List of Alien Species in Japan -- NIES Invasive Species of Japan

Invasive Species Database of Japan

Biodiversity Events

Status	Est	Established in Japan
	?	Ambiguous
	Past	Formerly established in Japan

Laws	IS	Controled as Invasive Alien Species (the Invasive Alien Species Act)
	US	Controled as Uncategrized Alien Species (the Invasive Alien Species Act)
	LC	Controled by local regulations

Alert lists

100W

100 of the World's Worst Invasive Alien Species

100J

100 of the Japan's Worst Invasive Alien Species

Table of Contents | Mammals & Birds | Reptiles & Amphibians | Fishes | Beetles | Lepidopterans | Other insects | Other arthropods | Molluscs | Other animals | Non-angiosperm plants | Fabaceae | Other schizopetalous (1) | Other schizopetalous (2) | Other schizopetalous (3) | Asteraceae | Other gamopetalous | Poaceae | Other monocots | Other organisms

Non-angiosperm plants (provisional list)

Species name	Status	Legal control	Alert	Notes	References	Top
Caulerpa taxifolia	Est	LC	100W100J		[1]
Ulva fasciata	Est				[1]
Cutleria multifida	Est				[1]
Ecklonia cava	Est				[1]
Ecklonia kurome	Est				[1]
Lunularia cruciata	Est				[1],[5]
Azolla caroliniana	Est				[1],[45]
Azolla cristata	Est	IS			[3]
Salvinia molesta	Est				[1],[45]
Selaginella biformis	Est				[1],[45]
Selaginella moellendorffii	Est				[1],[45]
Selaginella uncinata	Est	LC			[1],[45]
Adiantum capillus-veneris	Est				[1],[45]
Pityrogramma calomelanos	Est				[1],[45]
Thelypteris dentata (Christella dentata; Cyclosorus dentatus)	Est				[41]
Pinus luchuensis	Est			Introduced to Ogasawara	[3]
Ginkgo biloba	Est				[6]
Species name	Status	Legal control	Alert	Notes	References	Top

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Contact:: Dr. Koichi Goka <invasive (at) nies.go.jp>
Invasive Species Research Team, Environmental Risk Research Center,
National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan
16-2, Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan
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