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Briar Bush Non-native Invasive Plants

A guide for land stewardship volunteers at Briar Bush Nature Center and anyone from the nearby communities who would like to identify common non-native invasive weeds. These plants disrupt the ecosystem, especially the food web because the majority of native insects cannot use them as food. ...more ↓

garlic mustard ¹
Alliaria petiolata

narrow-leaved bittercress ²
Cardamine impatiens

Japanese stiltgrass ³
Microstegium vimineum

Japanese knotweed ⁴
Fallopia japonica

periwinkles ⁵
Vinca

Japanese pachysandra ⁶
Pachysandra terminalis

lemon balm ⁷
Melissa officinalis

common dandelion ⁸
Taraxacum officinale

lesser celandine ⁹
Ficaria verna

Oriental bittersweet ¹⁰
Celastrus orbiculatus

Japanese honeysuckle ¹¹
Lonicera japonica

common ivy ¹²
Hedera helix

Porcelain Berry ¹³
Ampelopsis glandulosa

Chinese wisteria ¹⁴
Wisteria sinensis

autumn clematis ¹⁵
Clematis terniflora

privets ¹⁶
Ligustrum

multiflora rose ¹⁷
Rosa multiflora

wineberry ¹⁸
Rubus phoenicolasius

winged euonymus ¹⁹
Euonymus alatus

Japanese barberry ²⁰
Berberis thunbergii

Norway maple ²¹
Acer platanoides

sycamore maple ²²
Acer pseudoplatanus

Japanese angelica tree ²³
Aralia elata

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Briar Bush Non-native Invasive Plants

garlic mustard 1 Alliaria petiolata

narrow-leaved bittercress 2 Cardamine impatiens

Japanese stiltgrass 3 Microstegium vimineum

Japanese knotweed 4 Fallopia japonica

periwinkles 5 Vinca

Japanese pachysandra 6 Pachysandra terminalis

lemon balm 7 Melissa officinalis

common dandelion 8 Taraxacum officinale

lesser celandine 9 Ficaria verna

Oriental bittersweet 10 Celastrus orbiculatus

Japanese honeysuckle 11 Lonicera japonica

common ivy 12 Hedera helix

Porcelain Berry 13 Ampelopsis glandulosa

Chinese wisteria 14 Wisteria sinensis

autumn clematis 15 Clematis terniflora

privets 16 Ligustrum

multiflora rose 17 Rosa multiflora

wineberry 18 Rubus phoenicolasius

winged euonymus 19 Euonymus alatus

Japanese barberry 20 Berberis thunbergii

Norway maple 21 Acer platanoides

sycamore maple 22 Acer pseudoplatanus

Japanese angelica tree 23 Aralia elata