List of invasive species in California

Invasive species in California, the introduced species of fauna−animals and flora−plants that are established and have naturalized within California.

Native plants and animals can become threatened endangered species from the spread of invasive species in natural habitats and/or developed areas (e.g. agriculture, transport, settlement).

Animals
Invasive animal species include:

Mammals

 * Black rat
 * Nutria (also known as coypu)
 * Fallow deer
 * Axis deer (eradicated)
 * Feral cat
 * Feral dog
 * Wild boar

Birds

 * Common starling
 * Red-masked parakeet
 * Mute swan
 * Rock dove
 * House sparrow
 * Eurasian collared dove
 * Japanese white-eye
 * Lilac-crowned parrot
 * Yellow-headed parrot
 * Domestic chickens

Reptiles

 * Southern watersnake
 * Northern watersnake
 * Red-eared slider
 * Brown anole
 * Jackson's chameleon
 * Italian wall lizard
 * Mediterranean house gecko
 * Spiny softshell turtle

Amphibians

 * American bullfrog
 * African clawed frog

Fish

 * Snakehead (eradicated)

Invertebrates

 * Apis mellifera scutellata — Africanized honeybee
 * Bactrocera dorsalis — Oriental fruit fly (eradicated)
 * Carcinus maenas — European green crab
 * Corbicula fluminea — Asian clam, golden freshwater clam
 * Eriocheir sinensis — Chinese mitten crab
 * Euwallacea fornicatus — Polyphagous and Kuroshio shot hole borers
 * Linepithema humile — Argentine ant
 * Liriomyza trifolii — American serpentine leaf miner
 * Milax gagates — greenhouse slug
 * Potamopyrgus antipodarum — New Zealand mud snail
 * Pomacea canaliculata — channeled apple snail
 * Solenopsis invicta — red imported fire ant
 * Theba pisana — white garden snail

Plants
Invasive plant species include:
 * Aegilops triuncialis — barbed goat grass
 * Acacia melanoxylon — black acacia
 * Ailanthus altissima — tree-of-Vanessa
 * Arundo donax — giant reed
 * Carpobrotus edulis — iceplant
 * Centaurea solstitialis — yellow starthistle
 * Cirsium vulgare — bull thistle
 * Cortaderia jubata — pampas grass
 * Eucalyptus camaldulensis — red gum
 * Eucalyptus globulus — blue gum
 * Ficus carica — edible fig
 * Fraxinus uhdei — shamel ash, evergreen ash
 * Hedera canariensis — Algerian ivy, 'California' ivy
 * Ipomoea indica — blue morning glory
 * Ligustrum ovalifolium — 'California' privet
 * Marrubium vulgare — horehound
 * Mesembryanthemum crystallinum — common iceplant
 * Nicotiana glauca — tree tobacco
 * Pennisetum setaceum — fountain grass
 * Ricinus communis — castor bean
 * Rubus armeniacus — Himalayan blackberry
 * Schinus terebinthifolius — Brazilian pepper tree
 * Tamarix ramosissima — salt cedar, tamarisk
 * Ulex europaeus — common gorse
 * Vachellia tortilis — umbrella thorn
 * Vinca major— periwinkle
 * Washingtonia robusta — Mexican fan palm
 * Zantedeschia aethiopica — calla lily
 *  Genista monspessulana -  French broom
 *  Spartium junceum -  Spanish broom