Description: Black swallow wort is a perennial vine with a single non-branching stem reaching lengths of 6 feet. Dark green leaves grow oppositely on the…
Month: September 2015
Description: Japanese Hops is a herbaceous usually annual vine. Leaves are heart-shaped, palmately 5-lobed.Green flowers bloom mid to late summer. Male and female flowers appear on…
Description: Tree of heaven is a rapidly growing deciduous tree reaching heights of up to 80 feet. It can be mistaken for sumac when young,…
Description: Multiflora rose is a thorny shrub with arching stems. It produces clusters of pale white flowers in late spring. A key feature for identification…
Asian bush honeysuckles (Lonicera maackii, L. morrowii, L. tatarica, L. x bella)
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Description: Honeysuckles are deciduous shrubs ranging from 6-15 feet tall at maturity. Shrubs leaf out early in spring, typically before native trees and shrubs. Several…
Description: Multi-stemmed deciduous to evergreen shrubs sometimes form small to medium sized trees. Leaves are up to 2 inches long and are shiny green above,…
Description: Woody shrubs can grow to trees reaching 20 feet tall. Distinctive yellow sapwood with pink/orange heartwood. Grey/brown bark with light lenticels giving bark a…
Description: Woody shrubs can grow to trees reaching 20 feet tall. Distinctive yellow sapwood with pink/orange heartwood. Grey/brown bark with light lenticels giving bark a…
Description: Deciduous spiny shrub 2-8 feet tall with green to red (in some variants) oval shaped leaves. Flowers are pale yellow and yield glossy bright…
Mechanical Control Mechanical control includes any physical means of removing or destroying the invasive plants. Mechanical control methods alone are rarely enough to completely control…