Invasive & Non-Native Plants in Kentucky
These non-native plants are among the most commonly recorded spreading in Kentucky. Many crowd out the plants local wildlife depends on. The good news: there's a native you can plant instead.
Amur honeysuckle
1,978 sightingsLonicera maackii · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Limber honeysuckle, Trumpet honeysuckle, Grape honeysuckle (native Lonicera)
Purple deadnettle
1,850 sightingsLamium purpureum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Kentucky native that fits the same spot.
Winter creeper
1,696 sightingsEuonymus fortunei · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Bursting-heart, Burningbush, Running strawberry bush (native Euonymus)
Ground ivy
1,623 sightingsGlechoma hederacea · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Kentucky native that fits the same spot.
Multiflora rose
1,506 sightingsRosa multiflora · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Carolina rose, Climbing rose, Swamp rose (native Rosa)
Japanese honeysuckle
1,357 sightingsLonicera japonica · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Limber honeysuckle, Trumpet honeysuckle, Grape honeysuckle (native Lonicera)
Garlic mustard
1,354 sightingsAlliaria petiolata · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Kentucky native that fits the same spot.
White clover
1,292 sightingsTrifolium repens · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Running buffalo clover, Buffalo clover, King's clover (native Trifolium)
Red clover
1,078 sightingsTrifolium pratense · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Running buffalo clover, Buffalo clover, King's clover (native Trifolium)
Queen Anne's lace
1,031 sightingsDaucus carota · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Kentucky native that fits the same spot.
Chicory
998 sightingsCichorium intybus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Kentucky native that fits the same spot.
Star of Bethlehem
941 sightingsOrnithogalum umbellatum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Kentucky native that fits the same spot.
Common mullein
847 sightingsVerbascum thapsus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Kentucky native that fits the same spot.
Henbit deadnettle
774 sightingsLamium amplexicaule · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Kentucky native that fits the same spot.
Poison hemlock
768 sightingsConium maculatum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Kentucky native that fits the same spot.