Invasive & Non-Native Plants in Iowa
These non-native plants are among the most commonly recorded spreading in Iowa. Many crowd out the plants local wildlife depends on. The good news: there's a native you can plant instead.
Acuminate brachythecium moss
1,107 sightingsBrachythecium acuminatum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Iowa native that fits the same spot.
Amur honeysuckle
960 sightingsLonicera maackii · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Limber honeysuckle, Grape honeysuckle, Trumpet honeysuckle (native Lonicera)
Garlic mustard
946 sightingsAlliaria petiolata · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Iowa native that fits the same spot.
Ground ivy
912 sightingsGlechoma hederacea · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Iowa native that fits the same spot.
Queen Anne's lace
896 sightingsDaucus carota · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Iowa native that fits the same spot.
Red clover
866 sightingsTrifolium pratense · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Longstalk clover, Buffalo clover, Running buffalo clover (native Trifolium)
Common mullein
757 sightingsVerbascum thapsus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Iowa native that fits the same spot.
White clover
658 sightingsTrifolium repens · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Longstalk clover, Buffalo clover, Running buffalo clover (native Trifolium)
Bird's-foot trefoil
626 sightingsLotus corniculatus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Iowa native that fits the same spot.
Dames rocket
582 sightingsHesperis matronalis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Iowa native that fits the same spot.
Hygroamblystegium moss
479 sightingsHygroamblystegium tenax · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Iowa native that fits the same spot.
Leskea moss
477 sightingsLeskea gracilescens · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Iowa native that fits the same spot.
Streamside leptodictyum moss
443 sightingsLeptodictyum riparium · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Iowa native that fits the same spot.
Multiflora rose
439 sightingsRosa multiflora · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Prairie rose, Carolina rose, Smooth rose (native Rosa)
Field pennycress
437 sightingsThlaspi arvense · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Iowa native that fits the same spot.