NYS Invasive Plant List
Floating & Submerged Aquatic
Scientific Name Common Name NYS Designation
Egeria densa Brazilian Waterweed Prohibited
Cabomba caroliniana Carolina Fanwort Prohibited
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae Common Frogbit Prohibited
Myriophyllum aquaticum Parrot-feather Prohibited
Myriophyllum heterophyllum Broadleaf Water-milfoil Prohibited
Myriophyllum heterophyllum Broadleaf Water-milfoil hybrid Prohibited
X M. laxum
Myriophyllum spicatum Eurasian Water-milfoil Prohibited
Didymosphenia geminata Rock Snot (diatom) Prohibited
Trapa natans Water Chestnut Prohibited
Hydrilla verticillata Water Thyme Prohibited
Nymphoides peltata Yellow Floating Heart Prohibited
Potomogeton crispus Curly Pondweed Prohibited
Emergent Wetland & Littoral
Scientific Name Common Name NYS Designation
Glyceria maxima Reed Manna Grass Prohibited
Iris pseudacorus Yellow Iris Prohibited
Lepidium latifolium Broad-leaf Pepper-grass Prohibited
Ludwigia grandiflora spp. Uruguayan Primrose-willow Prohibited
hexapetala
Ludwigia peploides Floating Primrose Willow Prohibited
Lythrum salicaria Purple Loosestrife Prohibited
Murdannia keisak Marsh Dewflower Prohibited
Phragmites australis Common Reed Grass Prohibited