Invasive & Non-Native Plants in New Jersey
These non-native plants are among the most commonly recorded spreading in New Jersey. Many crowd out the plants local wildlife depends on. The good news: there's a native you can plant instead.
Common wormwood
6,870 sightingsArtemisia vulgaris · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Field sagewort, White sagebrush, Biennial wormwood (native Artemisia)
Garlic mustard
6,571 sightingsAlliaria petiolata · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a New Jersey native that fits the same spot.
Multiflora rose
5,767 sightingsRosa multiflora · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Swamp rose, Carolina rose, Climbing rose (native Rosa)
Japanese honeysuckle
4,458 sightingsLonicera japonica · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Trumpet honeysuckle, Limber honeysuckle, American fly honeysuckle (native Lonicera)
Wine raspberry
4,449 sightingsRubus phoenicolasius · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Black raspberry, Northern dewberry, Bristly dewberry (native Rubus)
White clover
3,798 sightingsTrifolium repens · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Buffalo clover, Running buffalo clover, Carolina clover (native Trifolium)
Ground ivy
3,741 sightingsGlechoma hederacea · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a New Jersey native that fits the same spot.
Japanese barberry
3,352 sightingsBerberis thunbergii · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a New Jersey native that fits the same spot.
Oriental bittersweet
3,076 sightingsCelastrus orbiculatus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: American bittersweet (native Celastrus)
Common mullein
3,028 sightingsVerbascum thapsus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a New Jersey native that fits the same spot.
Narrowleaf plantain
2,935 sightingsPlantago lanceolata · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Blackseed plantain, Largebracted plantain, Virginia plantain (native Plantago)
Autumn olive
2,752 sightingsElaeagnus umbellata · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Silverberry (native Elaeagnus)
Purple deadnettle
2,664 sightingsLamium purpureum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a New Jersey native that fits the same spot.
Queen Anne's lace
2,628 sightingsDaucus carota · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a New Jersey native that fits the same spot.
Wild garlic
2,331 sightingsAllium vineale · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Ramp, Meadow garlic, Wild chives (native Allium)