South Dakota
Infested Waters List
AQUATIC PLANTS AND ALGAE
DIDYMOSPHENIA GEMINATA
“DIDYMO”
Rapid Creek, Pennington County in the Black Hills
Didymo Distribution Map
EURASIAN
WATERMILFOIL
Currently found in Lake Sharpe.
Eurasian
Watermilfoil Distribution Map
CURLY LEAF
PONDWEED
Found in several water bodies across the state, including Sheridan Lake, Canyon Lake, Rapid
Creek, Angostura Reservoir and in the Missouri River at Lakes Oahe, Sharpe, Lewis and Clark and below Fort Randall and
Gavins Point Dams.
Curly Leaf Pondweed
Distribution Map
BRITTLE NAIAD
McCook Lake, Union County
Brittle Naiad Distribution
Map
FISH
EUROPEAN RUDD
Populations are scattered throughout the state, found in Lakes; Vermillion, Madison, Interstate (near Brookings), Pactola,
Sheridan, Francis Case, Alice (Deuel Co.), Mina (Edmunds Co.) and Newell and Angostura Reservoirs.
European Rudd Distribution Map
COMMON CARP
Can be found in most waters throughout the state.
Common Carp Distribution Map
ASIAN CARPS
Bighead and Silver Carp can be found in the Missouri River below Gavin's Point
Dam. In the Big Sioux rivers
(confirmed to Union and Lincoln counties), in the Lower James and the Lower Vermillion Rivers in Clay, and Union counties.
Bighead & Silver Carp
Distribution Map
Grass Carp (Yankton, Hutchinson and Hanson counties)
Grass Carp Distribution Map
INVERTEBRATES
ZEBRA MUSSELS
Veligers (larvae) found in the Missouri River below Fort Randall in Bon Homme and Yankton counties in one sample in 2003, no
adults, living or dead found to present date (2008).
Zebra Mussel Distribution
Map
ASIAN CLAMS (Corbicula fluminea)
Missouri River below Gavins Point Dam as well as Clay and Union counties.
Asian Clam Distribution Map
OPOSSUM SHIMP (Mysis relicta)
Pactola Reservoir (Pennington Co.)
Opossum Shimp Distribution Map
RED-RIMMED MELANIA (Melanoides tuberculata)
Common Aquarium species released into Cascade Springs and now thriving along Cascade Creek (Fall River county) as a result of
the year round warm water temperatures provided by thermal hot spring sources.
Red-rimmed Melania Distribution Map
EMERGENT OR SEMI AQUATIC PLANTS
TAMARISK “SALT CEDAR”
Has been reported in several counties statewide near rivers and streams, dams, and other wetland areas. These counties
include: Beadle, Bennett, Bon Homme, Brule, Butte Campbell, Charles Mix, Clay, Custer, Day, Edmunds, Fall River, Grant,
Gregory, Haakon Harding, Hughes, Hyde, Kingsbury, Lincoln, Meade, Mellette, Pennington, Potter, Ziebach, Spink, Stanley
Sully, Tripp, Union, Walworth, and Yankton.
Salt Cedar Distribution Map
PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE
Established in several areas statewide, including along the Missouri River in Gregory, Charles Mix, Bon Homme, Yankton, Union, and
Clay Counties, Rapid Creek (county?), Clear Lake (Duel county), James River (Sandborn), Beaver Lake (Minnehaha county)
Significant infestations - Pickeral Lake (Day County), Orman Dam (Butte county)
Purple Loosestrife Distribution Map
FLOWERING RUSH
Faulkton Lake ( Faulkton County)
Flowering Rush Distribution Map
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