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Green Landscaping: Greenacres
Wild Ones Handbook
WHAT EVERY WILD ONE SHOULD KNOW
- Aggressive Species
AGGRESSIVE SPECIES
"Where flowers degenerate man cannot live." - Napoleon
Bonaparte
SPECIES THAT ARE PESTS IN MIDWEST NATURAL AREAS
Alien Trees | |
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Norway Maple | Acer platanoides |
Tree-of-Heaven | Ailanthus altissima |
White Poplar | Populus alba |
Siberian Elm | Ulmus pumila |
Wayfaring Tree | Viburnum lantana |
Alien Shrubs | |
Japanese Barberry | Berberis thunbergii |
Autumn Olive | Elaeagnus umbellata |
Winged Euonymus | Euonymus alatus |
Common Privet | Ligustrum vulgare |
Amur Honeysuckle | Lonicera maackii |
Morrow's Honeysuckle | Lonicera morrowii |
Tartarian Honeysuckle | Lonicera tatarica |
Hybrid Honeysuckle | Lonicera x-bella |
White Mulberry | Morus alba |
Red Mulberry | Morus rubra |
Common Buckthorn | Rhamnus cathartica |
Glossy Buckthorn | Rhamnus frangula |
Multiflora Rose | Rosa multiflora |
European Highbush Cranberry | Viburnum opulus |
Alien Vines | |
Oriental Bittersweet | Celastrus orbiculatus |
Wintercreeper | Euonymous fortunei |
Japanese Honeysuckle | Lonicera japonica |
Kudzu | Pueraria lobata |
Alien Grasses and Herbaceous Plants | |
Quack Grass | Agropyron repens |
Garlic Mustard | Alliaria petiolata |
Common Burdock | Arctium minus |
Smooth Brome | Bromus inermis |
Plumeless Thistle | Carduus acanthoides |
Musk Thistle | Carduus nutans |
Spotted Knapweed | Centaurea maculosa |
Canada Thistle | Cirsium arvense |
Lily-of-the-Valley | Convallaria |
Field Bindweed | Convolvulus arvensis |
Crown Vetch | Coronilla varia |
Queen Anne's Lace | Daucus carota |
Cut-leaf Teasel | Dipsacus laciniatus |
Teasel | Dipsacus sylvestris |
Fescue | Festuca pratensis |
Leafy Spurge | Euphorbia esula |
Creeping Charlie | Glechoma hederacea |
Birds-foot Trefoil | Lotus corniculatus |
Moneywort | Lysimachia nummularia |
Purple Loosestrife | Lythrum salicaria |
White Sweetclover | Melilotus alba |
Yellow Sweetclover | Melilotus officinalis |
Wild Parsnip | Pastinaca sativa |
Reed Canary Grass | Phalaris arundinacea |
Kentucky Blue Grass | Poa pratensis |
Black Bindweed | Polygonum convolvulus |
Mexican Bamboo | Polygonum cuspidatum |
Johnson Grass | Sorghum halepense |
Dandelion | Taraxacum officinale |
Periwinkle or Myrtle | Vinca minor |
In addition to the invasive aliens listed above, some native plants may become aggressive in your landscape. You can use this to your advantage if you're trying to create a tight hedgerow or massive groundcover planting. But be aware that you may need some means of control (regular weeding or a barricade such as a building, fence, or driveway) if you don't want these to spread outside your site and onto your neighbor's property.
Aggressive Native Trees and Shrubs | |
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Box Elder | Acer negundo |
Red Osier Dogwood | Cornus sericea |
Quaking Aspen | Populus tremuloides |
Black Cherry | Prunus serotina |
Smooth Sumac | Rhus glabra |
Staghorn Sumac | Rhus typhina |
Black Locust | Robinia pseudoacacia |
Prickly Ash | Zanthoxylum americanum |
Aggressive Native Grasses and Herbaceous Plants | |
Canada Windflower | Anemone canadensis |
Wild Sarsaparilla | Aralia nudicaulis |
Wild Ginger | Asarum canadense |
New England Aster | Aster novae-angliae |
Prairie Coreopsis | Coreopsis palmata |
White Snakeroot | Eupatorium rugosum |
Wild Strawberry | Fragaria virginiana |
Sunflowers | Heliantus sp. |
Virginia Waterleaf | Hydrophyllum virginianum |
Ostrich Fern | Matteuccia struthiopteris |
Switchgrass | Panicum virgatum |
Mayapple | Podophylum peltatum |
Smooth Solomon's Seal | Polygonatum biflorum |
Downy Solomon's Seal | Polygonatum pubescens |
Bracken Fern | Pteridium aquilinum |
Stiff Goldenrod | Solidago rigida |
Cattail | Typha sp. |
Hairy Wood Violet | Viola sororia |