Updated checklist of invasive plant taxa in Bosnia and Herzegovina
An updated checklist of invasive plants of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been published (Table 1). The list includes 66 taxa where the majority are native to the Americas. The taxa include 46 genera and 28 families. Most of the taxa have been introduced accidentally (43 taxa) and 19 taxa have been introduced deliberately and 4 taxa have been introduced both accidentally and deliberately.
Table 1. Checklist of invasive plants in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Species | Family | Introduced | Native range |
Abutilon theophrasti | Malvaceae | Acc. | Asia |
Acer negundo | Sapindaceae | Del. | N. & C. America |
Ailanthus altissima* | Simaroubaceae | Del. | Asia |
Amaranthus albus | Amaranthaceae | Acc. | N. America |
Amaranthus blitoides | Amaranthaceae | Acc. | N. America |
Amaranthus deflexus | Amaranthaceae | Acc. | S. America |
Amaranthus hybridus | Amaranthaceae | Acc. | Americas |
Amaranthus retroflexus | Amaranthaceae | Acc. | N. & C. America |
Ambrosia artemisiifolia* | Asteraceae | Acc. | N. America |
Amorpha fruticosa* | Fabaceae | Del. | N. America |
Artemisia annua | Asteraceae | Del.-Acc. | Asia |
Artemisia verlotiorum | Asteraceae | Acc. | Asia |
Asclepias syriaca* | Apocynaceae | Acc. | N. America |
Bidens frondosa* | Asteraceae | Acc. | N. America |
Bidens subalternans* | Asteraceae | Acc. | S. America |
Broussonetia papyrifera** | Moraceae | Del. | Asia |
Buddleia davidii* | Scrophulariaceae | Del. | Asia |
Bromus catharticus | Poaceae | Del.-Acc. | S America |
Commelina communis | Commelinaceae | Del. | Asia |
Cuscuta campestris | Convolvulaceae | Acc. | Americas |
Datura stramonium | Solanaceae | Acc. | N. & C. America |
Dysphania ambrosioides | Amaranthaceae | Acc. | N. & C. America |
Echinocystis lobata | Cucurbitaceae | Acc. | N. America |
Eleusine indica | Poaceae | Acc. | Africa |
Elodea canadensis | Hydrocharitaceae | Acc. | N. America |
Erigeron annuus | Asteraceae | Acc. | N. America |
Erigeron bonariensis | Asteraceae | Acc. | Americas |
Erigeron canadensis | Asteraceae | Acc. | Americas |
Erigeron sumatrensis* | Asteraceae | Acc. | C. & S. America |
Euphorbia maculata | Euphorbiaceae | Acc. | N. & C. America |
Euphorbia nutans | Euphorbiaceae | Acc. | Americas |
Euphorbia prostrata | Euphorbiaceae | Acc. | Americas |
Galinsoga parviflora | Asteraceae | Acc. | Americas |
Galinsoga quadriradiata | Asteraceae | Acc. | Americas |
Helianthus tuberosus* | Asteraceae | Del. | Americas |
Heracleum mantegazzianum* | Apiaceae | Acc. | Europe |
Impatiens balfourii | Balsaminaceae | Del. | Asia |
Impatiens glandulifera* | Balsaminaceae | Del. | Asia |
Impatiens parviflora | Balsaminaceae | Acc. | Asia |
Juncus tenuis | Juncaceae | Acc. | N. & C. America |
Lepidium virginicum | Brassicaceae | Acc. | N. & C. America |
Matricaria discoidea | Asteraceae | Acc. | N. America |
Oenothera biennis | Onagraceae | Del. | N. America |
Oenothera glazioviana | Onagraceae | Del. | Origin from cultigen |
Opuntia humifusa | Cactaceae | Del. | N. America |
Panicum capillare | Poaceae | Acc. | N. America |
Panicum dichotomiflorum | Poaceae | Acc. | Americas |
Parthenocissus quinquefolia | Vitaceae | Del. | N. America |
Paspalum dilatatum | Poaceae | Acc. | S. America |
Paspalum distichum* | Poaceae | Acc. | Americas |
Phytolacca americana | Phytolaccaceae | Del.-Acc. | N. America |
Potentilla indica | Rosaceae | Acc. | Asia |
Pueraria montana var. lobata*** | Fabaceae | Del. | Asia |
Fallopia japonica* | Polygonaceae | Del. | Asia |
Fallopia × bohemica* | Polygonaceae | Del.-Acc. | Hybrid |
Robinia pseudoacacia | Fabaceae | Del. | N. America |
Rudbeckia laciniata | Asteraceae | Del. | N. America |
Senecio inaequidens* | Asteraceae | Acc. | Africa |
Solidago canadensis* | Asteraceae | Acc. | N. America |
Solidago gigantea* | Asteraceae | Acc. | N. America |
Sorghum halepense | Poaceae | Acc. | Africa/Asia |
Sporobolus vaginiflorus**** | Poaceae | Acc. | N. America |
Symphyotrichum squamatum | Asteraceae | Acc. | S. America |
Veronica persica | Plantaginaceae | Acc. | Asia |
Xanthium orientale subsp. italicum | Asteraceae | Acc. | Americas |
Xanthium spinosum | Asteraceae | Acc. | Americas |
* = List Invasive Alien Plants; ** EPPO Observation List; *** EPPO A2 List; **** Alert List; Acc= accidental; Del = deliberate
Sources
Maslo S (2023) A proposal for updating the list of invasive alien plant species in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Phytologia Balcanica 29, 405-420.