DO NOT BUY Invasive Exotic Plant List Produced by the Southern Appalachian Cooperative Weed Management
pocket guide for western north carolina Partnership (SACWMP), 2011
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Japanese Barberry Berberis thunbergii Mountain Pepperbush (Clethra acuminata) wildlife for great
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) fistulosum Eupatorium
Butterfly Bush Buddleia davidii Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) ( Weed Pye Joe
) ) purpurea (Echinacea Coneflower Purple
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) Carolina North Western in problems 3 Fold on dotted blue lines.
) syriaca Asclepias ( Milkweed Common
Joe Pye Weed (Eupatorium fistulosum) environmental biggest the of Two
Oriental Bittersweet Celastrus orbiculatus Climbing Hydrangea (Decumaria barbara) butterflies for great
) sempervirens Lonicera Carolina Jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) ( Honeysuckle Trumpet
) ) benzoin Lindera
Passion Vine (Passiflora incarnata) ( Spicebush
) didyma Monarda ( Tea Oswego / Balm Bee
) ) syriaca Asclepias ( Milkweed Common
) sempervirens Lonicera ( Honeysuckle Trumpet
) ) arborea Amelanchier
Crown Vetch Coronilla varia Creeping Phlox (Phlox subulata) ( Serviceberry Common
) cardinalis Lobelia
Goat’s-rue (Tephrosia virginiana) ( Flower Cardinal
) radicans Campsis ( Creeper Trumpet
Russian/Autumn Olive Elaeagnus spp. Chinquapin (Castanea pumila) deer to unpalatable Washington Hawthorn (Crataegus phaenopyrum) hummingbirds for great
Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
) ) dentatum Viburnum
Burning Bush Euonymus alatus Witch Alder (Fothergilla gardenii) ( Arrowwood
) ) canadensis Sambucus
Mountain Witch Alder (Fothergilla major) ( Elderberry
) benzoin Lindera
Oak Leaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) ( Spicebush
) virginiana Juniperus
Swamp-haw (Viburnum nudum) ( Cedar Red
) ) montana Ilex ( Winterberry Mountain
) acuminata Clethra English Ivy Hedera helix Marginal Woodfern (Dryopteris marginalis) ( Pepperbush Mountain
Alum Root (Heuchera villosa) Creeping Mint (Meehania cordata) birds for great
Privet Lingustrum spp. American Holly (Ilex opaca) Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana) Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) Produced by the Southern Appalachian Cooperative Weed Non-native Honeysuckles Lonicera spp. Southern Bush Honeysuckle (Diervilla sessilifolia) Management Partnership (SACWMP), DO NOT BUY Carolina Jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) Nick Rose 2011 Trumpet Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) Invasive Exotic Plant List Chinese Silvergrass Miscanthus sinensis Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) for western north carolina Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum) Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans)
Princess Tree Paulownia tomentosa Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis) Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea) Umbrella Tree (Magnolia tripetela)
Bradford Pear Pyrus calleryana Alternate-leaved Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) Washington Hawthorn (Crataegus phaenopyrum) www.sacwmp.org
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica Mountain Winterberry (Ilex montana) SACWMP Partners [Fallopia japonica] Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra) Western North Carolina Alliance [Polygonum cuspidatum] Arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum) Equinox Environmental Consultation & Design Japanese Spiraea Spiraea japonica Sweet Shrub (Calycanphus floridus) Wild Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens) Appalachian Trail Conservancy Meadowsweet Spiraea (Spiraea alba) USDA Forest Service
Periwinkle Vinca spp. Northern Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum pedatum) National Park Service Southern Lady Fern (Athyrium asplenioides; North Carolina Division of Forest Resources Athyrium felix femina) Protect Your Yard Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens) Mountain Valleys Resource Conservation & Development From Noxious Weeds! Non-native Wisteria Wisteria spp. Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) North Carolina Department of Transportation American Wisteria (Wisteria frutescens)