CISAC has compiled the list below of over 1,700 species known to be invasive in California or a potential threat for introduction to the state. Please use the comment form below to let us know about: taxa that should be added or removed; species information that you would change; and species that you think should be a high priority for having a scorecard completed (choose Review Scorecards to see the list of scorecards already drafted). Make sure to click Save. Previous comments are displayed at the bottom of the page.
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This data download is provided to aid in the review of the draft invasive species list. We discourage other use of this data until it has been revised and finalized.
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Type | Subtype | Extent |
Risk of Introduction |
First Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrysomyxa ledi var. rhododendri | Rhododendron-spruce Needle Rust | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Cochliobolus miyabeanus | Brown Spot of Rice | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Coniothyrium spp. | canker in elm | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Cordyceps spp. | Fungal Disease of Bees | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Cornuvesica falcata | New Zealand wood rot | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Crinipellis perniciosa | Witches Broom Fungus in cocoa | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Cyclaneusma minus | Cyclaneusma Needle Cast | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | USDA Plant/Pest | |
| Diaporthe mali | Leaf, Branch, and Fruit Disease | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Elsinoe australis | Sweet Orange Scab | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Elsinoe batatas | sweet potato scab | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Erythricium salmonicolor | Pink Disease | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Fusarium fuliginosporum | Seeding Disease/seedling rot of Deodar cedar | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. fragariae | Fusarium wilt of strawberry | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Ganoderma mastoporum | Artist Conk | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | USDA Plant/Pest | |
| Gremmeniella abietina | Scleroderris Canker | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Guignardia citricarpa | Citrus Black Spot | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Guignardia musae | Freckle disease of Banana | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Guignardia piricola | Leaf, Branch, and Fruit Disease | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Hemileia vastatrix | Coffee Rust | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Ischnoderma rosulata | Wood decay | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | USDA Plant/Pest | |
| Junghuhnia vincta | Corm dry rot | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | USDA Plant/Pest | |
| Lachnellula willkommii | Eurpoean larch canker | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Leptographium procerum | Leptographium root disease | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | USDA Plant/Pest | |
| Leptographium truncatum | Root Disease | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Melampsora pinitorqua | Twist Rust | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Melanomma glumarum | Glume Blotch | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Monilinia fructigena | Brown Rot of Fruit | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Moniliophthora roreri | Watery Pod Rot | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | USDA Plant/Pest | |
| Mycosphaerella dearnesii | Brown Spot Needle Blight | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | USDA Plant/Pest | |
| Mycosphaerella pini | Red Band Needle Blight | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | USDA Plant/Pest | |
| Oncobasidium theobromae | Vascular Streak Die-back of cocoa | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Oospora oryzetorum | Blight | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Ophiostoma (Ceratocystis) ulmi | Dutch elm disease | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Ophiostoma huntii | Blue Stain | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | USDA Plant/Pest | |
| Ophiostoma ips | Blue Stain Fungus | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | USDA Plant/Pest | |
| Ophiostoma piceae | Blue stain | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | USDA Plant/Pest | |
| Ophiostoma piceaperdum | Laural Wilt | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | USDA Plant/Pest | |
| Ophiostoma piliferum | Blue stain | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | USDA Plant/Pest | |
| Ophiostoma pluriannulatum | Wood stain | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | USDA Plant/Pest | |
| Pestalotiopsis disseminata | Parasitic Leaf Fungus | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Phacidiopycnis pseudotsuga | Douglas Fir Canker | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Phaeoramularia angolensis | Phaeoramularia Fruit and Leaf Spot | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Phellinus noxius | Brown root rot | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | USDA Plant/Pest | |
| Phellinus senex | Stem decay | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | USDA Plant/Pest | |
| Phialophora cinerescens | Phialophora wilt of carnations and strawberries | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Phlebia chrysocrea | Wood decay | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | USDA Plant/Pest | |
| Phoma tracheiphila | Mal Secco | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Phyllosticta colocasiophila | Phyllosticta Leafspot | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Physoderma zeae-maydis | Brown Spot of Corn | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Pseudocercospora timorensis | Sweet Potato leaf spot | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | USDA Plant/Pest | |
| Pseudopezicula tracheiphila | Rotbrenner | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Puccinia mccleanii | Rust | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Pucciniastrum actinidae | Rust | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Pucciniastrum areolatum | Cherry-Spruce Rust | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Rhacodiella vitis | Chestnut rot | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | USDA Plant/Pest | |
| Rhacodiella vitis | Sterenberg fungus | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Rosellinia necratrix | Dematophora Root Rot | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Septoria melanosa | Elenk fungus | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Sphaeropsis sapinea | Diplodia Shoot Blight | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | USDA Plant/Pest | |
| Stephanoderes hampei | Coffee fungus | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | USDA Plant/Pest | |
| Stereum hiugense | White Rot | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Stigmina deflectans | Needlecast Disease | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Trachysphaera fructigena | Mealy Pod Diseases of Cushy Gall Disease | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Trametes versicolor | Wood decay | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | USDA pest | |
| Triphragmiopsis laricinum | Brown Needle Rust | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Uredo dioscoreae-alatae | Graminicolous Rust | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Uredo gladioli-buettneri | Graminicolous Rust | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Urocystis agropyri | Flag Smut | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Urocystis tritici | Flag Smut Agent | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Uromyces gladioli | Rust | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Uromyces nyikensis | Rust | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Uromycladium tepperianum | Rust | disease | fungus | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Peronosclerospora maydis | Downy Mildew of Corn/ Select agent | disease | oomycete | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Phytophthora cinnamomi | Root Rot | disease | oomycete | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | No list | |
| Phytophthora fragariae | Red Stele | disease | oomycete | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Phytophthora infestans | Late Blight | disease | oomycete | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | No list | |
| Phytophthora kernoviae | Rhododendron Phytopthora disease | disease | oomycete | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | No list | |
| Phytophthora quercina | Oak disease | disease | oomycete | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Cryptocotyle lingua | Black Spot parasite of fish | invertebrate | nematode | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | No list | |
| Gyrodactylus elegans | Parasitic flatworm of fish | invertebrate | nematode | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | No list | |
| Ichthyophithirius multifilis | Parsitic protozoan of fish | invertebrate | nematode | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | No list | |
| Mitraspora cyprini Fujita | Parasitic protozoan of fish | invertebrate | nematode | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | No list | |
| Oodinium pilularis | Velvet disease | invertebrate | nematode | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | No list | |
| Pleistophora hyphessobryconis | Neon-tetra disease of fish | invertebrate | nematode | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | No list | |
| Protopalina symphysodonis | Protopalina symphysodonis infection of fish | invertebrate | nematode | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | No list | |
| Trichodinella epizootica | Protozoic parasite of fish | invertebrate | nematode | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | No list | |
| Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense | Australian grapevine yellows/Phytoplasma yellows | disease | phytoplasma | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Candidatus Phytoplasma mali | Apple proliferation | disease | phytoplasma | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | No list | |
| Candidatus phytoplasma spp. | Grapevine Yellows Disease | disease | phytoplasma | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Phytoplasma bn | Black wood | disease | phytoplasma | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Phytoplasma eay | European Aster Yellows | disease | phytoplasma | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Phytoplasma esfy | European Stone Fruit Yellows | disease | phytoplasma | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Phytoplasma fd | Flavescence doree | disease | phytoplasma | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Phytoplasma md | Mulberry Dwarf | disease | phytoplasma | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Phytoplasma parastolbur-mlo | Parastolbur | disease | phytoplasma | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Phytoplasma rus | Rubus stunt | disease | phytoplasma | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Phytoplasma ryd-mlo | Rice Yellow Dwarf | disease | phytoplasma | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | USDA Plant/Pest | |
| Phytoplasma scwl | Sugarcane White Leaf Phytoplasma | disease | phytoplasma | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | APHIS OPIS | |
| Phytoplasma ulmi | Elm yellows | disease | phytoplasma | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | No list | |
| Unknown pathogenic phytoplasma 1 | Apple Rubbery Wood Phytoplasma | disease | phytoplasma | VALUE REQUIRED | VALUE REQUIRED | No list |
