Invasive & Non-Native Plants in Texas
These non-native plants are among the most commonly recorded spreading in Texas. Many crowd out the plants local wildlife depends on. The good news: there's a native you can plant instead.
Straggler daisy
24,356 sightingsCalyptocarpus vialis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Texas native that fits the same spot.
Spreading hedgeparsley
14,260 sightingsTorilis arvensis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Texas native that fits the same spot.
Johnsongrass
12,051 sightingsSorghum halepense · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Texas native that fits the same spot.
Chinaberrytree
12,001 sightingsMelia azedarach · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Texas native that fits the same spot.
Henbit deadnettle
11,579 sightingsLamium amplexicaule · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Texas native that fits the same spot.
Blue fieldmadder
11,484 sightingsSherardia arvensis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Texas native that fits the same spot.
Chinese tallow
10,412 sightingsTriadica sebifera · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Texas native that fits the same spot.
Glossy privet
10,210 sightingsLigustrum lucidum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Texas native that fits the same spot.
Sacred bamboo
9,159 sightingsNandina domestica · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Texas native that fits the same spot.
Japanese honeysuckle
8,686 sightingsLonicera japonica · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Trumpet honeysuckle, Western white honeysuckle, Arizona honeysuckle (native Lonicera)
Hairyflower wild petunia
8,487 sightingsRuellia ciliatiflora · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Fringeleaf wild petunia, Limestone wild petunia, Metz's wild petunia (native Ruellia)
Annual bastardcabbage
8,035 sightingsRapistrum rugosum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Texas native that fits the same spot.
Redstem stork's bill
7,903 sightingsErodium cicutarium · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Texas stork's bill (native Erodium)
Rescuegrass
7,108 sightingsBromus catharticus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Hairy woodland brome, Texas brome, Nodding brome (native Bromus)
Waxyleaf privet
6,916 sightingsLigustrum quihoui · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Texas native that fits the same spot.