● Alien Invasive Species are those species which are
accidentally or deliberately introduced into an ecosystem and
threaten the biodiversity of that ecosystem.
● Choose an alien invasive species in Canada (not Asian Carp).
Listed below are several examples of alien invasive species in
Canada —select one, or include your own—but they must be a
threat to CANADIAN ecosystems!
● Your project should have a strong visual component. When
possible, include a picture to illustrate the information on your
organism. Written/oral information should be clear and using
your own words.
What information must you include?
1. What is your species? Common name and scientific name
2. What is it’s current habitat in Canada?
3. Where did it come from? Country of origin
4. How and when did it get here?
5. What species does it affect? Explain its impact on native species
and on local
ecosystems
6. What natural enemies does it have in Canada?
7. What are the costs of this alien invasive species? (What
economic impact does the
species have? How much does it cost to deal with it?)
8. Action Plan? What is our government (local, Provincial, and
Federal) doing to deal
with it?
, List of Invasive Species in Canada
Plants Insects Fish
and Animals
European Frog’s-bit Ash Bark Beetle
Common Reed Asian Long-horned beetle
European Green Crab
Downy Brome Birch Bark beetle
Mitten Crab
Diffuse knapweed Black pine bark beetle Sea
lamprey
Garlic Mustard Emerald ash borer Zebra
Mussel
Glossy Buckthorn European oak bark beetle
Golden nematode Crested Wheatgrass
European spruce bark beetle Potato Cyst nematode
Yellow Floating heart European tent caterpillar
Violet tunicate Giant hogweed Gypsy
Moth Clubbed tunicate Carpet Burweed Larch
bark beetle Yellow Perch Purple Loosestrife
Leek moth Largemouth bass Leafy Spurge
Morawitz’s bark beetle Smallmouth bass
Marsh plume thistle Nun moth
Chinese mitten crab Water Chestnut Rusty
Crayfish
Wooly cupgrass Red-haired pine bark beetle Spiny
water flea
Giant Reed Siberian coniferous silk moth
Common Carp
Canadian Thistle Sirex wood wasp Ruffle
Scentless chamomile Spruce weevil White Perch
Salt-Cedar Six-spined engraver beetle House
Finch
Tatarian honeysuckle Two-spotted oak borer
European Starling
accidentally or deliberately introduced into an ecosystem and
threaten the biodiversity of that ecosystem.
● Choose an alien invasive species in Canada (not Asian Carp).
Listed below are several examples of alien invasive species in
Canada —select one, or include your own—but they must be a
threat to CANADIAN ecosystems!
● Your project should have a strong visual component. When
possible, include a picture to illustrate the information on your
organism. Written/oral information should be clear and using
your own words.
What information must you include?
1. What is your species? Common name and scientific name
2. What is it’s current habitat in Canada?
3. Where did it come from? Country of origin
4. How and when did it get here?
5. What species does it affect? Explain its impact on native species
and on local
ecosystems
6. What natural enemies does it have in Canada?
7. What are the costs of this alien invasive species? (What
economic impact does the
species have? How much does it cost to deal with it?)
8. Action Plan? What is our government (local, Provincial, and
Federal) doing to deal
with it?
, List of Invasive Species in Canada
Plants Insects Fish
and Animals
European Frog’s-bit Ash Bark Beetle
Common Reed Asian Long-horned beetle
European Green Crab
Downy Brome Birch Bark beetle
Mitten Crab
Diffuse knapweed Black pine bark beetle Sea
lamprey
Garlic Mustard Emerald ash borer Zebra
Mussel
Glossy Buckthorn European oak bark beetle
Golden nematode Crested Wheatgrass
European spruce bark beetle Potato Cyst nematode
Yellow Floating heart European tent caterpillar
Violet tunicate Giant hogweed Gypsy
Moth Clubbed tunicate Carpet Burweed Larch
bark beetle Yellow Perch Purple Loosestrife
Leek moth Largemouth bass Leafy Spurge
Morawitz’s bark beetle Smallmouth bass
Marsh plume thistle Nun moth
Chinese mitten crab Water Chestnut Rusty
Crayfish
Wooly cupgrass Red-haired pine bark beetle Spiny
water flea
Giant Reed Siberian coniferous silk moth
Common Carp
Canadian Thistle Sirex wood wasp Ruffle
Scentless chamomile Spruce weevil White Perch
Salt-Cedar Six-spined engraver beetle House
Finch
Tatarian honeysuckle Two-spotted oak borer
European Starling
