Morrisville UDO Administrative Manual - February 2020

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 Euonymus fortunei (Turcz.) Hand. - Mazz

COMMON NAME

Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle

Tree of Heaven

Winter creeper

Ajuga reptans L.

Bugleweed

Fatoua villosa (Thunb.) Nakai

Hairy crabweed

Albizia julibrissin Durz.

Mimosa

Festuca pratensis Huds.

Meadow fescue

Ficaria verna ssp. ficariiformis (F.W. Schultz) B. Walln. (=Ranunculus ficaria)

Alliaria petiolata (Bieb.) Cavara & Grande

Garlic-mustard

Lesser Celandine

Allium vineale L.

Field garlic

Glechoma hederacea L.

Gill-over-the-ground, ground ivy

Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb. Ampelopsis brevipedunculata (Maxim.) Trautv.

Alligator weed

Hedera helix L.

English ivy

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

Bicolor lespedeza, shrubby bushclover

Bromus japonicus Thunb. ex Murray

Japanese bromegrass

Lespedeza bicolor Turcz.

Lespedeza cuneata (Dum.-Cours.) G. Don

Bromus secalinus L.

Rye brome

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

Lonicera ×bella [morrowii × tatarica] Lonicera fragrantissima Lindl. & Paxton

Cardiospermum halicacabum L.

Balloon-vine

Hybrid Bush Honeysuckle

Cayratia japonica (Thunb. ex Murray) Gagnep.

Bushkiller

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

Ludwigia uruguayensis (Camb.) Hara Lygodium japonicum (Thunb. ex Murr.) Sw.

Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten.

Bull thistle

Creeping water primrose

Clematis terniflora DC (=C. dioscoreifolia)

Leatherleaf clematis

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

Brazilian elodea, Brazilian water- weed

Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus

Egeria densa Planch.

Japanese stilt-grass

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