Exotic herbaceous plants

Avoid these in landscaping
and control along woodland edges

Aegopodium podagraria
goutweed

Alliaria petiolat
garlic mustard

Artemisia vulgaris
mugwort

Centaurea maculosa
spotted knapweed

Chelidonium majus
greater celandine

Cirsium arvense
Canada thistle

Cirsium vulgare
bull thistle

Conium maculatum
poison hemlock

Convolvulus sepium
common bindweed

Coronilla varia
crown vetch

Dipsacus laciniatus
cut-leaf teasel

Dipsacus sylvestris
common teasel

Duchesnea indica
Indian strawberry

Epilobium hirsutum
hairy willow-herb

Euphorbia cyparissias
cypress spurge

Galium odoratum
sweet woodruff

Hedera helix
English ivy

Hemerocallis fulva
day lily

Iris pseudacorus
yellow flag iris

Lythrum salicaria
purple loosestrife

Melilotus alba
white sweet clover

Onithogalum umbellatum
Bethlehem-bells

Pachysandra terminalis
pachysandra

Phalaris arundinacea
reed canary grass

Phragmites australis
giant reed grass

Polygonum cuspidatum
Japanese knotweed

Ranunculus ficaria
lesser celandine

Saponaria officinalis
bouncing bet

Typha angustifolia
narrow-leaved cattail

Typha x glauca
hybrid cattail

Vinca minor
Myrtle

Source: James Bissell, Robert Bartolotta, and Beverly Danielson of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History

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Exotic species and the 100-acre woods
Exotic herbaceous plants
Exotic trees, shrubs, and vines

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