Invasive & Non-Native Plants in Minnesota
These non-native plants are among the most commonly recorded spreading in Minnesota. Many crowd out the plants local wildlife depends on. The good news: there's a native you can plant instead.
Common buckthorn
3,658 sightingsRhamnus cathartica · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Minnesota native that fits the same spot.
Common mullein
3,455 sightingsVerbascum thapsus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Minnesota native that fits the same spot.
Common motherwort
2,941 sightingsLeonurus cardiaca · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Minnesota native that fits the same spot.
Bird's-foot trefoil
2,723 sightingsLotus corniculatus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Minnesota native that fits the same spot.
Bladder campion
2,383 sightingsSilene latifolia · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Sleepy silene, Widowsfrill, Royal catchfly (native Silene)
Ground ivy
2,332 sightingsGlechoma hederacea · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Minnesota native that fits the same spot.
Hoary alyssum
2,212 sightingsBerteroa incana · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Minnesota native that fits the same spot.
Garlic mustard
2,131 sightingsAlliaria petiolata · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Minnesota native that fits the same spot.
Canada thistle
2,047 sightingsCirsium arvense · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Field thistle, Flodman's thistle, Swamp thistle (native Cirsium)
Red clover
1,966 sightingsTrifolium pratense · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Carolina clover (native Trifolium)
Climbing nightshade
1,930 sightingsSolanum dulcamara · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Carolina horsenettle, American black nightshade, Cutleaf nightshade (native Solanum)
Dames rocket
1,908 sightingsHesperis matronalis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Minnesota native that fits the same spot.
Common tansy
1,896 sightingsTanacetum vulgare · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Lake Huron tansy (native Tanacetum)
Rampion bellflower
1,827 sightingsCampanula rapunculoides · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Bluebell bellflower (native Campanula)
Butter and eggs
1,573 sightingsLinaria vulgaris · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Minnesota native that fits the same spot.