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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 | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| 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 |