Roadside Use of Native Plants
Invasive Plant List
From Invasive Plants, Weeds of the Global Garden
John M. Randall & Janet Marinelli,
Editors,1996 Brooklyn Botanic Garden
In this list you will find plant species you know to be pest plants in your region. However, others will surprise you. When making plant material selections in landscape, erosion control, and maintenance projects, simply think twice about planting a potentially invasive plant. This reference is available in bookstores for $9.95 or from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden via their web site, www.bbg.org.
Forbs and grasses
Highway Iceplant, Carpobrotus edulis
Cornflower, Bachelor's Button, Centaurea cyanus
Crownvetch, Coronilla varia
Wild Artichoke, Cardoon, Cynara cardunculus
Common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea
Water Hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes
Japanese Knotweed, Fallopia japonica
Baby's-breath, Gypsophila paniculata
Dame's Rocket, Hesperis matronalis
Bird's-foot Trefoil, Deer Vetch, Lotus corniculatus
Purple Loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria
Sulfur Cinquefoil, Potentilla recta
Vinca, Periwinkle, Myrtle, Vinca minor, V.major
Giant Reed, Arundo donax
Pampas Grass, Jubata, Cortaderia selloana, C. Jubata
Tall Fescue, Festuca arundinacea
Cogongrass, Imperata cylindrica
Chinese Silver Grass, Eulalia, Miscanthus sinensis
Reed Canary Grass, Phalaris arundinacea
Vines
Porcelain Berry, Ampelopsis brevipedunculata
Oriental or Asiatic Bittersweet, Celastrus orbiculatus
English Ivy, Hedera helix
Jasmine, Jasminum dichotomum, J. Fluminense
Japanese or Hall's Honeysuckle, Lonicera japonica
Japanese Climbing Fern, Lygodium japonicum
Wood Rose, Merremia tuberosa
Shrubs
Shoebutton Ardisia, Ardisia elliptica
Japanese Barberry, Berberis thunbergii
butterfly Bush, Buddleia davidii
Cotoneaster, Cotoneaster microphyllus, C. Pannosus, C. Microphyllus, C. Pannosus, C. Lacteus
Singleseed Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna
Scotch Broom, Cytisus scoparius
Russian Olive, Elaeagnus angustifolia
Autumn Olive, Elaeagnus umbellata
Winged Euonymus, Burning Bush, Euonymus alatus
Wintercreeper, Euonymus fortunei
English Holly, Ilex aquifolium
Privet, Ligustrum vulgare, L. Sinense, L. Japoniurn
Bush Honeysuckle, Lonicera maackii, L. Morrowii, L. Tatarica
Myoporum, Myoporum laeturn
Heavenly Bamboo, Nandina dornestica
Common or Euopean Buckthorn, Rharnnus cathartica
Smooth or Glossy Buckthorn, Rhamnus frangula
Multiflora Rose, Rosa multiflora
Beach Naupaka, Scaevola sericea
Brazilian Pepper, Schinus terebinthifolius
Japanese Spiraea, Spiraea japonica
Japanese yew, Taxus cuspidata
Guelder Rose, Viburnum opulus var. opulus
Trees
Earleaf Acacia, Acacia auriculiformis
Amur Maple, Acer ginnala
Norway maple, Acer platanoides
Alianthus, Tree-of-heaven, Ailanthus altissima
Bishopwood, Bischofia javanica
Paper Mulberry, Broussonetia papyrifera
Australian Pine, Casuarina Euisetifolia
Carrot Wood, Cupaniopsis anacardioides
Bluegum Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus globulus
Fig, Ficus altissima, F. Benghalensis, F. Microcarpa
Edible Fig, Ficus carica
Melaleuca, Cajeput Tree, Melaleuca quinquenervia
Chinaberry Tree, Melia azedarach
Princess Tree, Paulownia tomentosa
White Poplar, Populus alba
Black Locust, Robinia pseudoacacia
Chinese Tallow Tree, Sapium sebiferum
Queensland Umbrella Tree, Schefflera actinophylla
Tamarisk, Tamarix ramoisissima, T. chinensis, T. parviflora
Siberian Elm, Ulmus pumila
