Ontario County
Ontario County Soil and Water Conservation District
Ontario County Cornell Cooperative Extension
AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES IN THE CANANDAIGUA LAKE WATERSHED
JANUARY 2015
Bacteria
- Furunculosis disease
Plants
- Curly-leafed pond weed*
- Eurasian milfoil*
- Mosquito fern
- Starry stonewort
- Water Chestnut
Animals
- Alewife
- Asian clam
- Banded mystery snail
- Chinese mystery snail
- Common carp*
- European rudd
- Fishhook waterflea
- Quagga mussel
- Rusty crayfish
- Zebra mussel
*Naturalized from long residence, forming stable, re-producing populations
Sources:
NYS DEC, “Common Aquatic Invasive Species of New York”
Mr. Kevin Olvany, Watershed Program Coordinator, Canandaigua Lake Watershed Council
Dr. Bruce Gilman, Environmental Conservation Department, Finger Lakes Community College
