortunei · Flowering plantsPhoto © Douglas Goldman · CC BY-SA 4.0No season shown82 recordsgarlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)garlic mustardAlliaria petiolata · Flowering plantsPhoto © Douglas Goldman · CC BY-SA 4.0No season shown375 recordsgarlic penny-cress (Mummenhoffia alliacea)garlic penny-cressMummenhoffia alliacea · Flowering plantsPhoto © Emily Feist · CC BY-NC 4.0No season shown52 recordsgiant foxtail (Setaria faberi)giant foxtailSetaria faberi · Flowering plantsPhoto © j-7dwj9xrt · CC BY-NC 4.0No season shown26 recordsgreat mullein (Verbascum thapsus)great mulleinVerbascum thapsus · Flowering plantsPhoto © adrienne alms · CC BY-NC 4.0No season shown107 recordsground-ivy (Glechoma hederacea)ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea · Flowering plantsPhoto © viktorie_kolouchova · CC BY-NC 4.0No season shown432 recordshairy bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta)hairy bittercressCardamine hirsuta · Flowering plantsPhoto © Beth Katz · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0No season shown73 recordsheath speedwell (Veronica officinalis)heath speedwellVeronica officinalis · Flowering plantsPhoto © Phil Benstead · CC BY-NC 4.0No season shown27 recordshenbit deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule)henbit deadnettleLamium amplexicaule · Flowering plantsPhoto © Hernán A. Santibáñez G. · CC BY-NC 4.0No season shown91 recordsHouse Sparrow (Passer domesticus)House SparrowPasser domesticus · BirdsPhoto © Ximo Galarza · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0No season shown39 recordsJapanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii)Japanese barberryBerberis thunbergii · Flowering plantsPhoto © Mark Kluge · CC BY-NC 4.0No season shown119 records

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Missing records do not mean a species is absent.