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Common Invasive Plants of Erie County

This serves as a guide to some of the more common invasive plant species found in Erie County, NY.

Hydrilla 1
Hydrilla verticillata
common reed 2
Phragmites australis
common buckthorn 3
Rhamnus cathartica
Japanese knotweed 4
Reynoutria japonica
Amur honeysuckle 5
Lonicera maackii
Tatarian honeysuckle 6
Lonicera tatarica
multiflora rose 7
Rosa multiflora
water chestnut 8
Trapa natans
tree-of-heaven 9
Ailanthus altissima
garlic mustard 10
Alliaria petiolata
Giant Hogweed 11
Heracleum mantegazzianum
purple loosestrife 12
Lythrum salicaria
Callery pear 13
Pyrus calleryana

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