EPPO Global Database

EPPO Reporting Service no. 04 - 2006 Num. article: 2006/093

Current list of neophytes in Hungary


This list provides information on neophytes in Hungary and is based on Hungarian specialised literature, botanical periodicals and the authors’ field experience. For each of these neophytes in Hungary, the authors provide information on their invasive status (invasive, naturalized or casual) and their transformer status (transformer species are indicated in bold, and ‘tra’ is in italics when the species transforms arable land).

List of 71 invasive neophytes in Hungary, of which 33 are transformers

Taxon
Transformers
Acer negundo
tra
Ailanthus altissima (EPPO list of invasive alien plants)
tra
Amaranthus blitoides

Amaranthus chlorostachys
tra
Amaranthus retroflexus (EPPO list of invasive alien plants)
tra
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
tra
Amorpha fruticosa
tra
Artemisia annua

Asclepias syriaca
tra
Aster lanceolatus
tra
Aster novi-belgii

Aster ×salignus
tra
Bassia scoparia

Bidens frondosus (EPPO list of invasive alien plants)

Celtis occidentalis
tra
Cenchrus incertus (EPPO list of invasive alien plants)

Chenopodium aristatum

Chenopodium strictum

Conyza canadensis
tra
Cuscuta campestris

Cyperus difformis

Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus
tra
Echinochloa oryzoides

Echinochloa phyllopogon

Echinocystis lobata
tra
Elaeagnus angustifolia
tra
Eleusine indica

Elodea canadensis
tra
Epilobium ciliatum

Erechtites hieraciifolia

Erigeron annuus subsp. annuus

Erigeron annuus subsp. strigosus

Fallopia ×bohemica (EPPO list of invasive alien plants)
tra
Fallopia japonica var. japonica (EPPO list of invasive alien plants)
tra
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
tra
Galinsoga parviflora

Hedera hibernica

Helianthus tuberosus (EPPO list of invasive alien plants)
tra
Heracleum mantegazzianum (EPPO list of invasive alien plants)
tra
Heracleum sosnowskyi (EPPO list of invasive alien plants)
tra
Humulus scandens
tra
Impatiens glandulifera (EPPO list of invasive alien plants)
tra
Impatiens parviflora

Iva xanthiifolia
tra
Juncus tenuis

Oenothera biennis

Oxalis corniculata

Oxalis dillenii

Oxalis stricta

Oxybaphus nyctagineus

Panicum capillare

Panicum miliaceum subsp. ruderale
tra
Parthenocissus inserta
tra
Phytolacca americana
tra
Phytolacca esculenta

Prunus serotina (EPPO list of invasive alien plants)

Ribes aureum

Robinia pseudacacia
tra
Rudbeckia laciniata

Senecio vernalis

Solidago canadensis  (EPPO list of invasive alien plants)
tra
Solidago gigantea (EPPO list of invasive alien plants)
tra
Sorghum halepense
tra
Tragus racemosus

Typha laxmannii

Veronica persica

Vitis riparia
tra
Vitis rupestris

Xanthium italicum
tra
Xanthium ×saccharatum

Xanthium spinosum



Sources

Balogh L, Dancza István, Királi G (2005) Actual list of neophytes in Hungary and their classification according to their success. In: Mihály B, Botta-Dukát Z (eds.), Biological invasions in Hungary, invasive plants, 61-92. Természet BÚVÁR Alapítvány Kiadó, Budapest.