List of invasive plant species in West Virginia

Numerous plants have been introduced to West Virginia in the United States, and many of them have become invasive species.

Invasive plants

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 mustad
 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

See also

References
  • Venable, N. J.; West Virginia University Extension Service (1988), Selected Trees and Shrubs of West Virginia (PDF), West Virginia University Extension Service, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-12, retrieved 2013-01-10
  • West Virginia Department of Agriculture, Trees of West Virginia Farms and Woodlots (PDF), West Virginia Department of Agriculture, retrieved 2013-01-10
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