Invasive & Non-Native Plants in Oklahoma
These non-native plants are among the most commonly recorded spreading in Oklahoma. Many crowd out the plants local wildlife depends on. The good news: there's a native you can plant instead.
Henbit deadnettle
1,396 sightingsLamium amplexicaule · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Oklahoma native that fits the same spot.
White clover
1,365 sightingsTrifolium repens · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Buffalo clover, Carolina clover (native Trifolium)
Amur honeysuckle
1,306 sightingsLonicera maackii · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Yellow honeysuckle, Trumpet honeysuckle, Western white honeysuckle (native Lonicera)
Blue fieldmadder
878 sightingsSherardia arvensis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Oklahoma native that fits the same spot.
Chinese privet
859 sightingsLigustrum sinense · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Oklahoma native that fits the same spot.
Johnsongrass
832 sightingsSorghum halepense · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Oklahoma native that fits the same spot.
Japanese honeysuckle
772 sightingsLonicera japonica · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Yellow honeysuckle, Trumpet honeysuckle, Western white honeysuckle (native Lonicera)
Garden vetch
729 sightingsVicia sativa · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Pygmyflower vetch, Louisiana vetch, Carolina vetch (native Vicia)
Sericea lespedeza
706 sightingsLespedeza cuneata · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Violet lespedeza, Slender lespedeza, Roundhead lespedeza (native Lespedeza)
Shepherd's purse
609 sightingsCapsella bursa-pastoris · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Oklahoma native that fits the same spot.
Common mullein
596 sightingsVerbascum thapsus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Oklahoma native that fits the same spot.
Redstem stork's bill
562 sightingsErodium cicutarium · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Texas stork's bill (native Erodium)
Sweetclover
555 sightingsMelilotus officinalis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Oklahoma native that fits the same spot.
Purple deadnettle
550 sightingsLamium purpureum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Oklahoma native that fits the same spot.
Field clover
535 sightingsTrifolium campestre · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Buffalo clover, Carolina clover (native Trifolium)