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Exotic Invasive Vegetation ID Guide. Table of Contents. Grass Japanese stilt grass (Microstegium Vimineum) Vines Multiflora rose ( Rosa Multiflora) English ivy ( Hedera helix) Japanese honeysuckle ( Lonicera japonica) Kudzu ( Pueria montana) Shrubs Autumn olive ( Elaeagnus umbellata)
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Table of Contents • Grass • Japanese stilt grass (Microstegium Vimineum) • Vines • Multiflora rose (Rosa Multiflora) • English ivy (Hedera helix) • Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) • Kudzu (Pueria montana) • Shrubs • Autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) • Japanese privet (Ligustrum japonica) • Trees • Paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa) • Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana)
Common: Japanese stilt grass Scientific: Microstegium vimineum MIVI • Grass stem is ½-3.5 ft tall • Alternate leaf arrangement • Leaf is pale green with off-center middle vein
Common: Multiflora roseScientific:Rosa multiflora ROMU • Alternate leaf arrangements (one leaf with 5 leaflets in picture) • 5-11 leaflets per leaf • Leaf edges serrated • White flowers with 5 petals bloom in early summer • Thorn-like prickles on stems • Long arching stems, can be vine-like
Common: English ivyScientific: Hedera helix HEHE • Evergreen vine • Leaves are dark-green with light green veins (palmate arrangement) • Leaf shape is lobed with heart-shaped base
Common: Japanese honeysuckleScientific: Lonicera japonica LOJA • Evergreen/Semi-evergreen vine • Opposite leaf arrangement • Leaves are 1-2.5 inches long • Leaf and stem is pubescent
Common: KudzuScientific: Pueria montana PUMO • Deciduous vine • Leaves are alternate, compound with usually 3 leaflets • Leaflets are usually lobed • Leaves and stems are pubescent
Common: Autumn oliveScientific: Elaeagnus umbellata ELUM • Deciduous shrub • 3-20ft in height • Alternate leaf arrangement • Leaf has silvery, dotted underside • Leaf edges are usually wavy
Common: Japanese privetScientific: Ligustrum japonica LIJA • Evergreen • Opposite leaf arrangement • Leaves are leathery, oval with rounded base. • Leaf tip is tapering often with a sharp tip. • Leaves are two to four inches long and 1 to 2 inches wide. • Leaf margins entire and often yellowish rimmed. • Twigs hairless and pale green becoming brownish to reddish tinged.
Common: PaulowniaScientific: Paulownia tomentosa PATO • Deciduous tree up to 60 ft tall • Leaves are opposite, 6in-1ft long • Leaves are heart shaped and pubescent on underside
Common: Callery pearScientific:Pyrus calleryana PYCA • Deciduous tree up to 40 ft tall • Leaves are alternate, 2-3 inches long • Leaves are waxy with a wavy, slightly-toothed margins
The University of Georgia, USDA APHIS PPQ and USDA Forest Service Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team. (2003). Invasive Plants of the Eastern United States: Identification and Control. Retrieved Apr., 2009, from http://dnr.state.il.us/Stewardship/cd/index.html • The University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health. (2009). Invasive.org: Invasive and Exotic Species to North America. Retrieved Apr., 2009, from http://www.invasive.org/