Shepaug Valley School Library: Sixth Grade—Invasive Species

Broad Possible Resources

•  Scholastic GO!

  • shepaugsd

  • Flix

• Explora for Middle School

• United States Department of Agriculture National Invasive Species Information Center

Invasive Species List and Beginning Resources

1. Jumping Worm

   • Forest Service

   • Cornell University

   • Penn State Extension

2. Asian Carp 

   • New York Invasive Species Information

   • USDA National Invasive Species Information Center

   • United States Geological Survey

   • Nature Blog.Org

3. Zebra Mussel

   • National Park Service

   • New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (this is a pamphlet)

   • Michigan Invasive Species

4. Cane Toad 

   • Science Daily

   • Florida Museum

   • United States Geological Survey

   • Government of New South Wales

5. European Starling 

   • United States Department of Agriculture: Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (This is a pamphlet)

   • New York Invasive Species Information

6. European/Common Rabbit 

   • Victoria (Australia) State Government: Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

   • National Geographic

   • NSW (Australia) Department of Planning and Environment 

7. Kudzu

   • The Nature Conservancy

   • New York Invasive Species Information

8. Asian Long-horned beetle 

   • United States Department of Agriculture: Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (This is a pamphlet)

   • New York Invasive Species

9. Small Indian Mongoose

   • Sandwich Isle Pest Solutions

   • Hawaii Invasive Species Council

10. Northern Pacific Seastar

    • Australian Government: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

    • Australian Broadcasting Corporation

11. Water Hyacinth 

    • University of Florida: Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants

    • Michigan State University

12. Purple Loosestrife

    • UCONN

    • New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (This is a pamphlet)

    • Westborough Land Trust (This is a pamphlet)

    • Invasive.org

    • Wall Street Journal

13. Emerald Ash Borer

• Invasive Species Centre

• Science Friday

• Martin’s Tree Service

• University of Illinois: College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences

• North Dakota State University

14. Garlic Mustard 

    • UCONN: Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group

    • New York Invasive Species Information

15. Burmese Python 

    • United States National Park Service

    • South Florida Water Management District

    • Florida Museum

16. Nutria

    • Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries 

    • United States Department of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (You’ll have to click the “More” links to read)

17. Northern Snakehead

    • University of Wisconsin: Invasive Species Guide

    • United States Fish & Wildlife Service

18. Lionfish

    • Advance Local

    • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries

    • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

    • University of Florida

19. Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

    • New York Invasive Species Information

    • Michigan Invasive Species

20. Burning Bush 

    • Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry

    • Brandywine Conservancy

21. Spongy Moth (formerly known as Gypsy Moth)

    • Connecticut DEEP

    • New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

22. Water Chestnut 

    • New York Invasive Species Information

    • Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (This is a pamphlet)

23. European Green Crab

    • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (This is a pamphlet)

    • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

    • Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary

    • Oregon State Government (this is a pamphlet)

24. Spotted Lanternfly

• CT DEEP
• United States Fish & Wildlife Service

25. Rusty Crayfish 

    • Invasive Species Centre: Canada

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison: Wisconsin Alumni Association 

26. Chinese Mitten Crab 

    • New York Invasive Species Information

    • University of Washington College of the Environment

    • New York Department of Environmental Conservation

    • California Department of Fish and Wildlife

27. Mile a Minute Weed

    • New York Invasive Species Information

    • Michigan Invasive Species

    • UCONN Integrated Pest Management (Look at the sources listed at the bottom of this article for further research)

28. Common Reed

    • Connecticut Wildlife (Article is on page 4; this is an article in a magazine)

    • The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (This is a pamphlet)

29. Yellow floating-heart 

    • Golden Sands Resource Conservation & Development Council, Inc (This is a pamphlet)

    • Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (This is a pamphlet)

    • Oklahoma Environmental Quality

    • D.C.R. Office of Water Resources, Lakes and Ponds Program (State of Massachusetts; This is a pamphlet)

    • Michigan Department of Natural Resources (This is a pamphlet)