Morrisville UDO Administrative Manual - May 2020

Part 4. Appendices 4.3 Plant Lists

Brazilian elodea, Brazilian water- weed

Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus

Egeria densa Planch.

Japanese stilt-grass

Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms

Water-hyacinth

Miscanthus sinensis Andersson

Chinese silver grass

Elaeagnus angustifolia L.

Russian olive

Morus alba L.

White mulberry

Murdannia keisak (Hassk.) Hand.- Mazz. Myriophyllum aquaticum (Vell.) Verdc.

Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb.

Autumn olive

Asian spiderwort

Euonymus alata (Thunb.) Sieb.

Burning bush

Parrotfeather

Myriophyllum spicatum Komarov

Eurasian watermilfoil

Rubus phoenicolasius Maxim.

Wineberry

Najas minor All.

Brittle naiad

Salvinia molesta Mitchell

Aquarium water-moss

Nandina domestica Thunb.

Nandina

Senecio vulgaris L.

Ragwort

Pastinaca sativa L.

Wild parsnip

Setaria faberi R.A.W. Herrm.

Nodding foxtail-grass

Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Sieb.&Zucc. ex Steud.

Princess tree

Solanum viarum Dunal

Tropical soda apple

Perilla frutescens (L.) Britt.

Beefsteak plant

Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.

Johnson grass

Persicaria longiseta (de Bruijn) Moldenke (=Polygonum caespitosum Blume) Persicaria maculata (Rafinesque) S.F. Gray (=Polygonum persicaria L.) Persicaria perfoliata (Linnaeus) H. Gross (=Polygonum perfoliatum L.) Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ssp. australis

Oriental ladies-thumb

Spiraea japonica L.f.

Japanese spiraea

Lady’s thumb

Stellaria media (L.) Vill.

Common chickweed

Mile-a-minute vine

Triadica sebifera (L.) Small

Chinese tallow tree

Common reed

Tussilago farfara L.

Coltsfoot

Phyllostachys spp.

Exotic bamboo

Veronica hederifolia L.

Ivyleaf speedwell

Polygonum cuspidatum Seib. & Zucc.

Japanese knotweed

Vicia sativa L.

Garden vetch

Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf.

Hardy-Orange

Vinca major L.

Bigleaf periwinkle

Populus alba L.

White poplar

Vinca minor L.

Common periwinkle

Pseudosasa japonica (Sieb. & Zucc. ex Steud.) Makino ex Nakai

Arrow bamboo

Vitex rotundifolia L.f.

Beach vitex

Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr.

Kudzu

Wisteria floribunda (Willd.) DC

Japanese wisteria

Pyrus calleryana Decne.

Bradford pear

Wisteria sinensis (Sims) DC

Chinese wisteria

Rhodotypos scandens (Thunb.)

Makino jetbead

Xanthium strumarium L.

Common cocklebur

Rosa multiflora Thunb.

Multiflora rose

Youngia japonica (L.) DC.

Oriental false hawksbeard

Plant List Sources

• NCDOT Invasive Exotic Plants of North Carolina

• https://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/Environmental/Compliance%20Guides%20and%20Procedures/In vasive_Exotic_Plants_Manual_May_2012.pdf

• NC Native Plant Society Invasive Exotic Species List

• https://ncwildflower.org/plant_galleries/invasives_list

• Credits from NC Native Plant Society list: Compiled by Misty Franklin Buchanan with review and input from biologists in the following agencies: NC Natural Heritage Program, NC DENR Aquatic Weed Control Program, NC Exotic Pest Plant Council, US Fish &Wildlife Service, The Nature Conservancy, NC Zoo, NC Botanical Garden, and UNC Herbarium.

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