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Numerous plants have been introduced to West Virginia in the United States, and many of them have become invasive species.
The following are some of invasive plant species established in West Virginia:
Picture | Scientific Name | Common Name |
---|---|---|
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 |
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