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 NameScientific Name
Variable MilfoilMyriophyllum heterophyllum
Eurasian Milfoil

Myriophyllum spicatum

FanwortCabomba caroliniana
Brazilian Waterweed

Egeria densa

Water Chestnut

Trapa natans

Didymo (Rock Snot)

Didymosphenia geminata

Zebra Mussel

Dreissena polymorpha

The Frightful Fourteen 

 

Exotic Species

Common NameScientific 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 OliveElaeagnus umbellata
QuackgrassElymus repens
St. JohnswortHypericum perforatum
Scotch BroomCytisus scoparius

Source: NHDES Exotic Species website and USDA Invasive PLANTS database

This a partial list.

Map of places where Exotic Species have been found in NH