Proposed list of invasive plants that will not be accepted at DVC-NARGS plant sales
Adapted from ‘LIST OF EXOTIC, INVASIVE PLANTS IN THE MURRYSVILLE AREA.’
Scientific Name / Common NameAcer platanoides / Norway Maple
Acer pseudoplatanus / Sycamore Maple
Aegopodium podagraria / Goutweed
Aesculus hippocastanum / Horse Chestnut
Ailanthus altissima / Tree-Of- Heaven
Ajuga reptans / Creeping Bugleweed
Akebia quinata / Fiveleaf Akebia
Alnus glutinosa / Black Alder, European Alder
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata / Porcelain-Berry
Aralia elata / Devil's Walkingstick
Arctium minus / Common Burdock
Artemisia vulgaris / Common Wormwood
Berberis thunbergii, all cultivars / Japanese Barberry
Berberis vulgaris, all cultivars / European Barberry
Bromus tectorum / Cheatgrass
Broussonetia papyrifera / Paper Mulberry
Buddleja davidii / Butterfly Bush
Carduus nutans / Musk Thistle
Catalpa ovata / Chinese Catalpa
Catalpa ovata / Chinese Catalpa
Catalpa speciosa / Northern Catalpa; Western Catalpa
Celastrus orbiculatus / Oriental Bittersweet
Centaurea biebersteinii (=Centaurea. maculosa) / Spotted Knapweed
Cichorium intybus / Common Chicory
Cirsium arvense / Canada Thistle
Clematis terniflora / Sweet Autumn Clemtis
Commelina communis / Asiatic Dayflower
Cytisus scoparius / Scotch Broom
Datura stramonium / Jimsonweed
Deutzia scabra / Deutzia
Duchesnea indica / Indian Strawberry
Elaeagnus angustifolia / Russian Olive
Elaeagnus umbellata / Autumn Olive
Euonymus alatus / Winged Euonymus
Euonymus europea / European Spindletree
Euonymus fortunei / Wintercreeper
Frangula alnus (=Rhamnus frangula) / Glossy Buckthorn
Hesperis matronalis / Dame's Rocket
Hibiscus syriacus / Rose Of Sharon, Althaea
Humulus japonicus / Japanese Hop
Ilex aquifolium / English Holly
Iris pseudoacorus / Yellow Flag Iris
Ligustrum obtusifolium / Border Privet
Ligustrum ovalifolium / California Privet
Ligustrum sinense / Chinese Privet
Ligustrum vulgare / Common Privet
Lonicera japonica / Japanese Honeysuckle Vine
Lonicera maackii / Amur Honeysuckle
Lonicera morrowii / Morrow’s Honeysuckle
Lonicera standishii / Standish Honeysuckle
Lonicera tatarica / Tartarian Honeysuckle
Lonicera x bella or Lonicera morrowii x tatarica / Bell’s Honeysuckle
Lonicera xylosteum / European Fly Honeysuckle
Lythrum salicaria, L. virgatum and cultivars / Purple Loosestrife
Miscanthus sinensis / Maiden Grass, Zebra Grass, Japanese Silver Grass
Morus alba / White Mulberry
Ornithogalum nutans / Star-Of-Bethlehem
Ornithogalum umbellatum / Star-Of-Bethlehem
Paulownia tomentosa / Empress Tree
Perilla frutescens / Beefsteak Plant
Phalaris arundinacea / Reed Canary Grass
Phellodendron / Amur Corktree
Phragmites australis spp. australis / Common Reed
Phyllostachys aurea / Golden Bamboo, Running Bamboo
Picea abies / Norway Spruce
Pinus sylvestris / Scotch Pine, Scots Pine
Polygonum cuspidatum (=Fallopia japonica) / Japanese Knotweed
Polygonum perfoliatum / Mile-A- Minute Vine
Polygonum sachalinense (=Fallopia sachalinensis) / Giant Knotweed
Populus alba / White Poplar
Prunus avium / Birdcherry
Pseudosasa japonica / Arrow Bamboo
Pueraria lobata / Kudzu
Pyrus calleryana,’Bradford’ and related cultivars. / Callery Pear
Quercus acutissima / Sawtooth Oak
Rhamnus cathartica / Common Buckthorn
Rhodotypos scandens / Black Jetbead
Rosa multiflora / Multiflora Rose
Rubus phoenicolasius / Wineberry
Salix caprea / Goat Willow
Salix fragilis / Crack Willow
Salix pentandra / Bay Willow
Salix purpurea / Basket Willow
Sorghum bicolor spp. drummondii / Shattercane
Sorghum halepense / Johnson Grass
Spiraea japonica / Japanese Spiraea
Taxus cuspidata / Japanese Yew
Typha angustifolia / Narrow-Leaved Cat-Tail
Typha x glauca / Hybrid Cat-Tail
Ulmus parvifolia / Chinese Elm
Ulmus pumila / Siberian Elm
Viburnum lantana / Wayfaring Viburnum
Viburnum opulus var. opulus / Guelder Rose, European Snowball
Viburnum sieboldii / Siebold Viburnum
Vinca minor / Periwinkle, Blue Myrtle
Wisteria floribunda / Japanese Wisteria,
Wisteria sinensis / Chinese Wisteria
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