Invasive & Non-Native Plants in Louisiana
These non-native plants are among the most commonly recorded spreading in Louisiana. Many crowd out the plants local wildlife depends on. The good news: there's a native you can plant instead.
Chinese tallow
2,344 sightingsTriadica sebifera · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Louisiana native that fits the same spot.
White clover
2,336 sightingsTrifolium repens · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Buffalo clover, Carolina clover, Bejar clover (native Trifolium)
Japanese climbing fern
1,748 sightingsLygodium japonicum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: American climbing fern (native Lygodium)
Chinese privet
1,473 sightingsLigustrum sinense · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Louisiana native that fits the same spot.
Japanese honeysuckle
1,347 sightingsLonicera japonica · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Trumpet honeysuckle, Yellow honeysuckle, Mountain fly honeysuckle (native Lonicera)
Straggler daisy
1,304 sightingsCalyptocarpus vialis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Louisiana native that fits the same spot.
Oriental false hawksbeard
1,178 sightingsYoungia japonica · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Louisiana native that fits the same spot.
Pink woodsorrel
1,160 sightingsOxalis debilis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Slender yellow woodsorrel, Creeping woodsorrel, Violet woodsorrel (native Oxalis)
Brazilian vervain
1,047 sightingsVerbena brasiliensis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Texas vervain, Gulf vervain, White vervain (native Verbena)
Chamber bitter
1,015 sightingsPhyllanthus urinaria · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Carolina leaf-flower, Smartweed leaf-flower, Gale of the wind (native Phyllanthus)
Alligatorweed
938 sightingsAlternanthera philoxeroides · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Smooth joyweed (native Alternanthera)
Henbit deadnettle
886 sightingsLamium amplexicaule · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Louisiana native that fits the same spot.
Birdeye speedwell
792 sightingsVeronica persica · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Neckweed, Thymeleaf speedwell, Skullcap speedwell (native Veronica)
Spiny sowthistle
784 sightingsSonchus asper · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Louisiana native that fits the same spot.
Santa Maria feverfew
761 sightingsParthenium hysterophorus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Wild quinine, Wild quinine, Gray's feverfew (native Parthenium)