Administrative Manual January 2025

Part 4. Appendices 4.3 Plant Lists

4.3.5 Prohibited Plants Plants included in Table 4.3.5: Prohibited Plants are a compilation of several vetted and continuously updated lists developed by multiple state agencies and plant experts (see references in Section 4.2.1.A, Plant List Sources). The plants included these tables have demonstrated some level of risk to habitat value, biological diversity, or native species. Table 4.3.5: Prohibited Plants SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle Tree of Heaven Euonymus fortunei (Turcz.) Hand. - Mazz Winter creeper Ajuga reptans L. Bugleweed Fatoua villosa (Thunb.) Nakai Hairy crabweed Albizia julibrissin Durz. Mimosa Festuca pratensis Huds. Meadow fescue Alliaria petiolata (Bieb.) Cavara & Grande Garlic-mustard Ficaria verna ssp. ficariiformis (F.W. Schultz) B. Walln. (=Ranunculus ficaria) Lesser Celandine Allium vineale L. Field garlic Glechoma hederacea L. Gill-over-the-ground, ground ivy Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb. Alligator weed Hedera helix L. English ivy Ampelopsis brevipedunculata (Maxim.) Trautv. Porcelain-berry Humulus japonicus Japanese Hops Artemisia vulgaris L. Mugwort, common wormwood Hydrilla verticillata (L.f.) Royle Hydrilla Arthraxon hispidus (Thunb.) Makino Hairy jointgrass Ipomoea quamoclit L. Cypressvine morningglory Arundo donax L. Giant reed Kummerowia stipulacea (Maxim.) Makino Korean clover Baccharis halimifolia L. (*) Silverling, groundsel tree Kummerowia striata (Thunb.) Schindl Japanese clover Berberis thunbergii DC Japanese barberry Lamiastrum galeobdolon Yellow Archangel Bromus catharticus Vahl Bromegrass, rescue grass Lamium purpureum L. Henbit Bromus commutatus Schrad. Meadow brome Lespedeza bicolor Bicolor lespedeza Bromus japonicus Thunb. ex Murray Japanese bromegrass Lespedeza bicolor Turcz. Bicolor lespedeza, shrubby bushclover Bromus secalinus L. Rye brome Lespedeza cuneata (Dum.-Cours.) G. Don Sericea lespedeza Bromus tectorum L. Thatch bromegrass, cheat grass Ligustrum japonicum Thunb. Japanese privet Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L’Her. ex Vent. Paper mulberry Ligustrum sinense Lour. Chinese privet Buddleia davidii Franch Butterfly bush Ligustrum vulgare L. Common privet Cardiospermum halicacabum L. Balloon-vine Lonicera ×bella [morrowii × tatarica] Hybrid Bush Honeysuckle Cayratia japonica (Thunb. ex Murray) Gagnep. Bushkiller Lonicera fragrantissima Lindl. & Paxton Fragrant honeysuckle Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb. Asian bittersweet Lonicera japonica Thunb. Japanese honeysuckle Centaurea biebersteinii DC Spotted knapweed Lonicera maackii (Rupr.) Maxim. Amur bush honeysuckle Chicorium intybus L. Chicory Lonicera morrowii A. Gray Morrow’s bush honeysuckle Chrysanthemum leucanthemum L. Ox-eye daisy Lonicera standishii Jaques Standish's Honeysuckle Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten. Bull thistle Ludwigia uruguayensis (Camb.) Hara Creeping water primrose Clematis terniflora DC (=C. dioscoreifolia) Leatherleaf clematis Lygodium japonicum (Thunb. ex Murr.) Sw. Japanese climbing fern Conium maculatum L. Poison hemlock Lysimachia nummularia L. Moneywort, creeping Jenny Coronilla varia L. Crown vetch Lythrum salicaria L. Purple loosestrife Daucus carota L. Wild carrot, Queen Anne’s-lace Mahonia bealei (Fortune) Carriere Leatherleaf Mahonia Dioscorea oppositifolia L. Air-potato Melilotus albus Medik. White sweet clover Dipsacus fullonum L. Fuller’s teasle Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. Yellow sweet clover

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