[update: Central Fisheries Board, Invasive Species Rapid Response, Alert!]
New Invasive Species, the Asian Clam, Found in Ireland.
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The following is a list of invasive species which Caisie will work on and the sites where these pose the greatest risk at present.
Key species at Lough Corrib:-
- Lagarosiphon major (Curly Leaved Pondweed)
- Dreissena polymorpha (Zebra Mussel)
Key species on the Grand Canal, Barrow Line and Navigation:-
- Lagarosiphon major (Curly Leaved Pondweed)
- Leuciscus leuciscus (Dace)
- Hemimysis anomala (Bloody Red Shrimp)
- Crangonyx pseudogracilis (Northern River Crangonyctid)
- Elodea nuttallii (Nuttall’s Pondweed)
- Crassula helmsii (New Zealand Pygmyweed)
- Azolla filiculoides (Red Water Fern)
- Dreissena polymorpha (Zebra Mussel)
- Fallopia japonica (Japanese Knotweed)
- Heracleum mantegazzianum (Giant Hogweed)
- Impatiens glandulifera (Himalayan Balsam)
- Gunnera tinctoria (Chilean Rhubarb)
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