Invasive & Non-Native Plants in Missouri
These non-native plants are among the most commonly recorded spreading in Missouri. Many crowd out the plants local wildlife depends on. The good news: there's a native you can plant instead.
Amur honeysuckle
2,618 sightingsLonicera maackii · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Yellow honeysuckle, Trumpet honeysuckle, Limber honeysuckle (native Lonicera)
Henbit deadnettle
1,642 sightingsLamium amplexicaule · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Missouri native that fits the same spot.
White clover
1,628 sightingsTrifolium repens · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Buffalo clover, Running buffalo clover, Carolina clover (native Trifolium)
Purple deadnettle
1,468 sightingsLamium purpureum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Missouri native that fits the same spot.
Common mullein
1,364 sightingsVerbascum thapsus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Missouri native that fits the same spot.
Red clover
1,347 sightingsTrifolium pratense · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Buffalo clover, Running buffalo clover, Carolina clover (native Trifolium)
Chicory
1,328 sightingsCichorium intybus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Missouri native that fits the same spot.
Multiflora rose
1,263 sightingsRosa multiflora · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Carolina rose, Climbing rose, Prairie rose (native Rosa)
Queen Anne's lace
1,261 sightingsDaucus carota · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: American wild carrot (native Daucus)
Ground ivy
1,250 sightingsGlechoma hederacea · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Missouri native that fits the same spot.
Garlic mustard
1,175 sightingsAlliaria petiolata · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Missouri native that fits the same spot.
Seductive entodon moss
1,175 sightingsEntodon seductrix · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Missouri native that fits the same spot.
Winter creeper
1,153 sightingsEuonymus fortunei · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Burningbush, Bursting-heart, Running strawberry bush (native Euonymus)
Atrichum moss
971 sightingsAtrichum angustatum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Missouri native that fits the same spot.
Beefsteakplant
968 sightingsPerilla frutescens · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Missouri native that fits the same spot.