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

The following are some of invasive plant species established in West Virginia:

• Ajuga reptans—Bugleweed
• Akebia quinata—Chocolate vine
• Alliaria petiolata—Garlic mustard
• Arctium minus—Burdock
• Bidens aristosa—Bearded beggarticks
• Bromus tectorum—Cheatgrass
• Buddleja davidii—Butterfly bush
• Carduus acanthoides—Spiny plumeless thistle
• Carduus crispus—Curly plumeless thistle
• Carduus nutans—Nodding plumeless thistle
• Centaurea jacea—Brown knapweed
• Cirsium arvense—Creeping thistle
• Cirsium vulgare—Spear thistle
• Convolvulus arvensis—Field bindweed
• Dioscorea polystachya—Chinese yam
• Dipsacus fullonum—Fuller's teasel
• Elaeagnus umbellata—Japanese silverberry
• Euphorbia cyparissias—Cypress spurge
• Hedera helix—English ivy
• Hesperis matronalis—Dame's rocket
• Inula helenium—Elecampane
• Isatis tinctoria—Woad
• Lespedeza cuneata—Chinese bushclover
• Ligustrum vulgare—Common privet
• Lonicera japonica—Japanese honeysuckle
• Lonicera maackii—Amur honeysuckle
• Lotus corniculatus—Bird's-foot trefoil
• Miscanthus sinensis—Chinese silvergrass
• Myriophyllum spicatum—Eurasian watermilfoil
• Phragmites—Common reed
• Pyrus calleryana—Callery pear
• Rhamnus cathartica—Buckthorn
• Rhodotypos scandens
• Rubus laciniatus—Evergreen blackberry
• Salix fragilis—Crack willow
• Securigera varia—Crown vetch
• Solanum dulcamara—Bittersweet nightshade
• Sorbus aucuparia—Rowan
• Stellaria media—Chickweed
• Tanacetum vulgare'—Tansy
• Tussilago—Coltsfoot
• Verbascum thapsus—Common mullein
• Vinca minor—Lesser periwinkle
• Wisteria sinensis—Chinese wisteria

See also

• List of trees naturalized in West Virginia
• Invasive species in the United States

References

• 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

• USDA PLANTS Database USDA database showing county distribution of plant species in the US
• InvasiveSpecies.gov Information from the US National Invasive Species Council