Resource Database

Resource Number: 25577

Title: Invasive Plants of Concern to Georgia

Publisher: UGA Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources

Description: These plants have been shown to significantly alter the ecosystems they invade. By dominating these areas, they disrupt the food chain, impact hydrology/waterways, reduce recreational usability, reduce yields in working forests, and farms, create safety issues, and negatively impact these ecosystems in many other ways.

Last Updated: August 2, 2021

Contributors:

Domain(s)/Area(S):

• Forestry
  • Invasive Plants
• Natural Resources
  • Weeds

Locations:

Subject
kudzu  (Pueraria montana var. lobata)
cogongrass  (Imperata cylindrica)
alligatorweed  (Alternanthera philoxeroides)
tree-of-heaven  (Ailanthus altissima)
mimosa  (Albizia julibrissin)
common water hyacinth  (Eichhornia crassipes)
autumn olive  (Elaeagnus umbellata)
Russian olive  (Elaeagnus angustifolia)
English ivy  (Hedera helix)
hydrilla  (Hydrilla verticillata)
shrubby lespedeza  (Lespedeza bicolor)
sericea lespedeza  (Lespedeza cuneata)
Chinese privet  (Ligustrum sinense)
European privet  (Ligustrum vulgare)
Japanese honeysuckle  (Lonicera japonica)
Japanese climbing fern  (Lygodium japonicum)
chinaberry  (Melia azedarach)
Japanese stiltgrass  (Microstegium vimineum)
marsh dayflower  (Murdannia keisak)
Chinese tallowtree  (Triadica sebifera)
Japanese wisteria  (Wisteria floribunda)
Chinese wisteria  (Wisteria sinensis)
thorny olive  (Elaeagnus pungens)
coco yam, wild taro  (Colocasia esculenta)
Callery pear (Bradford pear)  (Pyrus calleryana)
wisterias  (Wisteria spp.)
Japanese knotweed  (Reynoutria japonica)
trifoliate orange  (Citrus trifoliata)
Wisteria floribunda x sinensis hybrid  (Wisteria x formosa)