Invasive & Non-Native Plants in Arkansas
These non-native plants are among the most commonly recorded spreading in Arkansas. Many crowd out the plants local wildlife depends on. The good news: there's a native you can plant instead.
Chinese privet
1,747 sightingsLigustrum sinense · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Arkansas native that fits the same spot.
Japanese honeysuckle
1,548 sightingsLonicera japonica · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Trumpet honeysuckle, Yellow honeysuckle, Limber honeysuckle (native Lonicera)
White clover
1,333 sightingsTrifolium repens · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Buffalo clover, Carolina clover, Bejar clover (native Trifolium)
Beefsteakplant
1,206 sightingsPerilla frutescens · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Arkansas native that fits the same spot.
Blue fieldmadder
1,067 sightingsSherardia arvensis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Arkansas native that fits the same spot.
Henbit deadnettle
1,033 sightingsLamium amplexicaule · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Arkansas native that fits the same spot.
Purple deadnettle
1,027 sightingsLamium purpureum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Arkansas native that fits the same spot.
Sericea lespedeza
995 sightingsLespedeza cuneata · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Slender lespedeza, Creeping lespedeza, Hairy lespedeza (native Lespedeza)
Silktree
990 sightingsAlbizia julibrissin · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Arkansas native that fits the same spot.
Sacred bamboo
867 sightingsNandina domestica · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Arkansas native that fits the same spot.
Garden vetch
859 sightingsVicia sativa · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Carolina vetch, Pygmyflower vetch, Louisiana vetch (native Vicia)
Common mullein
849 sightingsVerbascum thapsus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Arkansas native that fits the same spot.
Amur honeysuckle
792 sightingsLonicera maackii · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Trumpet honeysuckle, Yellow honeysuckle, Limber honeysuckle (native Lonicera)
Indian heliotrope
763 sightingsHeliotropium indicum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Salt heliotrope (native Heliotropium)
Field clover
759 sightingsTrifolium campestre · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Buffalo clover, Carolina clover, Bejar clover (native Trifolium)