Invasive Plants are those species that take over natural areas and eliminate native plants.  This ends up changing the ecosystem in a major way.  Most invasive plants started out as garden or yard plants.  Their seeds travel into natural areas by the wind, birds and other ways.  You can help us save our natural areas by not planting these species in your yard.

If you or your group want to help eliminate invasives in our parks, call 645-3304 today!

Some of these plants may look beautiful, but what they do to the environment is really ugly.

	Wintercreeper Vine (Euonymous fortunei)		Common Privet (Ligustrum vulgare)
	Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)		Japanese Knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum)
	Bush Honeysuckles (Amur -Lonicera maackii, Morrow -Lonicera morrowii, Tartarian -Lonicera tatarica)		Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
	Asian Bittersweet (Celastrus orbicualtus)		Japanese Barberry (Berberis thunbergii)
	Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)		Burning Bush (Euonymous alatus)
	Buckthorns (Glossy-Rhamnus frangula, European Rhamnus cathartica)		Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria)
	Multifora Rose (Rosa multiflora)		Periwinkle/Myrtl (Vinca minor)
	Day Lily (Hemerocallis fulva)		Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudoacorus)
	Olives (Autumn-Elaeagnus umbellate, Russian -Elaeagnus ngustifolia)