Invasive & Non-Native Plants in Indiana
These non-native plants are among the most commonly recorded spreading in Indiana. Many crowd out the plants local wildlife depends on. The good news: there's a native you can plant instead.
Amur honeysuckle
3,544 sightingsLonicera maackii · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Limber honeysuckle, Grape honeysuckle, Trumpet honeysuckle (native Lonicera)
Ground ivy
2,146 sightingsGlechoma hederacea · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Indiana native that fits the same spot.
Garlic mustard
1,782 sightingsAlliaria petiolata · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Indiana native that fits the same spot.
Multiflora rose
1,764 sightingsRosa multiflora · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Carolina rose, Climbing rose, Swamp rose (native Rosa)
Winter creeper
1,672 sightingsEuonymus fortunei · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Burningbush, Running strawberry bush, Bursting-heart (native Euonymus)
Purple deadnettle
1,583 sightingsLamium purpureum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Indiana native that fits the same spot.
Queen Anne's lace
1,578 sightingsDaucus carota · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Indiana native that fits the same spot.
White clover
1,471 sightingsTrifolium repens · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Buffalo clover, Running buffalo clover, Alpine clover (native Trifolium)
Red clover
1,421 sightingsTrifolium pratense · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Buffalo clover, Running buffalo clover, Alpine clover (native Trifolium)
Tree of heaven
1,405 sightingsAilanthus altissima · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Indiana native that fits the same spot.
Common mullein
1,292 sightingsVerbascum thapsus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Indiana native that fits the same spot.
Canada thistle
1,212 sightingsCirsium arvense · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Field thistle, Swamp thistle, Tall thistle (native Cirsium)
Chicory
1,101 sightingsCichorium intybus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Indiana native that fits the same spot.
Henbit deadnettle
1,055 sightingsLamium amplexicaule · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Indiana native that fits the same spot.
Bottle gourd
946 sightingsLagenaria siceraria · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Indiana native that fits the same spot.