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List of invasive plant species in West Virginia facts for kids

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Numerous plants have been introduced to West Virginia in the United States, and many of them have become invasive species.

Invasive plants

The following are some of invasive plant species established in West Virginia:

Picture Scientific Name Common Name
Ajuga reptans 20070429 132711 1.jpg
Ajuga reptans bugle
Akebia quinata02.jpg
Akebia quinata chocolate vine
Alliaria petiolata marais-belloy-sur-somme 80 26042007 3.jpg
Alliaria petiolata garlic mustard
Arctium minus corimbo.jpg
Arctium minus lesser burdock
Bidens aristosa 3.jpg
Bidens aristosa bearded beggarticks
Bromus tectorum — Flora Batava — Volume v13.jpg
Bromus tectorum drooping brome
BuddlejaDavidiiStrauch.jpg
Buddleja davidii summer lilac
20140209Carduus acanthoides.jpg
Carduus acanthoides spiny plumeless thistle
Carduus crispus - Keila.jpg
Carduus crispus curly plumeless thistle
Musk thistle.jpg
Carduus nutans musk thistle
Bombus lapidarius - Centaurea jacea - Keila.jpg
Centaurea jacea brown knapweed
Cirsium arvense with Bees Richard Bartz.jpg
Cirsium arvense Canada thistle
Mooie bloeiwijze van een Speerdistel (Cirsium vulgare) 03.jpg
Cirsium vulgare spear thistle
Convolvulus arvensis.jpg
Convolvulus arvensis field bindweed
Dioscorea polystachya UGA2307129.jpg
Dioscorea polystachya Chinese yam
Dipsacus fullonum1.jpg
Dipsacus fullonum wild teasel
Elaeagnus umbellata1.jpg
Elaeagnus umbellata Japanese silverberry
Euphorbia cyparissias 02 bgiu.jpg
Euphorbia cyparissias cypress spurge
Hedera helix1.JPG
Hedera helix common ivy
Sweet Rockets.png
Hesperis matronalis dame's rocket
InulaHelenium.jpg
Inula helenium horse-heal
Isatis tinctoria02.JPG
Isatis tinctoria woad
비수리 3.JPG
Lespedeza cuneata Chinese bushclover
Wilde liguster (Ligustrum vulgare).jpg
Ligustrum vulgare common privet
Honeysuckle-2.jpg
Lonicera japonica Japanese honeysuckle
Lonicera maackii 2.jpg
Lonicera maackii Amur honeysuckle
Lotus corniculatus10.JPG
Lotus corniculatus common bird's-foot trefoil
Japanese pampas grass ススキの穂波PB080105.jpg
Miscanthus sinensis maiden silvergrass
Cleaned-Illustration Myriophyllum spicatum.jpg
Myriophyllum spicatum Eurasian watermilfoil
Phragmites australis Schilfrohr.jpg
Phragmites
Pyrus calleryana callery pear blossom.jpg
Pyrus calleryana callery pear
Illustration of Rhamnus catharticus 63-cropped.png
Rhamnus cathartica buckthorn
Rhodotypos-scandens.JPG
Rhodotypos scandens jetbead
Rubus laciniatus.jpg
Rubus laciniatus cutleaf evergreen blackberry
Salix fragilis 001.jpg
Salix × fragilis crack willow
Pink Flowers Crown Vetch DSC 0076.JPG
Securigera varia crownvetch
Illustration Solanum dulcamara0.jpg
Solanum dulcamara bittersweet
Rowan tree 20081002b.jpg
Sorbus aucuparia rowan
Kaldari Stellaria media 01.jpg
Stellaria media chickweed
Tanacetum vulgare - harilik soolikarohi Keilas2.jpg
Tanacetum vulgare common tansy
Coltsfoot.jpg
Tussilago coltsfoot
Starr 040723-0030 Verbascum thapsus.jpg
Verbascum thapsus great mullein
Vinca minor Nashvillle.jpg
Vinca minor lesser periwinkle
Chinesischer Blauregen Detail Blütentraube.JPG
Wisteria sinensis Chinese wisteria

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