Invasive Exotics of the Eastern Forest

Trees Rosa multiflora - multiflora rose Microstegium vinineum - stilt grass Acer ginnala - Amur maple Rubus laciniata - cut leaved blackberry Perilla frutescens - beefsteak plant Acer japonicum -Japanese red maple Rubus phoenicolasius - wineberry Polygonum caespitosum - smartweed Acer platanoides - Sycamore maple Spiraea japonica - Japanese spirea Polyfonum perfoliaturn - mile a minute Acer pseudoplatanus - Norway maple Polygonurn persicaria - lady's thumb Ailanthus altissima - Tree-of-Heaven Vines and ground covers Raphanus raphanistrum - jointed charlock Alnus glutinosa - black alder Akebia quinata - fiveleaf akebia Senna obtusifolia - sicklepod Broussonetia papyrifera - paper mulberry Ampelopsis brevipedunculata - porcelain berry Setaria faberi - giant nodding foxtail Kolreuteria paniculata - golden rain tree Celastrus orbiculatus - oriental bittersweet Setaria pumila - yellow foxtail Melia azedarach - chinaberry Hedera helix - English ivy Stellaria media - chickweed Morus alba - white mulberry Humulus japonica - hops Sonchus arvensis - sow thistle Paulownia tomentosa - princess paulownia Euonymus fortunei - winter creeper Xanthium strumarium - cocklebur Phellodendron amurense - Amur cork tree Lonicera japonica - Japanese honeysuckle Quercus acutissima - sawtooth oak Polygonum aubertii - silver fleece vine Biennials Populus alba - white poplar Pueraria lobata - kudzu Alliaria petiolata - garlic mustard Ulmus purnila - Siberian elm Solarium dulcamara - bittersweet nightshade Arctium minus - burdock Sapium sebiferum - Chinese tallow tree Vinca minor - periwinkle Arctium nemorosum -woodland burdock Wisteria floribunda - wisteria Carduus nutans - nodding thistle Shrubs or smaller trees Wisteria sinensis - Chinese wisteria Centaurea maculosa - spotted knapweed Albizia julibrissin - mimosa Cirsium vulgare - bull thistle Berberis japonica - Japanese barberry Annuals Conium maculatum - water hemlock Berberis thunbergii - Japanese barberry Amaranthus hybridus - pigweed Daucus carota - Queen Anne's Lace Berberis vulgaris - common barberry Arthraxon hispidus -jointed grass Dipsacus laciniatus - cut-leaf teasel Cytisus scoparius - Scotch broom Bidens polylepis - beggar tick Dipsacus sylvestris - common teasel Eleagnus angustifolia - Russian olive Cardiospermum halicababum - balloon vine Melilotus alba - white sweet clover Eleagnus pungens - thorny eleagnus Carduus acanthoides - curled thistle Melilotus officinalis - yellow sweet clover Eleagnus umbellata - autumn olive Chenopodium album - lamb's quarters Pastinaca sativa - wild Parsnip Euonynus alatus - winged wahoo Commelina communis - common day flower Verbascum thapsus - flannel leaved mullein Hibiscus syriacus - shrub althea Digitaria sanguinalis - crab grass Ligustrurm obtusifolium - blunt leaved privet Fagopyrum sagittaturn - buckwheat Herbaceous Perennials Ligustrum sinense - Chinese privet lpomoea coccinea - red morning glory Achillea millefolium - yarrow Lonicera maackii - Amur honeysuckle lporrioea hederacea - ivy leaved morning glory Aegopodium poclagraria - goutweed Lonicera morrowi - Morrow honeysuckle lpornoea purpurea - common morning glory Agrostis capillaris - Rhode Island bent grass Lonicera morrowi x tatarica - Bell's honeysuckle Lactuca serriola - prickly lettuce Agrostis gigantea - red top Lonicera tatarica - Tartarian honeysuckle Lapsana communis - nipplewort Ajuga reptans - bugleweed Rhamnus frangula - glossy buckthorn Lepidium campestre - field cress Allium vineale -wild onion Rhamnus cathartica - buckthorn Lepidium virginicum - pepper grass Arrhenatherum elatius - oatgrass

Artemisia vulgaris - mugwort Poa trivialis - rough bluegrass Arundclonax - giant reed Ranunculus ficaria - lesser celandine Bromus inermis - smooth brome Reynoutria japonica - Japanese knotweed Carex kobomugi - asiatic sand sedge Rumex acetosella - sheep sorrel Centaurea jucea - brown knap weed Rumex crispus - curly dock Centaurea nigrescens - knapweed Rumex obtusifolia - broad leaved dock Cichorium intybus - chicory Sorghum halepense - Johnson grass Cirsium arvense - Canada thistle Urtica dioica - stinging nettle Convolvulus arvensis - field bindweed Vinca minor – Periwinkle Coreopsis lanceolata - tickseed Coronilla varia - Crown vetch Aquatics Cynodon dactylon - Bermuda grass Alternanthera philoxeroides - alligator weed Dactylis glomerata - orchard grass Butomus umbellatus - flowering rush Dioscorea batatas - Chinese yam Cabomba caroliniana - fanwort Elytrigia repens - quackgrass Eichhornia crassipes - water hyacinth Epilobium hirsutum - hairy willow herb Egeria densa - Brazilian water weed Eragrostis curvula - weeping lovegrass Hydrilla verticillata - hydrilla Euphorbia cyparissias - Cypress spurge Hydrocharis morus-ranae - european frogbit Euphorbia esula - leafy spurge Myriophyllum aquaticum - parrot's feather Festuca arundinacea - tall fescue Myriophyllum spicatum - european water milfoil Festuca elatior - fescue Nasturtium officinale - watercress Festuca ovina - sheep fescue Trapa natans - water chestnut Foeniculum vulgare - fennel Galium mollugo - field madder Glechoma hederacea - ground ivy Holcus lanatus - velvet grass  Humulus japonica - hops The list of “Invasive Exotics of the Eastern Hypericum perforatum - St. John's wort Forest” is taken from Appendix E of the Imperata cylindrica - cogan grass Hunterdon County [NJ] Planning Board’s Iris pseudacorus - yellow iris Lespedeza cuneata - Chinese Lespedeza publication entitled Preserving Community Character Linaria vulgaris - butter and eggs in Hunterdon County: A Community Design Lotus corniculatus - birdsfoot trefoil Handbook”. The list was compiled by Leslie Lysimachia nummularia - moneywort Jones Sauer in The Once and Future Forest. Lythrum salicaria - purple loosestrife Lythrum virgaturn - purple loosestrife Miscanthus sinensis - miscanthus Phalaris arundinacea - reed canary grass Phleum pratense - timothy Plantago lanceolata - narrow leave plantain Plantago major - broad-leaved plantain Poa compressa - Canada bluegrass