title: List of invasive species in Italy
text: # List of invasive species in Italy
  
  Many species of plants, animals, and other organisms are considered invasive species in Italy.
  
  ## Plants
  
  * Ailanthus altissima (Tree of heaven)
  * Amorpha fruticosa (Desert false indigo)
  * Ambrosia artemisiifolia (Amrosia artemisifolia)
  * Carpobrotus edulis (Hottentot fig)
  * Caulerpa racemosa (Grape caulerpa)
  * Caulerpa taxifolia, Mediterranean clone
  * Crassula helmsii (Australian swamp stonecrop)
  * Eichhornia crassipes (Water hyacinth)
  * Elodea canadensis (Canadian pondweed)
  * Gleditsia triacanthos (Honey locust)
  * Heracleum mantegazzianum (Giant hogweed)
  * Hydrocotyle ranunculoides (Floating pennywort)
  * Impatiens glandulifera (Himalayan balsam)
  * Myriophyllum aquaticum (Parrot feather)
  * Reynoutria japonica (syn. Fallopia japonica) (Japanese knotweed)
  * Robinia pseudoacacia (Black locust)
  
  ## Fungi
  
  * Ophiostoma ulmi (Dutch elm disease)
  
  ## Animals
  
  ### Platyhelminthes
  
  * Bothriocephalus acheilognathi (Asian tapeworm)
  
  ### Molluscs
  
  **Marine**
  
  * Crassostrea gigas (Pacific oyster)
  * Crepidula fornicata (Common slipper shell)
  * Rapana Venosa (Veined rapa whelk)
  
  **Freshwater**
  
  * Corbicula fluminea (Freshwater bivalve mollusk)
  * Dreissena polymorpha (Zebra mussel)
  * Potamopyrgus antipodarum (New Zealand mud snail)
  * Sinanodonta woodiana (Chinese pond mussel)
  
  ### Crustaceans
  
  * Dikerogammarus villosus (Killer shrimp)
  * Eriocheir sinensis (Chinese mitten crab)
  * Orconectes limosus (Eastern crayfish)
  * Pacifastacus leniusculus (Signal crayfish)
  * Procambarus clarkii (Louisiana crawfish)
  
  ### Insects
  
  * Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito)
  * Cacyreus marshalli (Geranium bronze)
  * Dryocosmus kuriphilus (Chestnut gall wasp)
  * Drosophila suzukii (Spotted-wing drosophila)
  * Harmonia axyridis (Asian lady beetle)
  * Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Colorado beetle)
  * Linepithema humile (Argentine ant)
  * Ricania speculum (black planthopper)
  
  ### Amphibians
  
  * Lithobates catesbeianus (American Bullfrog)
  * Xenopus laevis (African clawed frog)
  
  ### Birds
  
  * Alopochen aegyptiacus (Egyptian goose)
  * Myiopsitta monachus (Monk parakeet)
  * Psittacula krameri (Rose-ringed parakeet)
  
  ### Fish
  
  * Ameiurus melas (Black bullhead)
  * Gambusia affinis (Eastern mosquitofish)
  * Lepomis gibbosus (Pumpkinseed sunfish)
  * Pseudorasbora parva (Stone moroko)
  * Micropterus salmoides (Largemouth Bass)
  
  ### Mammals
  
  * Eutamias sibiricus (Siberian chipmunk)
  * Callosciurus finlaysonii (Finlayson's squirrel)
  * Mustela vison (American mink)
  * Myocastor coypus (Coypu, nutria)
  * Nyctereutes procyonoides (Raccoon dog)
  * Ondatra zibethicus (Muskrat)
  * Oryctolagus cuniculus (European rabbit)
  * Rattus norvegicus (Brown rat)
  * Rattus rattus (Black rat)
  * Sciurus carolinensis (Grey squirrel)
  * Procyon lotor (Common raccoon)
  
  ### Reptiles
  
  * Trachemys scripta elegans (Red-eared slider)
  