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Backyard Habitat - Nuisance Weeds

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Garlic Mustard 🥈 ¹
Alliaria petiolata

American Pokeweed 🥈 ²
Phytolacca americana

Yellow Archangel 🥈 ³
Lamium galeobdolon

Giant Knotweed 🥈 ⁴
Reynoutria sachalinensis

Japanese knotweed ⁵
Reynoutria japonica

Cutleaf Blackberry ⁶
Rubus laciniatus

Armenian Blackberry ⁷
Rubus armeniacus

himalayan knotweed ⁸
Persicaria wallichii

Himalayan balsam ⁹
Impatiens glandulifera

Meadow Knapweed ¹⁰
Centaurea thuillieri

Spurge-laurel 🥈 ¹¹
Daphne laureola

Traveler's Joy or Old Man's Beard 🥈 ¹²
Clematis vitalba

purple loosestrife ¹³
Lythrum salicaria

Diffuse Knapweed 🥈 ¹⁴
Centaurea diffusa

spotted knapweed ¹⁵
Centaurea stoebe

Giant Hogweed ¹⁶
Heracleum mantegazzianum

common ivy ¹⁷
Hedera helix

meadow hawkweed ¹⁸
Pilosella caespitosa

Atlantic Ivy ¹⁹
Hedera hibernica

Greenland Hawkweed ²⁰
Hieracium lachenalii lachenalii

Orange Hawkweed 🥈 ²¹
Pilosella aurantiaca

Smooth Hawkweed 🥈 ²²
Hieracium laevigatum

Scotch Broom ²³
Cytisus scoparius

English Hawthorn (<20ft) 🥇 ²⁴
Crataegus monogyna

Mouse-eared Hawkweed 🥈 ²⁵
Pilosella officinarum

Butterfly Bush 🥇 ²⁶
Buddleja davidii

Creeping Jenny or Moneywort 🏆 ²⁷
Lysimachia nummularia

English Laurel 🏆 ²⁸
Prunus laurocerasus

Lesser Periwinkle 🏆 ²⁹
Vinca minor

Portuguese Laurel 🏆 ³⁰
Prunus lusitanica

Greater Periwinkle 🏆 ³¹
Vinca major

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Backyard Habitat - Nuisance Weeds

Garlic Mustard 🥈 1 Alliaria petiolata

American Pokeweed 🥈 2 Phytolacca americana

Yellow Archangel 🥈 3 Lamium galeobdolon

Giant Knotweed 🥈 4 Reynoutria sachalinensis

Japanese knotweed 5 Reynoutria japonica

Cutleaf Blackberry 6 Rubus laciniatus

Armenian Blackberry 7 Rubus armeniacus

himalayan knotweed 8 Persicaria wallichii

Himalayan balsam 9 Impatiens glandulifera

Meadow Knapweed 10 Centaurea thuillieri

Spurge-laurel 🥈 11 Daphne laureola

Traveler's Joy or Old Man's Beard 🥈 12 Clematis vitalba

purple loosestrife 13 Lythrum salicaria

Diffuse Knapweed 🥈 14 Centaurea diffusa

spotted knapweed 15 Centaurea stoebe

Giant Hogweed 16 Heracleum mantegazzianum

common ivy 17 Hedera helix

meadow hawkweed 18 Pilosella caespitosa

Atlantic Ivy 19 Hedera hibernica

Greenland Hawkweed 20 Hieracium lachenalii lachenalii

Orange Hawkweed 🥈 21 Pilosella aurantiaca

Smooth Hawkweed 🥈 22 Hieracium laevigatum

Scotch Broom 23 Cytisus scoparius

English Hawthorn (<20ft) 🥇 24 Crataegus monogyna

Mouse-eared Hawkweed 🥈 25 Pilosella officinarum

Butterfly Bush 🥇 26 Buddleja davidii

Creeping Jenny or Moneywort 🏆 27 Lysimachia nummularia

English Laurel 🏆 28 Prunus laurocerasus

Lesser Periwinkle 🏆 29 Vinca minor

Portuguese Laurel 🏆 30 Prunus lusitanica

Greater Periwinkle 🏆 31 Vinca major