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Invasives of Concern: For Ames/ College Creek: Common Name Scientific Name Invasiveness Category Problem Invasive: Trees
Invasives of Concern: For Ames/ College Creek: Common Name Scientific Name Invasiveness Category Problem Invasive: Trees
KEY
1 ‐Major Invader of natural areas (Elizabeth J. Czrapata, Invasive plants of the upper Midwest)
2 ‐ Lesser invader of natural areas
3 ‐ Likely to become a major invader
DO NOT PLANT! Commonly Purchasable Invasive Plants
Noxious in IA: Legally, a noxious weed is any plant designated by a Federal, State or
county government as injurious to public health, agriculture, recreation, wildlife or
property. (Sheley, Petroff, and Borman,1999)
Invasiveness
Common Name Scientific Name Category Problem
Invasive: Trees
Amur Maple Acer ginnala 2
Norway Maple Acer platinoides 2
Tree‐of‐Heaven Ailanthus altissima 2
Russian Olive Elaeagnus angustifolia 2 re‐seeds profusely, spread by birds
Invasive: Shrubs, vines
Black Alder Alnus glutinosa 2
Japanese Barberry Berberis thunbergii 2
Siberian Peashrub Caragana arborenscens 2
Roundleaved/ Oriental Bittersweet Celastrus orbiculatus 1
Sandbar Willow Salix sessilifolia 2
Japanese Spiraea spiraea japonica 2
Salt cedar Tamarix ramosissima 3
Poison Ivy Toxicodendron radicans
Prickly Ash Xanthoxylem americanum aggressive
Invasive Perennial plants, vines
Velvetleaf Abutilon theophrasti Noxious in IA
Russian knapweed Acroptilon repens Noxious in IA, 2 rhizomatous
Porcelain Berry Ampelopsis brevipedunculata 3
Wild Chervil Anthriscus sylvestris 3
Burdock Arctium minu, A.vulgare
Hoary Alyssum Berteroa incana 2
Shepherd's Purse Capsella bursa‐pastoris
White Top, Pepper Grass Cardaria draba Noxious in IA
Centaurea maculosa, C.jacea,
Spotted, Brown, Diffuse Knapweed C. diffusa 1 re‐seeds profusely
Chrysanthemum
Ox‐eye Daisy, Shasta Daisy leucanthemum 2 re‐seeds profusely, rhizomatous
Orange Hawkweed Hieracium aurantiacum 2
Prickly Lettuce Lacutuca serriola
Lespedeza cuneata, syn L.
Lespedeza serice, L. bicolor 2,3
Toadflax, Butter and Eggs Linaria vulgaris, L. dalmatica 2
re‐seeds, rhizomatous, above
Birds foot Tree foil Lotus corniculatis 1 ground runners
Invasive: Grasses
Creeping Bentgrass Agrostis stolonifera 2 rhizomatous