Feral ferret
Mustela furo
Status:
Established
Habitat:
Terrestrial
Threats:
Threatens protected bird species.
Few-flowered garlic
Allium paradoxum
Status:
Established
Habitat:
Terrestrial
Threats:
Outcompetes native species. Spreads quickly.
Giant hogweed
Heracleum mantegazzianum
Status:
Established
Habitat:
Terrestrial
Threats:
Public health hazard. Competition with native species.
Giant knotweed
Fallopia sachalinensis
Status:
Established
Habitat:
Terrestrial
Threats:
Quick growing and difficult to control. Habitat generalist.
Giant rhubarb
Gunnera tinctoria
Status:
Established
Habitat:
Terrestrial
Threats:
Competition with native species.
Grey squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
Status:
Established
Habitat:
Terrestrial
Threats:
Threatens red squirrel and woodlands.
Harlequin ladybird
Harmonia axyridis
Status:
Established
Habitat:
Terrestrial
Threats:
Alert: Specimen found in Ireland.
Himalayan balsam
Impatiens glandulifera
Status:
Established
Habitat:
Terrestrial
Threats:
Competition with native plants & collapsing of river banks
Himalayan honeysuckle
Leycesteria formosa
Status:
Established
Habitat:
Terrestrial
Threats:
Can form dense thickets, dominating the habitat and outcompeting native flora for light and space
Invasive Species Northern Ireland

Invasive Species Northern Ireland