Invasive Plant Identification for Regional Mapping Statewide Eyes Training for Southern Maryland Kerrie L. Kyde Invasive Plant Ecologist MD DNR Natural Heritage Program [email protected] Trees • Norway maple Acer platanoides • Tree of heaven Ailanthus altissima • Empress tree Paulownia tomentosa • Callery pear Pyrus calleryana 2 oregonstate.edu/dept/ ldplants/images/acpl-sa2.jpg Sugar maple fruit © 2003 Steve Baskauf bioimages.cas.vanderbilt.edu Norway maple fruit Judy Sedbrook www.colostate.edu Norway maple Acer platanoides www.northshorewx.com/ images/2005/nature/Leave Native lookalikes staghorn and Chuck Bargeron, University University Bargeron, Chuck of Bugwood.orgGeorgia, shining sumac Tree of heaven Ailanthus altissima Annemarie Smith, ODNR Division of Forestry, of Forestry, Bugwood.org Annemarie ODNR Division Smith, Empress tree Paulownia tomentosa Chris Evans UGA www. Forestry images.org Empress tree Northern catalpa Paulownia tomentosa Catalpa speciosa Flowers Bark Leaves Steve Sieberling, UNC Herbarium Fruit http//biology.missouristate.edu_herbarium Callery pear Pyrus calleryana 7 Shrubs • Japanese barberry Berberis thunbergii • Autumn olive Elaeagnus umbellata • Winged euonymus Euonymus alatus IPAC T2 • Privet species Ligustrum spp. IPAC T2 (Border) • Shrub honeysuckles Lonicera spp. IPAC T1 (Amur) • Multiflora rose Rosa multiflora • Wineberry Rubus phoenicolasius Japanese barberry Berberis thunbergii Barry sarracenia.com, Rice, www.forestryimages.org Autumn olive Elaeagnus umbellata Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org Burning bush (or) Winged euonymus Euonymus alatus Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org Privet Ligustrum obtusifolium L. sinense L. vulgare L. sinense L. vulgare L. obtusifolium Troy Evans, Great Smoky Mt Natl. Park, Nava Tabal, IPANE, Bugwood.org Bugwood.org Nava Tabal, IPANE, Bugwood.org Leslie J. Mehrhoff, Univ of Conn., Bugwood.org Chris Evans, Univ of Illinois, bugwood.org Photo by Pancrat, Creative Commons James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, www. Forestryimages.org Shrub honeysuckle Lonicera spp. Multiflora rose Rosa multiflora Stipules Wineberry Rubus phoenicolasius Leslie Leslie J. Connecticut,University Mehrhoff,of Bugwood.org Vines • Porcelainberry Ampelopsis brevipedunculata • Oriental bittersweet Celastrus orbiculatus • English and Irish ivy Hedera helix, H. hibernica • Japanese honeysuckle Lonicera japonica • Mile-a-minute weed Persicaria perfoliata (herbaceous) • Kudzu Pueraria montana var. lobata • Wisteria species Wisteria floribunda, sinensis, hybrid IPAC T2 Porcelainberry Ampelopsis brevipedunculata Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org http://www.hort.uco nn.edu/plants/a/amp bre All other photos by Kerrie L. Kyde Jil Swearingen, NPS, Bugwood.org Oriental bittersweet Celastrus orbiculatus English and Irish ivy Hedera helix, H. hibernica Drawings by S. Bellanger http://alienplantsbelgi um.be/content/hedera James James USDA H. Forest Miller, Service, www.forestryimages.org H. helix -hibernica H. hibernica Chuck Bargeron, Univ. of Georgia, Ted Bodner, SWSS, www.forestryimages.org www.forestryimages.org Japanese honeysuckle Japanese honeysuckle Lonicera japonica Lonicera Mile-a-minute Persicaria perfoliata Native lookalike Halberd-leaved tearthumb Polygonum arifolium trol/index.htm http://ag.udel.edu/e nwc/research/biocon David J. Moorhead, Univ. of Georgia, www.forestryimages.org James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, www.forestryimages.org Kudzu Pueraria montana var. lobata Ted Bodner, SWSS, www.forestryimages.org Wisteria Wisteria floribunda, sinensis, x formosa IPAC Tier 2 Herbs & Grasses • Garlic mustard Alliaria petiolata • Japanese knotweed Fallopia japonica • Giant hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum • Purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria • Japanese stilt grass Microstegium vimineum • Golden bamboo Phyllostachys aurea • Beefsteak plant Perilla frutescens • Common reed Phragmites australis Garlic mustard Alliaria petiolata Native violet Britt Slattery, US Fish and Wildlife, Bugwood.org Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of CT, Bugwood.org Japanese knotweed Fallopia japonica Armin Jagel, Bochum Botanical Club Left to right: leaves of F. sachalinensis, x bohemica and japonica Giant hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum Courtesy of Grand Moraine Growers Courtesy MoraineGrand Growers www. of sentex.net~pems perennia.htm native Cow Parsnip http://www.dec.ny.gov/ All photographs by Lane Heimer, MDA animals/72766.html Purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria Japanese stilt grass Microstegium vimineum Bamboo Phyllostachys spp James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org Bugwood.org Service, Forest USDA Miller, H. James These are P. aurea. Beefsteak plant Perilla frutescens Common reed Phragmites australis Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org Kevin Heffernan, VA DCR Heritage VA DCR Heffernan, Kevin Aquatics • Hydrilla Hydrilla verticillata • Yellow flag iris Iris pseudacorus IPAC T1 • Marsh dewflower Murdannia keisak • Eurasian watermilfoil Myriophyllum aquaticum • Parrot-feather Myriophyllum spicatum Hydrilla Hydrilla verticillata Vic Ramey, Univ of Florida Drawing courtesy of IFAS Mike Naylor, MD DNR Center for Aquatic Plants Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org Nancy Loewenstein, Auburn University, Bugwood.org Yellow flag Iris pseudacorus Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org Marsh dewflower Murdannia keisak Linda Lee, University of South Carolina, Bugwood.org Carolina, South of University Lee, Linda Native Commelina virginica By Jim Stasz, hosted by USDA-NRCS Plants Database Nancy Loewenstein, Auburn University, Bugwood.org Myriophyllum aquaticum and All other images from spicatum Maryland DNR Drawing and image below courtesy of IFAS at http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/ Parrot feather Eurasian watermilfoil THANK YOU! Kerrie L. Kyde Invasive Plant Ecologist MD DNR Natural Heritage Program [email protected] 301/948-8243 .