As a neighbor or property owner, you Resources for more information: can play a special role in protecting the Websites Conservancy. How can Wisconsin DNR’s website, www.dnr.wi.us. This brochure covers seven invasive plants that Recommended search terms: Euonymus, Common buckthorn, Eurasian bush honeysuckle land managers are targeting for control in the neighbors Conservancy. Wisconsin First Detector Network (WIFDN), fyi.extension.wisc.edu/wifdn. On the right side, click help protect the Invasive plants pose a threat to the Pheasant on “Access fact sheets and ID videos” and scroll down Branch Conservancy. to Terrestrial Plants. Get fact sheets for Bird’s-foot trefoil, Buckthorns, Bush honeysuckles/Japanese Pheasant Branch honeysuckle, Crown vetch Invasive plants can disrupt or degrade diversity and function of an ecosystem resulting in The Invasive Plant Atlas of the United States, Conservancy? simplified and less resiliant plant communities. invasiveplantatlas.org. Click on the tabs (Grasses, Herbs/Forbs, Shrubs/Subshrubs). The plants are arranged alphabetically by scientific name. Click on While land managers and volunteers spend the plant name for detailed information. time and resources to remove invasive plants Grasses – Miscanthus sinensis from the Conservancy, their efforts can be Herbs/Forbs – Lotus corniculatus, Securigera varia hampered by neighboring properties that Shrubs/Subshrubs – Euonymus alatus, Euonymus harbor the very species they are targeting. europaeus, Lonicera (various species), Rhamnus cathartica

Invasive plants can easily move across the land- Invasive Plants Association of Wisconsin,www.ipaw. scape. Birds and other animals eat seeds and org. deposit them in their droppings. Wind carries fluffy and winged seeds great distances. Any Books and Guides time soil is moved by stormwater or construc- A Field Guide to Terrestrial Invasive Plants in tion projects, seeds and plant parts will also Wisconsin, Edited by Thomas Boos, Kelly Kearns, be moved. Even mowing can spread seeds and Courtney LeClair, Brendon Panke, Bryn Scriver, and other plant parts. Bernadette Williams, Wisconsin DNR, 2012

Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants,C. Colston Check your property. If you find one of these Burrell, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 2011 six species remove it and replace it with one of the beautiful and beneficial alternative Invasive Plants of the Upper Midwest: An Illustrated plants listed in this brochure. Guide to Their Identification and Control,Elizabeth Czarapata, University of Wisconsin Press, 2005 pheasantbranch.org A local plant nursery can also help you find an UW-Madison Arboretum Native Plant Gardenand appropriate replacement plant. Native Gardening Conference, 1207 Seminole High- way, Madison, WI Thank you! Annette Knapstein Chercheur101 © Stefan Czapski (cc-by-sa/2.0) anemoneprojectors Robert Flogaus-Faust Burning bush/Spindle-tree Common buckthorn Bird’s-foot trefoil Euonymus alatus/E. europaeus Rhamnus cathartica Lotus corniculatus • Two related deciduous shrubs, up to 20 ft tall • Deciduous shrub or small tree, up to 25 ft tall • Herbaceous perrenial with sprawling growth • Opposite leaves with finely toothed edges • Twigs often end in small short spines • Compound leaves with 5 leaflets • Bright fall color • Leaves stay green into fall • Yellow flowers most of the summer • Prolific seed producers • Female trees produce abundant black berries • Clusters of one-inch long seed pods Replace with: Aronia arbutifolia, Replace with: Carpinus caroliniana, In lawns, reseed with grass seed or white Fothergilla major, Viburnum prunifolium, Corylus americana, Rhamnus alnifolia, clover. In gardens, replace with Helianthus Rhus copallinum, Euonymus atropurpureus Thuja occidentalis strumosus, Zizia aurea, Baptisia bracteate.

Bryn Scriver Bryn Scriver Miya.m Eurasian bush honeysuckle Crown vetch Chinese silvergrass Lonicera species Securigera varia Miscanthus sinensis • Deciduous, multi-stemmed shrub, 6-12 ft tall • Herbaceous perrenial with trailing stems • Grass, 3-10 feet tall • Older stems have shaggy peeling bark • Compund leaves with 11-25 leaflets • Over 50 ornamental forms sold in the US • Tubular flowers turn into red, orange, or yellow • Pink to white flowers in spring to mid-summer • Showy flowers appear in Sept.-Oct. berries, arranged in pairs • Form dense patches, growing 2-6 ft long • Bunch or clump forming • Spreads via abundant berries • Spreads by vegetative rhizomes • Spreads by airborne seed Replace with: Amelanchier sp., Replace with: Phlox subulata, Replace with: Andropogon gerardii, Sambucus canadensis, Sambucus pubens, Lupinus perennis, Vicia americana, Sorghastrum nutans, Panicum virgatum Lonicera dioica Tephrosia virginiana