Invasive Species
Estimates on the number of invasive species existing in the United States reach the 4,000 range1 . Here, we provide you with fact sheets on some of the more common plants land managers face throughout the nation. Each sheet describes how best to control the plant, timing, equipment to use, rates and other tips.
Fact Sheets
Akebia, fiveleaf (182KB PDF)
Autumn and Russian olive (188KB PDF)
Black/Honey locust (704KB PDF)
Buckthorn (733KB PDF)
Bush Honeysuckle (702KB PDF)
Cattails (278KB PDF)
Chinese tallowtree (724KB PDF)
Cogongrass (724KB PDF)
Common reed (206KB PDF)
Exotic climbing yam (146KB PDF)
Garlic mustard (117KB PDF)
Giant hogweed (542KB PDF)
Golden bamboo (128KB PDF)
Himalayan blackberry (267KB PDF)
Japanese climbing fern (304KB PDF)
Japanese honeysuckle (134KB PDF)
Japanese knotweed (114KB PDF)
Japanese stilt grass (461KB PDF)
Johnsongrass (170KB PDF)
Kochia (696KB PDF)
Kudzu (732KB PDF)
Mile-a-minute weed (177KB PDF)
Mimosa or silk tree (255KB PDF)
Multiflora rose (412KB PDF)
Old World climbing fern (95KB PDF)
Oriental bittersweet (347KB PDF)
Privet (663KB PDF)
Purple loosestrife (500KB PDF)
Reed canary grass (124KB PDF)
Royal Paulownia (207KB PDF)
Saltcedar (424KB PDF)
Scotch broom (461KB PDF)
Sericea or shrubby lespedeza (136KB PDF)
Spotted and Russian knapweed (320KB PDF)
Tall fescue (304KB PDF)
Thistle (musk, Canada and bull) (392KB PDF)
Tree of heaven (108KB PDF)
Tropical soda apple (192KB PDF)
Water hyacinth (312KB PDF)
Wisteria (211KB PDF)