Invasive Plants of Pittsburgh

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Bush Honeysuckle 1
Lonicera maackii
Japanese Honeysuckle 2
Lonicera japonica
grapevines 3
Vitis
Tree of Heaven 4
Ailanthus excelsa
Burdock 5
Arctium minus
Canada thistle 6
Cirsium arvense
Chinese silvergrass 7
Miscanthus sinensis
Crown vetch 8
Securigera varia
Garlic mustard 9
Alliaria petiolata
Giant hogweed 10
Heracleum mantegazzianum
Goutweed 11
Aegopodium podagraria
Japanese knotweed 12
Fallopia japonica
Japanese stiltgrass 13
Microstegium vimineum
Mugwort 14
Artemisia vulgaris
Vinca 15
Vinca minor
Poison hemlock 16
Conium maculatum
Purple loosestrife 17
Lythrum salicaria
Winged burning bush 18
Euonymus alatus
Common buckthorn 19
Rhamnus cathartica
European barberry 20
Berberis vulgaris
Japanese barberry 21
Berberis thunbergii
Jetbead 22
Rhodotypos scandens
Multiflora rose 23
Rosa multiflora
European privet 24
Ligustrum vulgare
English ivy 25
Hedera helix
Mile-a-minute 26
Persicaria perfoliata
Oriental bittersweet 27
Celastrus orbiculatus
Porcelainberry 28
Ampelopsis glandulosa brevipedunculata
Winter creeper 29
Euonymus fortunei
Callery pear 30
Pyrus calleryana
Norway maple 31
Acer platanoides
Princess tree 32
Paulownia tomentosa
Siberian elm 18
Ulmus pumila
Sycamore maple 33
Acer pseudoplatanus
Bull thistle 34
Cirsium vulgare

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