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Invasive Plant
Identification
for Regional Mapping
Statewide Eyes Training
for Eastern Maryland Kerrie L. Kyde
Invasive Plant Ecologist
MD DNR Natural Heritage Program
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• Tree of heaven
• Empress tree
• Callery pear
Ailanthus altissima
Paulownia tomentosa
Pyrus calleryana
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staghorn and
shining sumac
Tree of heaven
Rhus typhina
Rhus copallinum
Paulownia tomentosa
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http//biology.missouristate.edu_herbarium
Empress tree
Catalpa speciosa
Fruit
Leaves
Northern catalpa
Paulownia tomentosa
Flowers
Bark
Steve Sieberling, UNC Herbarium
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Pyrus calleryana
Callery pear
Shrubs
Elaeagnus umbellata
Ligustrum spp. IPAC T2
Lonicera spp. IPAC T1 (Amur)
Rosa multiflora
• Autumn olive
• Privet species
• Shrub honeysuckles
• Multiflora rose
Autumn olive
Elaeagnus umbellata
Ligustrum obtusifolium
Border privet
L. sinense Chinese privet
L. vulgare Common privet
Privet
Ronald Billings, Texas A&M Forest Service, Bugwood.org
Photo by Pancrat, Creative Commons
Nava Tabal, IPANE, Bugwood.org
L. vulgare
James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, www. Forestryimages.org
Leslie J. Mehrhoff, Univ of Conn., Bugwood.org
L. obtusifolium
Chris Evans, Univ of Illinois, bugwood.org
L. sinense
Robert Vidéki, Doronicum Kft, Bugwood.org
IPAC Tier 2
Lonicera spp.
Shrub honeysuckle IPAC Tier 1 (proposed): Amur honeysuckle
Rosa multiflora
Stipules
Multiflora rose
Vines
• Porcelainberry Ampelopsis brevipedunculata
• Oriental bittersweet Celastrus orbiculatus
• English and Irish ivy Hedera helix, H. hibernica
• Japanese honeysuckle Lonicera japonica
• Kudzu Pueraria montana var. lobata
• Wisteria species Wisteria floribunda, sinensis, hybrid IPAC Tier 2
Woody
Herbaceous
• Japanese hop Humulus japonicus • Mile-a-minute weed Persicaria perfoliata
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Ampelopsis brevipedunculata
Oriental bittersweet
Celastrus orbiculatus
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Hedera helix, H. hibernica
H. hibernica H. helix
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Japanese honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica
Ted Bodner, SWSS, www.forestryimages.org
David J. Moorhead, Univ. of Georgia, www.forestryimages.org
James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, www.forestryimages.org Kudzu
Pueraria montana var. lobata
Wisteria floribunda, sinensis, x formosa
Wisteria
IPAC Tier 2
Humulus japonicus
Native lookalike
Virginia creeper
Japanese hop
Persicaria perfoliata
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Mile-a-minute
Native lookalike
Halberd-leaved tearthumb
Polygonum arifolium
Herbs & Grasses
Alliaria petiolata
Fallopia japonica
Lythrum salicaria
Microstegium vimineum
Phyllostachys aurea
Perilla frutescens
Phragmites australis
• Garlic mustard
• Japanese knotweed
• Purple loosestrife
• Japanese stilt grass
• Golden bamboo
• Beefsteak plant
• Common reed
Alliaria petiolata
Native violet
Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of CT, Bugwood.org
Britt Slattery, US Fish and Wildlife, Bugwood.org
Garlic mustard
Japanese knotweed
Fallopia japonica
Left to right: leaves of F. sachalinensis, x bohemica and japonica
Armin Jagel, Bochum Botanical Club
Lythrum salicaria
Purple loosestrife
Microstegium vimineum
Japanese stilt grass
Phyllostachys spp
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Bamboo
Perilla frutescens
Beefsteak plant
Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org
Phragmites australis
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Common reed
Aquatics
Hydrilla verticillata
Iris pseudacorus IPAC Tier 1
Murdannia keisak
Myriophyllum aquaticum
Myriophyllum spicatum
• Hydrilla
• Yellow flag iris
• Marsh dewflower
• Parrot-feather
• Eurasian watermilfoil
Hydrilla verticillata
Hydrilla
Mike Naylor, MD DNR
Vic Ramey,
Univ of Florida
Drawing courtesy of IFAS
Center for Aquatic Plants
Nancy Loewenstein,
Auburn University,
Bugwood.org
Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of
Connecticut, Bugwood.org
Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org
Iris pseudacorus
Yellow flag
IPAC Tier 1
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Auburn University,
Bugwood.org
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Murdannia keisak
Marsh dewflower
Native Commelina virginica
By Jim Stasz, hosted by
USDA-NRCS Plants
Database
Myriophyllum aquaticum and spicatum
Parrot feather Eurasian watermilfoil
All other images from
Maryland DNR
Drawing and image below courtesy
of IFAS at http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/
Kerrie L. Kyde
Invasive Plant Ecologist
MD DNR Natural Heritage Program
301/948-8243
THANK YOU!