Invasive Plants and Species
INVASIVE PLANTS and SPECIES
Plant names are linked to the United States Department of Agriculture Invasive PLANTS database website or NHDES Exotic Species website.
Aquatic
Common Name | Scientific Name |
Variable Milfoil | Myriophyllum heterophyllum |
Eurasian Milfoil | Myriophyllum spicatum |
Fanwort | Cabomba caroliniana |
Brazilian Waterweed | Egeria densa |
Water Chestnut | Trapa natans |
Didymo (Rock Snot) | Didymosphenia geminata |
Zebra Mussel | Dreissena polymorpha |
The Frightful Fourteen |
Exotic Species
Common Name | Scientific Name |
Purple Loosestrife | Lythrum salicaria |
Common Reed | Phragmites australis |
Garlic Mustard | Alliaria petiolata |
Japanese Knotweed | Polygonum cuspidatum |
Multiflora Rose | Rosa multiflora |
Japanese Honeysuckle | Lonicera japonica |
Houndstongue | Cynoglossum officinale L. |
Autumn Olive | Elaeagnus umbellata |
Quackgrass | Elymus repens |
St. Johnswort | Hypericum perforatum |
Scotch Broom | Cytisus scoparius |
Source: NHDES Exotic Species website and USDA Invasive PLANTS database
This a partial list.