Invasive & Non-Native Plants in Alabama
These non-native plants are among the most commonly recorded spreading in Alabama. Many crowd out the plants local wildlife depends on. The good news: there's a native you can plant instead.
Chinese privet
2,200 sightingsLigustrum sinense · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Alabama native that fits the same spot.
White clover
2,195 sightingsTrifolium repens · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Carolina clover, Buffalo clover, Whitetip clover (native Trifolium)
Japanese honeysuckle
1,833 sightingsLonicera japonica · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Trumpet honeysuckle, Yellow honeysuckle, Limber honeysuckle (native Lonicera)
Silktree
1,688 sightingsAlbizia julibrissin · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Alabama native that fits the same spot.
Kudzu
1,533 sightingsPueraria montana · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Alabama native that fits the same spot.
Chinese tallow
1,524 sightingsTriadica sebifera · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Alabama native that fits the same spot.
Henbit deadnettle
1,516 sightingsLamium amplexicaule · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Alabama native that fits the same spot.
Sacred bamboo
1,442 sightingsNandina domestica · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Alabama native that fits the same spot.
Japanese climbing fern
1,350 sightingsLygodium japonicum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: American climbing fern (native Lygodium)
Blue fieldmadder
1,282 sightingsSherardia arvensis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Alabama native that fits the same spot.
Field clover
935 sightingsTrifolium campestre · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Carolina clover, Buffalo clover, Whitetip clover (native Trifolium)
Narrowleaf plantain
897 sightingsPlantago lanceolata · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Prairie plantain, Virginia plantain, Largebracted plantain (native Plantago)
Crimson clover
888 sightingsTrifolium incarnatum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Carolina clover, Buffalo clover, Whitetip clover (native Trifolium)
Purple deadnettle
722 sightingsLamium purpureum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Alabama native that fits the same spot.
Garden vetch
720 sightingsVicia sativa · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Carolina vetch, Pygmyflower vetch, Louisiana vetch (native Vicia)