Top 20 Invasive Plants Found at the Nature Center

Myrtle (Vinca minor)

Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria)

Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)

Glossy Buckthorn (Rhamnus frangula)

Common Privet (Ligustrum vulgare)

Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

Bush Honeysuckles (Lonicera spp.)

Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)

Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus)

Porcelain Berry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata)

Multiflora Rose ( Rosa multiflora)

Japanese Knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum)

Narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia)

Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)

European Highbush Cranberry (Viburnum opulus v. opulus)

Reed Canary Grass (Phalaris arundinacea)

Common Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)

Small-flowered Hairy Willow-herb (Epilobium parviflorum)

Goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria)

Norway Maple (Acer platanoides)