List of invasive plant species in New Jersey

Spring in Duke Island Park showing invasive lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria)

Numerous plants have been introduced to the US state of New Jersey in the last four hundred years, and many of them have become invasive species that compete with the native plants and suppress their growth. Duke Farms identified 55 invasive species on its property and investigates methods to control them. Major invaders are:

• Acer platanoides—Norway maple
• Ailanthus altissima—Tree of heaven
• Alliaria petiolata—Garlic mustard
• Ampelopsis glandulosa—Porcelain berry
• Aralia elata—Japanese angelica tree
• Berberis thunbergii—Japanese barberry
• Celastrus orbiculatus—Asian bittersweet
• Centaurea maculosa—Spotted knapweed
• Cirsium arvense—Creeping thistle
• Dipsacus fullonum—Fuller's teasel
• Elaeagnus umbellata—Autumn olive
• Euonymus alatus—Burning bush
• Lonicera japonica—Japanese honeysuckle
• Lonicera maackii—Bush honeysuckle
• Lythrum salicaria—Purple loosestrife
• Microstegium vimineum—Japanese stiltgrass
• Miscanthus sinensis—Chinese silvergrass
• Ranunculus ficaria—Lesser celandine
• Reynoutria japonica (syn. Fallopia japonica)—Japanese knotweed
• Rhamnus cathartica—Common buckthorn
• Robinia pseudoacacia—Black locust
• Rosa multiflora—Multiflora rose
• Rubus phoenicolasius—Wineberry

See also

• Invasive species in the United States

External links

• An Overview of Nonindigenous Plant Species in New Jersey. State of New Jersey.
• invasivespecies.gov United States Government.