Report or Identify Invasive Species
Hotlines, apps, mapping tools
- Ontario Invading Species Awareness Program https://www.invadingspecies.com/
- EDDMapS (report and track sightings)
https://www.eddmaps.org/ - iNaturalist - Invasive Species in Ontario Project
https://inaturalist.ca/projects/invasive-species-in-ontario - Invasive Species Centre
https://www.invasivespeciescentre.ca/ - Invasive Species Centre - Derissa Vincentini (email)
dVincentini@invasivespeciescentre.ca - Invaders
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/ - Ontario Invasive Plant Council
https://www.ontarioinvasiveplants.ca
* Invading Species Hotline: 1-800-563-7711
* Invading Species Email: info@invadingspecies.com
Prevention & What You Can Do
Practical actions for property owners and gardeners
- 5 Ways Gardeners Can Reduce the Spread
https://www.invasivespeciescentre.ca/5-ways-gardeners-can-help-reduce-the-spread-of-invasive-species/ - Take Action
https://www.invasivescanada.ca/get-involved/take-action-programs/ - Grow Me Instead (native alternatives - look at both Northern and Southern editions)
https://www.ontarioinvasiveplants.ca/resources/grow-me-instead/ - Shoreline Owner’s Guide to Invasive Species
https://foca.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/FOCA_InvasiveSpecies_REV_FINAL.pdf - Here’s how Ontario gardeners can avoid these invasive species and what you should grow instead
https://www.muskokaregion.com/news/invasive-plants-ontario-grow-me-instead/article_69a9bd12-b988-5db4-941f-bc1505f79f4e.html
Invasive Plants (Terrestrial)
Identification and management resources
- Ontario Invasive Plant Council - Species List
https://www.ontarioinvasiveplants.ca/invasive-plants/species/ - Terrestrial Plants Quick Reference Guide
https://www.ontarioinvasiveplants.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/reducedQuickReferenceGuide_TerrestrialPlants.pdf - Invasive and Potentially Harmful Plants in Muskoka
https://www.muskokaregion.com/life/invasive-and-potentially-harmful-plant-species-in-muskoka-what-to-look-for/article_b4dae620.html - Invasive Phragmites Profile
https://cataraquiconservation.ca/blogs/invasive-species-profiles/phragmites - Ontario Phragmites Action Program
https://ontariophragmitesaction.ca/ - Phragmites Management Techniques
https://www.greatlakesphragmites.net/management/techniques/ - Phragmites
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/plants/invasive-phragmites-2/ - Phragmites: Canada’s WORST invasive species
https://foca.on.ca/phragmites/ - Purple Loosestrife
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/plants/purple-loosestrife-2/ - Japanese Knotweed
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/plants/japanese-knotweed-2/ - Giant Hogweed
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/plants/giant-hogweed-2/
Invasive Plants (Aquatic)
Identification and management resources
- Brazilian Elodea
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/aquatic-plants/brazilian-elodea/ - Eurasian Water-Milfoil
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/aquatic-plants/eurasian-water-milfoil-2/ - European Frog-bit
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/aquatic-plants/european-frog-bit-2/ - European Water Chestnut
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/aquatic-plants/european-water-chestnut-2/ - Fanwort
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/aquatic-plants/fanwort-2/ - Floating Primrose-Willow
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/aquatic-plants/floating-primrose-willow/ - Flowering Rush
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/aquatic-plants/flowering-rush-2/ - Hydrilla
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/aquatic-plants/hydrilla-2/ - Hydrilla
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/hydrilla-found-ontario-clean-drain-dry-boats-watercrafts-1.7323039 - Oxygen Weed
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/aquatic-plants/oxygen-weed/ - Parrot Feather
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/aquatic-plants/parrot-feather-2/ - Starry Stonewort
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/aquatic-plants/starry-stonewort-2/ - Water Fern
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/aquatic-plants/water-fern/ - Water Hyacinth
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/aquatic-plants/water-hyacinth-2/ - Water Lettuce
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/aquatic-plants/water-lettuce-2/ - Water Soldier
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/aquatic-plants/water-soldier-2/ - Watermoss
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/aquatic-plants/watermoss/ - Yellow Floating-heart
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/aquatic-plants/yellow-floating-heart-2/ - Yellow Iris
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/aquatic-plants/yellow-iris-2/
Forest Pests & Tree Diseases
Major threats affecting Muskoka forests
Quick Reference
- Forest Pests & Diseases Guide
https://www.invasivespeciescentre.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/QuickReferenceGuide_ForestPests.pdf
- Emerald Ash Borer
https://www.muskokaconservancy.org/emerald-ash-borer - Asian Long-Horned Beetle
https://www.ontario.ca/page/asian-long-horned-beetle - Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
https://tidcf.nrcan.gc.ca/en/insects/factsheet/1000196 - Mountain Pine Beetle
https://www.ontario.ca/page/mountain-pine-beetle - Spotted Lanternfly
https://inspection.canada.ca/en/plant-health/invasive-pests-and-plants/insects/spotted-lanternfly - Help prevent Spotted Lanternfly in Ontario
https://blog.ontarioparks.ca/spotted-lanternfly-invasive/ - Invasive Moths in Muskoka
https://muskoka411.com/what-to-know-about-invasive-moths-in-muskoka/
- Oak Wilt
https://www.ontario.ca/page/oak-wilt - Dutch Elm Disease
https://www.ontario.ca/page/dutch-elm-disease - Beech Bark Disease
https://forestscanada.ca/en/resource/beech-bark-disease - Butternut Canker
https://www.invasivespeciescentre.ca/invasive-species/meet-the-species/invasive-pathogens/butternut-canker/ - Sudden Oak Death
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/forest/sudden-oak-death-2/ - Thousand Cankers Disease
https://www.invasivespeciescentre.ca/invasive-species/meet-the-species/invasive-pathogens/thousand-cankers-disease/
Invasive Animals
- Invasive Earthworms
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/forest/invasive-earthworms/ - Invasive Wild Pigs In Ontario * https://www.ontario.ca/page/invasive-wild-pigs-ontario
* Invasive Wild Pigs Hotline: 1-833-933-2355
* Invasive Wild Pigs Email: wildpigs@ontario.ca
Aquatic Invasive Species - Fish & Invertebrates
Identification and prevention
- Identify Aquatic Invasive Species (DFO Canada)
https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-especes/ais-eae/identify-eng.html - Pathways Of Spread
https://www.invasivespeciescentre.ca/learn/pathways/
Fish
- Invasive Fish
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/fish/ - Invasive Fish - A Quick Reference Guide
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tHCdKTTV1i5VLByQeqbiLi9sX7mkmQFf/view?usp=share_link - Eastern and Western Mosquitofish
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/fish/mosquitofish/ - Eurasian Ruffe
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/fish/eurasian-ruffe-2/ - Goldfish
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/fish/goldfish-2/ - Ide
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/fish/ide/ - Invasive Carps
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/fish/invasive-carps/ - Northern Snakehead
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/fish/northern-snakehead-2/ - Prussian Carp
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/fish/prussian-carp-2/ - Rainbow Smelt
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/fish/rainbow-smelt-2/ - Red Shiner
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/fish/red-shiner/ - Round Goby
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/fish/round-goby-2/ - Rudd
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/fish/rudd-2/ - Sea Lamprey
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/fish/sea-lamprey-2/ - Stone Moroko
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/fish/stone-moroko-2/ - Tench
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/fish/tench-2/ - Tubenose Goby
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/fish/tubenose-goby-2/ - Wels Catfish
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/fish/wels-catfish-2/ - Zander
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/fish/zander-2/
Invertebrates
- Invasive Invertebrates
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/invertebrates/ - Asian Clam
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/invertebrates/asian-clam-2/ - Bloody Red Shrimp
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/invertebrates/bloody-red-shrimp-2/ - Common Yabby
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/invertebrates/common-yabby-2/ - Golden Mussel
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/invertebrates/golden-mussel-2/ - Invasive Snails
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/invertebrates/invasive-snails-2/ - Killer Shrimp
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/invertebrates/killer-shrimp-2/ - Marbled Crayfish
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/invertebrates/marbled-crayfish/ - Red Swamp Crayfish
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/invertebrates/red-swamp-crayfish-2/ - Rusty Crayfish
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/invertebrates/rusty-crayfish-2/ - Signal Crayfish
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/invertebrates/signal-crayfish-2/ - White River Crayfish
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/invertebrates/white-river-crayfish/ - Zebra and Quagga Mussels
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/invertebrates/zebra-quagga-mussels/ - Spiny and Fishhook Waterfleas
https://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/invertebrates/spiny-and-fishhook-waterfleas/ - New threat in Algonquin Park lakes
https://www.muskokaregion.com/news/ontario-parks-invasive-species-spiny-waterflea-algonquin - Chinese Mystery Snail
https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-especes/profiles-profils/chinese-mystery-snail-vivipare-chinoise-eng.html - Banded Mystery Snail
https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-especes/profiles-profils/banded-mystery-snail-vivipare-georgienne-eng.html
Local Programs, Disposal & Regional Information
resources and programs
- Lake of Bays Heritage Foundation – Invasive Species
https://www.lakeofbaysheritage.ca/invasive-species - Invasive Species Disposal: District of Muskoka
https://www.muskoka.on.ca/en/garbage-and-recycling/drop-off-locations-and-landfill.aspx#Invasive-species-disposal - Muskoka Climate Corner – Invasive Species
https://www.muskoka.on.ca/en/news/climate-corner-august-2025-invasive-species.aspx - Muskoka Watershed Report Card – Invasive Species
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/t/6918df8c32a72b685ffc14cf/1763237772817/2023RC-BackgroundReport-10-InvasiveSpp.pdf - Invasive Species Resources
https://watersheds.ca/freshwater-stewardship/invasive-species-resources/ - Natural Invaders
https://ontarionature.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/natural_invaders.pdf
- West Nile Virus
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/west-nile-virus.html - Lyme Disease
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/lyme-disease.html