Invasive & Non-Native Plants in Ohio
These non-native plants are among the most commonly recorded spreading in Ohio. Many crowd out the plants local wildlife depends on. The good news: there's a native you can plant instead.
Amur honeysuckle
5,712 sightingsLonicera maackii · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Limber honeysuckle, Grape honeysuckle, Trumpet honeysuckle (native Lonicera)
Multiflora rose
5,555 sightingsRosa multiflora · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Carolina rose, Climbing rose, Swamp rose (native Rosa)
Garlic mustard
4,962 sightingsAlliaria petiolata · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Ohio native that fits the same spot.
Ground ivy
4,375 sightingsGlechoma hederacea · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Ohio native that fits the same spot.
Queen Anne's lace
4,314 sightingsDaucus carota · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: American wild carrot (native Daucus)
Chicory
3,857 sightingsCichorium intybus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Ohio native that fits the same spot.
Dames rocket
3,747 sightingsHesperis matronalis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Ohio native that fits the same spot.
Purple deadnettle
3,730 sightingsLamium purpureum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Ohio native that fits the same spot.
Red clover
3,066 sightingsTrifolium pratense · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Running buffalo clover, Buffalo clover, Jim's clover (native Trifolium)
Canada thistle
2,887 sightingsCirsium arvense · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Swamp thistle, Field thistle, Tall thistle (native Cirsium)
White clover
2,752 sightingsTrifolium repens · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Running buffalo clover, Buffalo clover, Jim's clover (native Trifolium)
Fuller's teasel
2,454 sightingsDipsacus fullonum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Ohio native that fits the same spot.
Climbing nightshade
2,373 sightingsSolanum dulcamara · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Carolina horsenettle, American black nightshade, Cutleaf nightshade (native Solanum)
Common periwinkle
2,300 sightingsVinca minor · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Ohio native that fits the same spot.
Common mullein
2,246 sightingsVerbascum thapsus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Ohio native that fits the same spot.