List of invasive plant species in West Virginia
Numerous plants have been introduced to West Virginia in the United States, and many of them have become invasive species.
Invasive plants
[edit]The following are some of invasive plant species established in West Virginia:
Picture | Scientific Name | Common Name |
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![]() | Ajuga reptans | bugle |
![]() | Akebia quinata | chocolate vine |
![]() | Alliaria petiolata | garlic mustard |
![]() | Arctium minus | lesser burdock |
![]() | Bidens aristosa | bearded beggarticks |
![]() | Bromus tectorum | drooping brome |
![]() | Buddleja davidii | summer lilac |
![]() | Carduus acanthoides | spiny plumeless thistle |
![]() | Carduus crispus | curly plumeless thistle |
![]() | Carduus nutans | musk thistle |
![]() | Centaurea jacea | brown knapweed |
![]() | Cirsium arvense | Canada thistle |
![]() | Cirsium vulgare | spear thistle |
![]() | Convolvulus arvensis | field bindweed |
![]() | Dioscorea polystachya | Chinese yam |
![]() | Dipsacus fullonum | wild teasel |
![]() | Elaeagnus umbellata | Japanese silverberry |
![]() | Euphorbia cyparissias | cypress spurge |
Hedera helix | common ivy | |
![]() | Hesperis matronalis | dame's rocket |
![]() | Inula helenium | horse-heal |
Isatis tinctoria | woad | |
Lespedeza cuneata | Chinese bushclover | |
![]() | Ligustrum vulgare | common privet |
![]() | Lonicera japonica | Japanese honeysuckle |
![]() | Lonicera maackii | Amur honeysuckle |
Lotus corniculatus | common bird's-foot trefoil | |
![]() | Miscanthus sinensis | maiden silvergrass |
![]() | Myriophyllum spicatum | Eurasian watermilfoil |
![]() | Phragmites | |
![]() | Pyrus calleryana | callery pear |
![]() | Rhamnus cathartica | buckthorn |
Rhodotypos scandens | jetbead | |
![]() | Rubus laciniatus | cutleaf evergreen blackberry |
![]() | Salix × fragilis | crack willow |
Securigera varia | crownvetch | |
![]() | Solanum dulcamara | bittersweet |
![]() | Sorbus aucuparia | rowan |
![]() | Stellaria media | chickweed |
![]() | Tanacetum vulgare | common tansy |
![]() | Tussilago | coltsfoot |
![]() | Verbascum thapsus | great mullein |
![]() | Vinca minor | lesser periwinkle |
Wisteria sinensis | Chinese wisteria |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Venable, N. J.; West Virginia University Extension Service (1988), Selected Trees and Shrubs of West Virginia (PDF), West Virginia University Extension Service, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-12, retrieved 2013-01-10
- West Virginia Department of Agriculture, Trees of West Virginia Farms and Woodlots (PDF), West Virginia Department of Agriculture, retrieved 2013-01-10
External links
[edit]- USDA PLANTS Database USDA database showing county distribution of plant species in the US
- InvasiveSpecies.gov Information from the US National Invasive Species Council