Use VS Species ID Cards to find out whether a certain native or invasive species lives in your community. Provide Species Experts with the written and visual evidence they need to confirm your identification! Learn more about these community-generated species cards and how you can help!
Or just use them. A lot.
Brazilian waterweed, Egeria densa
Curly leaf pondweed, Potamogeton crispus
Eurasian watermilfoil, Myriophyllum spicatum
European naiad, Najas minor
Fanwort, Cabomba caroliniana
Hydrilla, Hydrilla verticillata
Variable watermilfoil, Myriophyllum heterophyllum
Giant salvinia, Salvinia molesta
Water chestnut, Trapa natans
Yellow floating heart, Nymphoides peltata
Chinese mystery snail, Cipangopaludina chinensisNEW!
Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis
Common bladderwort, Utricularia macrorhiza
Coontail, Ceratophyllum demersum
Prickly hornwort, Ceratophyllum echinatum
Slender naiad, Najas flexilis
Clasping leaf pondweed, Potamogeton richardsonii
Spatterdock, Nuphar variegata
Little floating heart, Nymphoides cordata
Narrow-leaved cattail, Typha angustifolia
Broad-leaved cattail, Typha latifolia
Black fly larva, Simuliidae
Caddisfly larva, Trichoptera
Damselfly nymph, ZygopteraNEW!
Dragonfly nymph, Anisoptera
Leech, Hirudinea
Mayfly larva, Ephemeroptera
Planarian flatworm, Planariidae
Scud, Gammaridea (Amphipod)
Stonefly larva, PlecopteraNEW!
Water scorpion, Nepidae
Dead man's fingers, Codium fragileNEW PHOTO!
Lacy crust bryozoan, Membranipora membranacea
Green crab, Carcinus maenas
Hairy-clawed shore crab, Hemigrapsus penicillatus
Asian shore crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus
Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis
Common periwinkle, Littorina littoreaNEW PHOTOS!
Rapa whelk, Rapana venosa
Knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum UPDATED!
Bladder wrack, Fucus vesiculosus
Jonah crab, Cancer borealis
Rock crab, Cancer irroratus
Smooth periwinkle, Littorina obtusataUPDATED (thanks South Portland HS!)
Rough periwinkle, Littorina saxatilis
Beach pea, Lathyrus japonicus
Pickleweed, Salicornia depressa
Salt Hay, Spartina patens NEW!
Smooth Cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora NEW!
Bamboo grass, Microstegium vimineumNEW!
Beach rose, Rosa rugosa
Burning bush, Euonymus alatus
Japanese barberry, Berberis thunbergii
Common reed, Phragmites australis
Garlic mustard, Alliaria petiolata
Giant hogweed, Heracleum mantegazzianum
Glossy buckthorn, Frangula alnus
Japanese knotweed, Fallopia japonicaUPDATED! (thanks South Portland HS!)
Japanese knotweed, Fallopia japonica, WINTER ID
Lupine, Lupinus polyphyllus
Mile-a-minute weed, Polygonun perfoliatum
Morrow's honeysuckle, Lonicera morrowii
Multiflora rose, Rosa multiflora
Oriental bittersweet, Celastrus orbiculatus
Porcelain-berry, Ampelopsis brevipedunculat NEW!
Purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicariaUPDATED!
Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennisUPDATED!
Galerucella beetle, GalerucellaNON-NATIVE TO MAINE
Gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar
Hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae
Beach pea, Lathyrus japonicus
Black spruce, Picea mariana
Blue-bead lily, Clintonia borealis
Broad-leaved cattail, Typha latifolia
Bunchberry, Cornus canadensis
Bush honeysuckle, Diervilla lonicera
Canadian yew, Taxus canadensis
Choke cherry, Prunus virginiana
Eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensis
Highbush blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum
Highbush cranberry, Viburnum trilobum
Lowbush blueberry, Vaccinium angustifolium
Maple-leaf viburnum, Viburnum acerfolium
Meadow rose, Rosa blanda
Milkweed, Asclepias syriaca
Narrow-leaved cattail, Typha angustifolia
Northern bayberry, Myrica pensylvanica
Pitch pine, Pinus rigida NEW!
Pussy willow, Salix discolor
Queen Anne's lace, Daucus carota
Red maple, Acer rubrum
Red pine, Pinus resinosa NEW!
Redtwig dogwood, Cornus sericea
Sea lavender, Limonium carolinianum
Sheep laurel, Kalmia angustifolia
Spotted touch-me-not (jewelweed), Impatiens capensis
Staghorn sumac, Rhus hirta
Sweet fern, Comptonia peregrina
Tamarack, Larix laricina
White birch, Betula papyriferaUPDATED!
White pine, Pinus strobus NEW!
Winterberry, Ilex verticillata NEW!
Wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens NEW!
Yellow birch, Betula alleghaniensis
Lampyridae, Firefly NEW!
