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Common Name | Scientific Name |
Amur corktree | Phellodendron amurense |
Amur Honeysuckle | Lonicera maackii (Rupr.) Maxim. |
Amur maple | Acer ginnala |
Amur privet | Ligustrum amurense Caar. |
Arrow bamboo | Pseudosasa japonica (Siebold & Zucc. ex Steud.) Makino ex Nakai |
Autumn olive | Elaeagnus umbellata |
Bamboo, canebreak, giant cane | Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl. (including ssp. giantea and ssp. tecta(Walter) McClure [=A. tecta (Walter) Muhl.]) |
Bird vetch, cow vetch, winter vetch, bramble vetch, tufted vetch, shaggy vetch | Vicia cracca L. s.l. |
Bird’s-foot trefoil | Lotus corniculatus L. |
Bishop’s goutweed | Aegopodium podagraria |
Black knapweed, black star-thistle, brown knapweed, brown ray knapweed, brown star-thistle, lesser knapweed, meadow knapweed, protean knapweed, short-fringed knapweed, short-fringed star-thistle, tyrol knapweed, vochin knapweed | Centaurea jacea s.l. (including C. nigra, C. nigrescens, C. xmoncktonii) |
Black locust | Robinia pseudoacacia |
Black swallow-wort | Cynanchum louiseae |
Border privet | Ligustrum obtusifolium Siebold & Zuccarini |
Bouncing-bet, bouncing betty, soapwort | Saponaria officinalis L. |
Brazilian waterweed | Egeria densa Planchon |
Bristly locust, mossy locust, rose acacia | Robinia hispida L. (var. fertilis & hispida) |
Brittle water nymph | Najas minor All. |
Broadleaf water-milfoil | Myriophyllum heterophyllum Michx. (including M. heterophyllum X M. pinnatum) |
Broadleaved Pepperweed, peppergrass | Lepidium latifolium L. |
Bukhara fleeceflower, China fleece vine, silver lace vine | Fallopia baldschuanica |
Bulbous bluegrass | Poa bulbosa L. |
California privet | Ligustrum ovalifolium |
Callery pear | Pyrus calleryana |
Canada bluegrass | Poa compressa L. |
Caper spurge, moleplant | Euphorbia lathyris |
Carolina fanwort | Cabomba caroliniana A. Gray, Ann |
Cheat grass, downy brome | Bromus tectorum L. |
Chinese lespedeza, Chinese bushclover | Lespedeza cuneata |
Chinese lobelia | Lobelia chinensis Lour. |
Chinese privet | Ligustrum sinense |
Chinese silvergrass, eulalia | Miscanthus sinensis Anderss. |
Chinese wisteria/Japanese wisteria | Wisteria sinensis/W. floribunda |
Chinese yam, Cinnamon vine | Dioscorea polystachya (D. oppositifolia L. misapplied) |
Chocolate vine | Akebia quinata |
Cogongrass, Cogon satin-tail | Imperata cylindrica (L.) P.Beauv. (all vars. except koenigii) |
Coltsfoot | Tussilago farfara L. |
Common barberry | Berberis vulgaris |
Common buckthorn | Rhamnus cathartica |
Common periwinkle | Vinca minor |
Common reed | Phragmites australis ssp. Australis |
Common speedwell, gypsy-weed | Veronica officinalis L. |
Common St. John’s-wort | Hypericum perforatum L. |
Common tansy | Tanacetum vulgare L. |
Common valerian | Valeriana officinalis |
Common water-hyacinth | Eichhornia crassipes |
Common wormwood, Mugwort | Artemesia vulgaris L. |
Creeping Butter-cup | Ranunculus repens L. |
Creeping Jenny, moneywort | Lysimachia nummularia |
Creeping smartweed | Persicaria longiseta (Bruijn) Kitagawa (Polygonum caespitosum var. longiseta) |
Creeping thistle, Californian thistle, Canada thistle, field thistle | Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. (C. setosum, C. incanum, Carduus arvensis, Serratula arvensis & all varieties of C. arvense) |
Crowdipper, green dragon | Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) Makino ex Breitenbach |
Crownvetch | Coronilla varia (Securigera varia) |
Cup plant | Silphium perfoliatum L. var. perfoliatum |
Curly pondweed | Potamogeton crispus L. |
Cutleaf Evergreen Blackberry, Evergreen blackberry | Rubus laciniatus |
Cut-leaf teasel | Dipsacus laciniatus L. |
Cypress spurge | Euphorbia cyparissias |
Dame’s rocket | Hesperis matronalis |
English ivy | Hedera helix |
Eurasian water-milfoil | Myriophyllum spicatum L. |
European alder, black alder | Alnus glutinosa |
European bird cherry | Prunus padus L. |
European cranberry bush, Guelder rose | Viburnum opulus L. var. opulus |
European Fly Honeysuckle | Lonicera xylosteum |
European privet | Ligustrum vulgare |
European speedwell | Veronica beccabunga L. |
European spindletree | Euonymus europaeus L. |
European swallow-wort | Cynanchum rossicum |
European water-fern | Marsilea quadrifolia |
False spiraea | Sorbaria sorbifolia (L.) A. Braun |
Five-fingered (or fiveleaf) aralia | Acanthopanax sieboldianus Makino) |
Five-leaved Aralia | Eleutherococcus pentaphyllus (Siebold & Zucc.) Nakai (Synonyms: Eleutherococcus seiboldianus (Makino) Koidzumi; |
Floating primrose-willow | Ludwigia peploides (Kunth) Raven ssp. glabrescens (Kuntze) Raven |
flowering-rush | Butomus umbellatus L. |
Frogbit | Hydrocharis morsus-ranae L. |
Garden loosestrife, garden yellow loostrife | Lysimachia vulgaris |
Garlic mustard | Alliaria petiolata |
Giant hogweed | Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier |
Glossy buckthorn, smooth buckthorn | Frangula alnus |
Goose-neck loosestrife | Lysimachia clethroides Duby Planchon |
Great hairy willow-herb, codlins & cream | Epilobium hirsutum L. |
Great yellowcress, water yellowcress | Rorippa amphibia L. Besser (Nasturtium amphibium L. W.T. Ait.) |
Grecian foxglove | Digitalis lanata Ehrh. |
Hair fescue | Festuca filiformis Pourret |
Himalayan blackberry | Rubus bifrons Vest. ex Tratt. (R. armeniacus Focke; R. discolor Weihe & Nees, R. fruticosus exclusive of its type as per USDA |
Japanese angelica tree | Aralia elata |
Japanese barberry | Berberis thunbergii (incl. B. ottowensis) |
Japanese black pine | Pinus thunbergii |
Japanese Chaff Flower | Achyranthes japonica (Miq.) Nakai (syn. Achyranthes bidentata var. japonica Miq.) |
Japanese holly | Ilex crenata Thunb. |
Japanese Honeysuckle | Lonicera japonica Thunberg |
Japanese hops | Humulus japonicus Sieb. & Zucc. |
Japanese knotweed, giant knotweed | Fallopia japonica (Hout.) Dcne. var. japonica, F. sachalinensis, F. xbohemica(Polygonum cuspidatum, P. sachalinense, P. xboehmicum) |
Japanese maple | Acer palmatum Thunb. |
Japanese sedge/largehead sedge | Carex kobomugi/C. macrocephala |
Japanese Silver Grass | Miscanthus sacchariflorus (Maxim.) Hack. |
Japanese spiraea | Spiraea japonica |
Japanese stiltgrass, Eulalia, Nepalese browntop | Microstegium vimineum |
Japanese tree lilac | Syringa reticulata (Blume) H.Hara[(=S. amurensis (Rupr.) Rupr.; including S. pekinensis Rupr.] |
Japanese virgin’s-bower | Clematis terniflora |
Jetbead | Rhodotypos scandens |
Jimsonweed, common thorn apple, Jamestown weed, purple thorn apple | Datura stramonium L. |
Kentucky bluegrass | Poa pratensis L. |
Killer alga | Caulerpa taxifolia |
Kudzu | Pueraria montana |
Large gray willow, European gray willow, Gray florist’s willow | Salix atrocinerea/cinerea |
Leafy spurge | Euphorbia esula |
Leporinum barley; Hare barley | Hordeum murinum L. ssp. leporinum (Link) Arcang. |
Lesser celandine, fig buttercup | Ranunculus ficaria |
Linden arrowwood | Viburnum dilatatum Thunb. |
Marsh dewflower, wart-removing herb | Murdannia keisak (Hassk.) Hand.-Maz. |
Marsh thistle, European swamp thistle | Cirsium palustre (L.) Scop (Carduus palustris) |
Mexican summer-cypress, burning bush | Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrad. (Bassia scoparia (L.) A.J.Scott). |
Mile-a-minute | Persicaria perfoliata |
Morrow’s honeysuckle, Tartarian honeysuckle, Fly honeysuckle | Lonicera morrowii LOMO2, L. tatarica LOTA, L. xbella LOBE |
Mudmats | Glossostigma cleistanthum (previously reported as G. diandrum) |
Multiflora rose | Rosa multiflora |
Narrowleaf bittercress | Cardamine impatiens L. |
Nepal smartweed | Persicaria nepalensis (Meisn.) H. Gross (=Polygonum nepalense Meisn.) |
Norway maple | Acer platanoides |
Orange daylily | Hemerocallis fulva (L.) |
Orange-eye butterfly bush | Buddleja davidii Franch. |
Oriental bittersweet | Celastrus orbiculatus |
Ornamental jewelweed | Impatiens glandulifera |
Parrot-feather | Myriophyllum aquaticum (Vellozo) Verdcourt |
Pond water-starwort | Callitriche stagnalis Scop. |
Porcelain berry | Amelopsis brevipedunculata |
Princess-tree | Paulownia tomentosa |
Professor-weed, common milkpea, goat’s-rue | Galega officinalis |
Purple foxglove | Digitalis purpurea L |
Purple Loosestrife | Lythrum salicaria L. |
Purpletop vervain | Verbena bonariensis L. var. bonariensis |
Redtop, black bentgrass | Agrostis gigantea Roth |
Reed canarygrass | Phalaris arundinacea |
Roundleaf chastetree, beach vitex, chasteberry, monk’s pepper | Vitex rotundifolia L.F. |
Rugosa rose, Japanese rose, beach rose | Rosa rugosa |
Russian olive | Elaeagnus angustifolia |
Sacred lotus | Nelumbo nucifera |
Sheep sorrel | Rumex acetosella |
Shrub lespedeza, bicolor lespdeza, shrubby bush clover | Lespedeza bicolor Turcz. |
Siberian elm | Ulmus pumila L. |
Siberian peashrub | Caragana arborescens Lam. |
Siebold’s arrow-wood, Sielbold’s viburnum | Viburnum sieboldii |
Silktree, mimosa | Albizia julibrissin Durazz. |
Slender cottonweed | Froelichia gracilis (Hook.) Moq. |
Slender falsebrome | Brachypodium sylvaticum (Huds.) P. Beauv. ssp. sylvaticum |
Small carpgrass | Arthraxon hispidus |
Sour Cherry | Prunus cerasus L. |
Spotted knapweed, spotted star-thistle | Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos s.l. (including C. biebersteinii, C. diffusa, C. maculosa misapplied, C. xpsammogena) |
Spotted loosestrife | Lysimachia punctata L. |
Sweet bedstraw | Galium odoratum L. Scop. (Asperula odorata L.) |
Sweet cherry | Prunus avium L. |
Sycamore maple | Acer pseudoplatanus |
Tall Fescue, Kentucky Fescue, Reed Fescue, Coarse Fescue, Alta Fescue | Schedonorus phoenix (Scop.) |
Tall glyceria, English watergrass, reed mannagrass | Glyceria maxima (Hartm.) Holb. |
Tansy-ragwort | Senecio jacobaea L. |
Tea viburnum | Viburnum setigerum |
Timothy | Phleum pratense |
Trailing nightshade, bittersweet nightshade, climbing nightshade | Solanum dulcamara L. var. dulcamara |
Tree of heaven | Ailanthus altissima (Miller) Swingle |
True forget-me-not | Myosotis scorpioides L. |
Uruguayan Primrose-willow | Ludwigia grandiflora (Michx.) Greuter & Burdet ssp. hexapetala (Hook. & Arn.) G.L. Nesom & Kartesz |
Variable flatsedge | Cyperus difformis L. |
water chestnut, water caltrop | Trapa natans L. |
Water fern | Salvinia molesta |
Water lettuce | Pistia stratiotes L. |
Water soldiers | Stratiotes aloides L. |
Watercress | Nasturtium officinale R. Br. ex Ait. (Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum(Linnaeus) Hayek, Sched. |
Waterthyme | Hydrilla verticillata |
Wavyleaf basketgrass, bristle basketgrass | Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) Beauv. subsp. undulatifolius (Ard.) U. Scholz |
Wayfaring-tree | Viburnum lantana L. |
Weeping lovegrass | Eragrostis curvula |
White mulberry | Morus alba |
White poplar | Populus alba |
Wild chervil | Anthriscus sylvestris (L.) Hoffm. |
Wineberry | Rubus phoenicolasius |
Winged burning bush, winged euonymus | Euonymus alatus |
Winter creeper | Euonymus fortunei |
Yellow floating heart | Nymphoides peltata |
Yellow groove bamboo [grove is a misspelling] and golden bamboo | Phyllostachys aureosulcata McClure and P. aurea Carrière ex A. Rivière and C. Rivière) |
Yellow hornpoppy | Glaucium flavum Crantz |
Yellow flag iris | Iris pseudacorus |