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| Pueraria montana var. lobata (Kudzu) |
There are eighty known species which have been brought
to the United States that are now known to be invasive and detrimental to our
soil. How many do you have in your yard, garden or fishpond? They are as follows:
Acer platanoides (Norway Maple)
Aegopodium podagraria (Goutweed)
Ailanthus altissima (Tree of Heaven)
Akebia quinata (Chocolate Vine also known as Five-leaved
Akebia)
Albizia julibrissin (Silk Tree also known as Mimosa Tree)
Alliaria petiolata (Garlic Mustard)
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata (Porcelainberry)
Aralia elata (Japanese Angelica-tree)
Arthraxon hispidus (Small Carpetgrass)
Arum italicum (Italian Arum)
Bambusa vulgaris (Common Bamboo)
Berberis
thunbergii (Japanese Barberry)
Broussonetia
papyrifera (Paper Mulberry)
Buddleja davidii (Orange-eye)
Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos (Spotted Knapweed)
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| Canadian Thistle |
Cirsium arvense (Canada Thistle)
Clematis terniflora (Sweet Autumn Virgins-bower)
Cynanchum louiseae (Black Swallow-wort)
Cynanchum rossicum (Pale Swallow-wort)
Dioscorea polystachya (Chinese yam)
Elaeagnus
umbellata (Autumn Olive)
Epipactis helleborine (Broadleaf Helleborine)
Euonymus alatus
(Winged Burning Bush)
Euonymus fortunei (Winter Creeper)
Fallopia japonica (Japanese Knotweed)
Ficaria verna (Fig Buttercup)
Glechoma hederacea (Ground Ivy also known as Gill-over-the-ground)
Hedera helix (English Ivy)
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| Orange Daylily |
Hemerocallis fulva (Common Daylily also known as
Orange Daylily)
Heracleum mantegazzianum (Giant Hogweed)
Hesperis matronalis (Dame’s Rocket)
Humulus japonicus (Japanese Hop)
Hyacinthoides hispanica (Spanish bBuebells)
Hydrilla verticillata (Hydrilla)
Kalopanax septemlobus (Castor Aralia)
Lamiastrum galeobdolon (Yellow Archangel)
Lespedeza cuneata (Chinese Lespedeza)
Leucojum aestivum (Summer Snowflake)
Ligustrum obtusifolium (Border Privet)
Ligustrum ovalifolium (California Privet)
Ligustrum sinense (Chinese Privet)
Ligustrum vulgare (European Privet)
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| Japanese Honeysuckle |
Lonicera japonica (Japanese Honeysuckle)
Lonicera maackii (Amur Honeysuckle)
Lonicera morrowii (Morrow’s Honeysuckle)
Lythrum salicaria (Purple Loosestrife)
Mahonia bealii Lleatherleaf Mahonia)
Microstegium vimineum (Japanese Stiltgrass)
Miscanthus sinensis (Japanese Silvergrass)
Morus alba (White Mulberry)
Murdannia keisak (Marsh Dewflower)
Myriophyllum aquaticum (Parrot-feather)
Myriophyllum
spicatum (Eurasian Water-milfoil)
Oplismenus
hirtellus ssp. undulatifolius (Wavyleaf Basketgrass)
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| Nodding Star of Bethlehem |
Ornithogalum nutans (Nodding Star-of-Bethlehem)
Ornithogalum
umbellatum (Sleepydick)
Paulownia
tomentosa (Princess Tree)
Perilla frutescens (Beafsteak Plant)
Persicaria perfoliata (Mile-a-Minute Weed)
Phellodendron
amurense (Amur Corktree)
Phragmites australis (Common Reed)
Phyllostachys aurea (Golden Running Bamboo)
Pseudosasa japonica (Arrow Bamboo)
Pueraria montana var. lobata (Kudzu)
Pyrus calleryana (Callery Pear)
Quercus acutissima
(Sawtooth Oak)
Rhodotypos
scandens (Jetbead)
Ripidium ravennae (Ravenna-grass)
Rosa multiflora (Multiflora Rose)
Rubus phoenicolasius (Wineberry)
Salvinia molesta (Giant salvinia also known as Kariba-weed or as Water Fern)
Schoenoplectus mucronatus (Bog Bulrush)
Spiraea japonica (Japanese Meadowsweet)
Trapa natans (Water Chestnut)
Urtica dioica (European Stinging Nettle)
Viburnum dilatatum (Linden Viburnum)
Vinca minor (Common Periwinkle)
Wisteria floribunda (Japanese Wisteria)
Wisteria sinensis (Chinese Wisteria)
