Priority Aquatic Species

Priority species that are or may be present in Missoula County:

• Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta)
• Snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentine)
• American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)
• Fragrant water-lily (Nymphaea odorata)
• Curly-leaf pondweed (Potamogeton crispus)

Priority species that are not present in Missoula County:

• Quagga mussels (Dreissena bugensis) and zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha)
• Corbicula clam (Corbicula fluminea)
• Flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus)
• Eurasian water-milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)
• Brazilian waterweed (Egeria densa)
• Parrotfeather milfoil (Myriophyllum aquaticum)
• Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata)
• Yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltata)

Aquatic Plants

Aquatic Animals

Non-Native Fish