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United States Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (US-RIIS) (ver. 2.0, November 2022)

Comprehensive and Authoritative Lists of Non-Native Taxa Established in Alaska, Hawaii, and the Conterminous United States

Dates

Publication Date
Last Update
2022-10-23

Citation

Simpson, A., Fuller, P., Faccenda, K., Evenhuis, N., Matsunaga, J., and Bowser, M., 2022, United States Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (US-RIIS) (ver. 2.0, November 2022): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KFFTOD.

Summary

Introduced (non-native) species that become established may eventually become invasive, so tracking all introduced species provides a baseline for effective modeling of species trends and interactions, geospatially and temporally. The United States Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (US-RIIS) (ver. 2.0, November 2022, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KFFTOD), as of 2022-10-23, is comprised of three lists, for the localities of Alaska (AK, with 545 records), Hawaii (HI, with 5,628 records), and the conterminous (or lower 48) United States (L48, with 8,527 records). Each includes introduced (non-native), established (reproducing) taxa that: are, or may become, invasive (harmful) in the locality; are not known to be harmful there; [...]

Contacts

Principal Investigator :
Annie Simpson
Author :
Annie Simpson, Pam Fuller, Kevin Faccenda, Neal Evenhuis, Janis Matsunaga, Matthew Bowser
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Science Analytics and Synthesis
USGS Mission Area :
Core Science Systems

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FGDC_BDPmetadata_USRIISv2.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		61.85 KB application/fgdc+xml
DataMgmtPlan_USRIISv2.rtf 186.76 KB application/rtf
VersionHistory_USRIIS.txt 8.8 KB text/plain
USRIISv2csvFormat.zip 1.42 MB application/zip
USRIISv2.xlsx 3.84 MB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet

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Purpose

The purpose of the US-RIIS is to inform policy makers, land managers, the scientific community, and the public about which introduced (non-native) taxa are currently established (with reproducing populations) in Alaska, Hawaii, and/or the conterminous United States. Before becoming an invasive species that causes harm, a taxon must be both introduced and established. This species register catalogs introduced established species and provides a basis for prioritizing and managing invasive species in the United States. We anticipate the US-RIIS and its associated documents will be used to 1) generate species lists for horizon scanning, 2) create introduced species lists for smaller areas within the U.S., and 3) tag species occurrence data records with an introduced status where the species may not have been initially reported as introduced. The US-RIIS also contributes to the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (https://griis.org), and generates three species checklist datasets (Alaska, Hawaii, conterminous United States) to be periodically updated within the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (https://gbif.org).

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Creative Commons License CC0 (Public Domain). DISCLAIMER FOR APPROVED DATABASE: This database is identified as U.S. Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (ver. 2.0, 2022) for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Although this database has been subjected to rigorous review and is substantially complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. Furthermore, the database is released on condition that neither the USGS nor the U.S. Government shall be held liable for any damages resulting from its authorized or unauthorized use. GENERAL DISCLAIMER: Neither the U.S. Government, the Department of the Interior, nor the USGS, nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. Hypertext links and other references to non-USGS products and services are provided for information only and do not constitute endorsement or warranty by the USGS, U.S. Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government, as to their suitability, content, usefulness, functioning, completeness, or accuracy.

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This USGS data release is ver. 2.0, 2022, of the database United States Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (US-RIIS). All versions of the US-RIIS database are available here: https://doi.org/10.5066/P92DN8D8. This version supersedes version 1.0 of the US-RIIS. The US-RIIS is derived from, and also supersedes, the USGS data release: "A comprehensive list of non-native species established in three major regions of the United States: Version 3.0" (https://doi.org/10.5066/P9E5K160). All three of the superseded/deprecated versions of this previous product are accessible here: https://doi.org/10.5066/P9E5K160.

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