Invasive & Non-Native Plants in Nebraska
These non-native plants are among the most commonly recorded spreading in Nebraska. Many crowd out the plants local wildlife depends on. The good news: there's a native you can plant instead.
Common mullein
697 sightingsVerbascum thapsus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Nebraska native that fits the same spot.
Catnip
519 sightingsNepeta cataria · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Nebraska native that fits the same spot.
Marijuana
509 sightingsCannabis sativa · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Nebraska native that fits the same spot.
Ground ivy
504 sightingsGlechoma hederacea · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Nebraska native that fits the same spot.
Yellow salsify
500 sightingsTragopogon dubius · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Nebraska native that fits the same spot.
Dames rocket
449 sightingsHesperis matronalis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Nebraska native that fits the same spot.
Toothed plagiomnium moss
435 sightingsPlagiomnium cuspidatum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Nebraska native that fits the same spot.
Red clover
434 sightingsTrifolium pratense · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Buffalo clover, Cup clover, Woollyhead clover (native Trifolium)
White clover
425 sightingsTrifolium repens · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Buffalo clover, Cup clover, Woollyhead clover (native Trifolium)
Field pennycress
424 sightingsThlaspi arvense · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Nebraska native that fits the same spot.
Henbit deadnettle
422 sightingsLamium amplexicaule · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Nebraska native that fits the same spot.
Sweetclover
419 sightingsMelilotus officinalis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Nebraska native that fits the same spot.
Poison hemlock
417 sightingsConium maculatum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Nebraska native that fits the same spot.
Field bindweed
417 sightingsConvolvulus arvensis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Nebraska native that fits the same spot.
Green bristlegrass
367 sightingsSetaria viridis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Marsh bristlegrass (native Setaria)