Invasive & Non-Native Plants in Vermont
These non-native plants are among the most commonly recorded spreading in Vermont. Many crowd out the plants local wildlife depends on. The good news: there's a native you can plant instead.
Coltsfoot
3,156 sightingsTussilago farfara · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Vermont native that fits the same spot.
Common buckthorn
2,020 sightingsRhamnus cathartica · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Vermont native that fits the same spot.
Queen Anne's lace
1,918 sightingsDaucus carota · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Vermont native that fits the same spot.
Red clover
1,817 sightingsTrifolium pratense · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Carolina clover (native Trifolium)
Garlic mustard
1,678 sightingsAlliaria petiolata · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Vermont native that fits the same spot.
Broadleaf helleborine
1,621 sightingsEpipactis helleborine · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Stream orchid (native Epipactis)
Purple loosestrife
1,553 sightingsLythrum salicaria · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Winged lythrum (native Lythrum)
Bishop's goutweed
1,361 sightingsAegopodium podagraria · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Vermont native that fits the same spot.
Celandine
1,351 sightingsChelidonium majus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Vermont native that fits the same spot.
Common mullein
1,345 sightingsVerbascum thapsus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Vermont native that fits the same spot.
Chicory
1,332 sightingsCichorium intybus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Vermont native that fits the same spot.
Climbing nightshade
1,312 sightingsSolanum dulcamara · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Carolina horsenettle, American black nightshade (native Solanum)
Wild parsnip
1,201 sightingsPastinaca sativa · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Vermont native that fits the same spot.
Bird vetch
1,197 sightingsVicia cracca · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: American vetch (native Vicia)
Glossy buckthorn
1,153 sightingsFrangula alnus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Carolina buckthorn (native Frangula)