Localized Species
Site-specific abundance/localized populations causing habitat degradation
Note the species listed below with an asterisk (*) are still commonly sold in local nurseries and garden centers.
Invasive Trees, Shrubs & Woody Vines
Common Name |
Botanical Name |
Mid-Atlantic Native Alternative |
Amur Maple* |
Acer ginnala |
Serviceberry |
Sycamore Maple* |
Acer pseudoplatanus |
Red or Sugar Maple |
Paper Mulberry |
Broussonetia papyifera |
Red Mulberry / Sassafras |
Sweet Autumn Clematis* |
Clematis paniculata & terniflora |
Virgin's Bower |
Dwarf Burning Bush* |
Euonymus alata 'Compacta' |
Red Chokeberry / Sweetspire |
Creeping Euonymus* |
Euonymus fortunei |
Green & Gold |
English Ivy* |
Hedera helix |
Native Pachysandra |
Border Privet* |
Ligustrum obtusifolium |
Inkberry / Black Chokeberry |
European Privet* |
Ligustrum vulgare |
|
Japanese Crabapple* |
Malus toringo |
Fringetree / Hawthorns |
Sweet / Mazzard Cherry |
Prunus avium |
American Plum / Chokecherry |
Callery / Bradford Pear* |
Pyrus calleryana cultivars |
Serviceberry |
Bittersweet Nightshade |
Solanum dulcamara |
Trumpet Honeysuckle |
Exotic Wisterias* |
Wisteria chinese & floribunda |
American Wisteria |
Invasive Herbaceous Perennials
Common Name |
Botanical Name |
Mid-Atlantic Native Alternative |
Goutweed* |
Aegopodium podagraria |
Wild Ginger |
Jointhead Arthraxon |
Arthraxon hispidus |
Native Sedges |
Field Bindweed |
Convolvulus arvensis |
Pipevine / Passion Flower |
Exotic Bamboo* |
Bambusa species |
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Greater Celandine |
Chelidonium majus |
Celandine Poppy |
Asiatic Dayflower |
Commelina communis |
Virginia Spiderwort |
Yellow Flag Iris* |
Iris pseudacorus |
Blue Flag Iris |
Chinese Bush Clover |
Lespedeza cuneata |
Blue Wild Indigo |
Chinese Silver Grass* |
Miscanthus sinensis |
Switch Grass |
Exotic Bamboo* |
Phyllostachys species |
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English Plantain |
Plantago lanceolata |
Lyre-leaved Sage |
Japanese Knotweed |
Polygonum cuspidatum |
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Mile-a-Minute Vine |
Polygonum perfoliatum |
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Exotic Bamboo* |
Pseudosasa species |
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White Champion |
Silene latifolia |
White Snakeroot |
Common Dandelion |
Taraxacum officinale |
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Periwinkle* |
Vinca minor |
Wild Ginger |