Invasive & Non-Native Plants in West Virginia
These non-native plants are among the most commonly recorded spreading in West Virginia. Many crowd out the plants local wildlife depends on. The good news: there's a native you can plant instead.
Ground ivy
1,321 sightingsGlechoma hederacea · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a West Virginia native that fits the same spot.
Garlic mustard
1,124 sightingsAlliaria petiolata · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a West Virginia native that fits the same spot.
Coltsfoot
1,082 sightingsTussilago farfara · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a West Virginia native that fits the same spot.
Queen Anne's lace
1,016 sightingsDaucus carota · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a West Virginia native that fits the same spot.
Multiflora rose
1,012 sightingsRosa multiflora · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Smooth rose, Carolina rose, Swamp rose (native Rosa)
Purple deadnettle
986 sightingsLamium purpureum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a West Virginia native that fits the same spot.
Red clover
902 sightingsTrifolium pratense · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Kates Mountain clover, Running buffalo clover, Buffalo clover (native Trifolium)
Autumn olive
842 sightingsElaeagnus umbellata · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a West Virginia native that fits the same spot.
Common mullein
733 sightingsVerbascum thapsus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a West Virginia native that fits the same spot.
Chicory
727 sightingsCichorium intybus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a West Virginia native that fits the same spot.
Wine raspberry
642 sightingsRubus phoenicolasius · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: American red raspberry, Pugnacious blackberry, Purpleflowering raspberry (native Rubus)
Tree of heaven
616 sightingsAilanthus altissima · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a West Virginia native that fits the same spot.
White clover
604 sightingsTrifolium repens · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Kates Mountain clover, Running buffalo clover, Buffalo clover (native Trifolium)
Japanese barberry
603 sightingsBerberis thunbergii · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: American barberry (native Berberis)
Oxeye daisy
590 sightingsLeucanthemum vulgare · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a West Virginia native that fits the same spot.