Invasives

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Invasive Plants Found in our Yard & Removed

Garlic Mustard - Allaria petiolata

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European Bellflower - Campanula rapunculoides

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Non-Native Honeysuckles - Lonicera species

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European Buckthorn - Rhamnus cathartica

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Narrow Leaved Bittercress - Cardamine impatiens

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White Mulberry Tree - Morus abla

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Glossy Buckthorn - Frangula alnus

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Norway Maple - Acer platanoides

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Tiger Day Lily - Hemerocallis fulva

Japanese Spiraea - Spiraea japonica

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Japanese Barberry - Berberis thunbergii

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European Cranberry Bush - Viburnum opulus var. opulus

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Motherwort - Leonurus cardiaca

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INVASIVE SHRUBS & VINES

Japanese Barberry - Berberis thunbergii

European Barberry - Berberis vulgaris

Siberian Pea Shrub - Caragana arborescens

Russian Olive - Elaeagnus angustifolia

Burning Bush - Euonymus alatus

Winter Creeper - Euonymus fortunei

Glossy Buckthorn - Frangula alnus

Amur, Morrow's and Tartarian Honeysuckle - Lonicera maackii, morrowii and tartarica

European Buckthorn - Rhamnus cathartica

False Spiraea - Sorbaria sorbifolia

Japanese Spiraea - Spiraea japonica

Common Lilac - Syringa vulgaris

Salt Cedar - Tamarix ramosissima

European Cranberry Bush - Viburnum opulus

Wayfaring Tree - Viburnum lantana

Porcelain Berry Vine - Ampelopsis brevipedunculata
Black Swallow-Wort Vine - Vincetoxicum nigrum

INVASIVE TREES

Amur Maple - Acer ginnala

Black Locust - Robinia pseudoacacia
White Mulberry - Morus alba
Norway Maple - Acer platanoides
Scots Pine - Pinus sylvestris

INVASIVE PERENNIALS

Queen Anne's Lace - Daucus carota

Periwinkle - Vinca minor
Carpet Bugle - Ajuga reptans
Creeping Bellflower - Campanula rapunculoides
Queen of the Meadow - Filipendula ulmaria
Japanese Knotweed - Fallopia japonica
Babysbreath - Gypsophila paniculata
Orange (Tiger) Day Lily - Hemerocallis fulva
Dame's Rocket - Hesperis matronalis  Video
Yellow Flag Iris - Iris pseudacorus
Moneywort - Lysimachia nummularia
Purple Loosestrife - Lythrum salicaria
Forget Me Not - Myosotis sylvatica
Tansy - Tanacetum vulgare  VIDEO
Greek Valerian - Valeriana officinalis
Lily of the Valley - Convallaria majalis
Goutweed - Aegopodium podagraria
Leafy Spurge - Euphorbia esula
Spotted Knapweed - Centaurea stoebe
Wild Chervil - Athriscus sylvestris

GRASSES
Reed Canary Grass - Phalaris arundinacea
Flame or Silver Grass - Miscanthus sacchariflorus

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