Invasive Plants of Wetland & Aquatic Habitats (40.2MB)

Invasive Plants of Wetland & Aquatic Habitats – Forested Wetlands

• Impacts on Wetlands
• Celandine (Chelidonium majus)
• Chinese yam (Dioscorea oppositifolia)
• Climbing nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)
• Common forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpioides)
• Creeping charlie (Glechoma hederacea)
• Dame’s rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
• English ivy (Hedera helix)
• Eurasian bush honeysuckles (Lonicera morrowii, L. tatarica, L. x bella)
• Eurasian privet (Ligustrum spp.)
• Garden forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica)
• Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
• Glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus)
• Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine)
• Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
• Japanese stilt grass (Microstegium vimineum)
• Kudzu (Pueraria lobata) 
• Mile-a-minute vine (Polygonum perfoliatum)
• Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)
• Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus)
• Porcelain berry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata)  
• Star-of-Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum)
• White poplar (Populus alba)

Invasive Plants of Wetland & Aquatic Habitats – Open Wetland & Riparian Areas

• Cattail hybrid (Typha x glauca)
• Colt’s foot (Tussilago farfara)
• Common teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)
• European marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre)
• Garden heliotrope (Valeriana officinalis)
• Garden loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris)
• Giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum)
• Giant knotweed (Polygonum sachalinensis)
• Hairy willow-herb (Epilobium hirsutum)
• Japanese hops (Humulus japonicus)
• Japanese knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum)
• Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria)
• Moneywort (Lysimachia nummularia)
• Narrow-leaf cattail (Typha angustifolia)
• Phragmites (Phragmites australis)
• Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum)
• Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
• Reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)
• Tall buttercup (Ranunculus acris)
• Tall manna grass (Glyceria maxima)
• Tamarisk or Saltcedar (Tamarix ramosissiama)
• Yellow iris (Iris pseudacorus)

Invasive Plants of Wetland & Aquatic Habitats – Aquatic Species

• American spongeplant (Limnobium spongia)
• Asian marshweed (Limnophila sessiliflora)
• Australian swamp crop (Crassula helmsii)
• Brazilian waterweed (Egeria densa)
• Brittle waternymph (Naja minor)
• Curly-leaf pondweed (Potamogeton crispus)
• Dotted duckweed (Landoltia punctata)
• Duck lettuce (Ottelia alismoides)
• Fanwort (Cabomba caroliniana)
• Flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus)
• East Indian hygrophila (Hygrophila polysperma)
• Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)
• European frog-bit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae)
• Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata)
• Mosquito fern (Azolla pinnata)
• Oxygen-weed (Lagarosiphon major)
• Parrot feather (Myriophyllum aquaticum)
• Pond water-starwort (Callitriche stagnalis)
• Water chestnut (Trapa natans)
• Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)
• Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes)
• Water shamrock (Marsilea quadrifolia)
• Water soldiers (Stratiotes aloides)
• Water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica)
• Watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
• Yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltata)

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Invasive Plants of Grasslands (27.2MB)

Invasive Plants of Grasslands – Trees & Shrubs

• Autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata)
• Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
• Eastern red-cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
• Glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus)
• Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)
• Russian olive (Elaeagnus augustifolia)
• Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris)
• Siberian elm (Ulmus pumila)
• White mulberry (Morus alba)

Invasive Plants of Grasslands – Forbs

• Baby’s breath (Gypsophila paniculata)
• Bird’s foot-trefoil (Lotus corniculata)
• Bird vetch (Vicia cracca)
• Black bindweed (Polygonum convolvulus)
• Bladder campion (Silene vulgaris)
• Bouncing-bet (Saponaria officinalis)
• Brown knapweed (Centaurea jacea)
• Bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
• Burnett saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga)
• Butter & eggs (Linaria vulgaris)
• Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
• Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)
• Chicory (Cichorium intybus)
• Common burdock (Arctium minus)
• Common mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
• Common St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum)
• Common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)
• Common teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)
• Crown vetch (Coronilla varia syn. Securigera varia)
• Curly dock (Rumex crispus)
• Cut-leaved teasel (Dipsacus lacinatus)
• Cypress spurge (Euphorbia cyparissias)
• Dalmation toadflax (Linaria dalmatica)
• Dame’s rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
• Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)
• Field / sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella)
• Hill mustard (Bunias orientalis)
• Hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana)
• Hound’s tongue (Cynoglossum officinale)
• Japanese hedge-parsley (Torilis japonica)
• Japanese knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum)
• Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula)
• Moneywort (Lysimachia nummularia)
• Musk thistle/Nodding thistle (Carduus nutans)
• Narrowleaf hawk’s-beard (Crepis tectorum)
• Orange hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum)
• Orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)
• Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
• Perennial pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium)
• Plumeless thistle (Carduus acanthoides)
• Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum)
• Queen Anne’s-lace (Daucus carota)
• Queen of the prairie (Filipendula ulmaria)
• Red clover (Trifolium pratense)
• Russian knapweed (Centaurea repens)
• Sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata)
• Spreading hedge-parsley (Torilis arvensis)
• Spotted knapweed (Centaurea biebersteinii)
• Tall hawkweed (Hieracium piloselloides)
• White clover (Trifolium repens)
• White sweetclover (Melilotus alba)
• Wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris)
• Wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)
• Yellow bedstraw (Galium verum)
• Yellow star thistle (Centaurea solstitialis)
• Yellow sedum (Sedum acre)
• Yellow sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis)

Invasive Plants of Grasslands – Grasses

• Cheat grass (Bromus tectorum)
• Canada bluegrass (Poa compressa)
• Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense)
• Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis)
• Orchard grass (Dactylis glomerata)
• Quackgrass (Elytrigia repens)
• Reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)
• Smooth brome (Bromus inermis)
• Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea)

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Invasive Plants of Woodland Areas (42.4MB)

Invasive Plants of Woodland Areas – Trees

• Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense)
• Black / European alder (Alnus glutinosa)
• Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)
• Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana)
• Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
• Common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)
• Glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus)
• European mountain ash (Sorbus acuparia)
• Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
• Princess tree (Paulownia tomentosa)
• Russian olive (Elaeagnus augustifolia)
• Sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
• Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris)
• Siberian elm (Ulmus pumila)
• Tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima) 
• White mulberry (Morus alba)
• White poplar (Populus alba)

Invasive Plants of Woodland Areas – Shrubs

• Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii)
• Autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata)
• Burning bush (Euonymus alatus)
• European barberry (Berberis vulgaris)
• European highbush cranberry (Viburnum opulus var. opulus)
• Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii)
• Eurasian bush honeysuckles (Lonicera morrowii, L. tatarica, L x bella)
• Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)
• Eurasian privet (Ligustrum spp.)
• Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius)
• Siberian peashrub (Caragana arborescens)
• Wayfaring tree (Viburnum lantana)
• Wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius)

Invasive Plants of Woodland Areas – Vines

• Black swallow-wort (Vincetoxicum nigrum)
• Chinese yam (Dioscorea oppositifolia)
• Climbing euonymus (Euonymus fortunei)
• English ivy (Hedera helix)
• Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
• Japanese hops (Humulus japonicus)
• Kudzu (Pueraria lobata) 
• Mile-a-minute vine (Polygonum perfoliatum)
• Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus)
• Pale swallow-wort (Vincetoxicum rossicum)
• Porcelain berry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata)  

Invasive Plants of Woodland Areas – Forbs

• Big-leaf lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus)
• Celandine (Chelidonium majus)
• Climbing nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)
• Common burdock (Arctium minus)
• Common periwinkle (Vinca minor)
• Creeping bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides)
• Creeping charlie (Glechoma hederacea)
• Dame’s rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
• European marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre)
• Garden forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica)
• Garden loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris)
• Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
• Giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum)
• Giant knotweed (Polygonum sachalinensis)
• Goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria L.)
• Grecian foxglove (Digitalis lanata)
• Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine)
• Hound’s tongue (Cynoglossum officinale)
• Japanese hedge-parsley (Torilis japonica)
• Japanese knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum)
• Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria)
• Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)
• Moneywort (Lysimachia nummularia)
• Orange daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)
• Sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata)
• Spreading hedge-parsley (Torilis arvensis)

Invasive Plants of Woodland Areas – Grasses

• Japanese stilt grass (Microstegium vimineum)
• Reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)

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Potential Invaders (50MB)

Potential Invaders – Trees & Shrubs

• Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense)
• Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii)
• Amur maple (Acer ginnala)
• Black jet-bead (Rhodotypos scandens)
• Burning bush (Euonymus alatus)
• Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana)
• Eurasian privet (Ligustrum spp.)
• Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii)
• Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
• Princess tree (Paulownia tomentosa)
• Sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
• Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius)
• Sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata)
• Siberian peashrub (Caragana arborescens)
• Tamarisk or Saltcedar (Tamarix ramosissiama)
• Tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima) 
• Wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius)

Potential Invaders – Vines

• Black swallow-wort (Vincetoxicum nigrum)
• Chinese yam (Dioscorea oppositifolia)
• Climbing euonymus (Euonymus fortunei)
• English ivy (Hedera helix)
• Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
• Japanese hops (Humulus japonicus)
• Kudzu (Pueraria lobata) 
• Mile-a-minute vine (Polygonum perfoliatum)
• Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus)
• Pale swallow-wort (Vincetoxicum rossicum)
• Porcelain berry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata)  

Potential Invaders – Forbs

• Baby’s breath (Gypsophila paniculata)
• Balfour’s touch-me-not (Impatiens balfourii)
• Big-leaf lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus)
• Colt’s foot (Tussilago farfara)
• Common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)
• Common teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)
• Cut-leaved teasel (Dipsacus lacinatus)
• European marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre)
• Giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum)
• Giant knotweed (Polygonum sachalinensis)
• Garden heliotrope (Valeriana officinalis)
• Garden loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris)
• Goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria L.)
• Grecian foxglove (Digitalis lanata)
• Hairy willow-herb (Epilobium hirsutum)
• Hill mustard (Bunias orientalis)
• Japanese hedge-parsley (Torilis japonica)
• Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria)
• Moneywort (Lysimachia nummularia)
• Musk thistle/Nodding thistle (Carduus nutans)
• Perennial pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium)
• Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum)
• Spreading hedge-parsley (Torilis arvensis)
• Tall buttercup (Ranunculus acris)
• Wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris)
• Yellow star thistle (Centaurea solstitialis)

Potential Invaders – Grasses

• Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
• Chinese silvergrass (Miscanthus sinensis)
• Japanese stilt grass (Microstegium vimineum)
• Lyme grass (Leymus arenarius)
• Tall manna grass (Glyceria maxima)

Potential Invaders – Aquatics

• Brazilian waterweed (Egeria densa)
• European frog-bit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae)
• Flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus)
• Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata)
• Parrot feather (Myriophyllum aquaticum)
• Pond water-starwort (Callitriche stagnalis)
• Water chestnut (Trapa natans)
• Yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltata)
• Yellow iris (Iris pseudacorus)

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Aggressive Native Plants (3.4MB)

Aggressive Native Plants – Trees

• Big-toothed aspen (Populus grandidentata)
• Boxelder (Acer negundo)
• Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides)
• Eastern red-cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
• Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
• Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)

Aggressive Native Plants – Shrubs

• Gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa)
• Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum)
• Red osier dogwood (Cornus stolinifera)
• Smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)
• Staghorn sumac (Rhus hirta)

Aggressive Native Plants – Vines

• Ground nut (Apios americana)
• Poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)

Aggressive Natives Plants – Forbs

• Bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum)
• Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
• Common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)
• Giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida)
• Heal-all (Prunella vulgaris)
• Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica)
• Virginia waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum)
• White snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)
• Wood nettle (Laportea canadensis)