Invasive & Non-Native Plants in Delaware
These non-native plants are among the most commonly recorded spreading in Delaware. Many crowd out the plants local wildlife depends on. The good news: there's a native you can plant instead.
Multiflora rose
443 sightingsRosa multiflora · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Swamp rose, Carolina rose, Smooth rose (native Rosa)
Purple deadnettle
417 sightingsLamium purpureum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Delaware native that fits the same spot.
Japanese honeysuckle
415 sightingsLonicera japonica · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Trumpet honeysuckle, Limber honeysuckle (native Lonicera)
Garlic mustard
386 sightingsAlliaria petiolata · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Delaware native that fits the same spot.
Wine raspberry
347 sightingsRubus phoenicolasius · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Black raspberry, Bristly dewberry, Northern dewberry (native Rubus)
White clover
326 sightingsTrifolium repens · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Carolina clover (native Trifolium)
Ground ivy
310 sightingsGlechoma hederacea · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Delaware native that fits the same spot.
Autumn olive
284 sightingsElaeagnus umbellata · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Delaware native that fits the same spot.
Red clover
259 sightingsTrifolium pratense · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Carolina clover (native Trifolium)
Amur honeysuckle
257 sightingsLonicera maackii · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Trumpet honeysuckle, Limber honeysuckle (native Lonicera)
Star of Bethlehem
253 sightingsOrnithogalum umbellatum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Delaware native that fits the same spot.
Chicory
252 sightingsCichorium intybus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Delaware native that fits the same spot.
Henbit deadnettle
250 sightingsLamium amplexicaule · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Delaware native that fits the same spot.
Birdeye speedwell
246 sightingsVeronica persica · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Water speedwell, Thymeleaf speedwell, Neckweed (native Veronica)
Queen Anne's lace
241 sightingsDaucus carota · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Delaware native that fits the same spot.