top of page

Invasive and Emerging Threat Plant List

​This list is courtesy of Tennessee Invasive Plant Council. For information and research visit them at tnipc.org

Latin Name
Common Name
Akebia quinata
Chocolate vine, five-leaf akebia
Ampelopsis glandulosa var brevipedunculata
Porcelain berry
Arundo donax
Giant Reed
Asclepias curassavica
tropical milkweed
Buddleia davidii
Butterfly bush
Clematis Terniflora
Sweet Autumn Clematis
Elaeagnus sp.
Russian Olive/ Autumn Olive
Eunymous sp
Burning bursh, wintercreeper manhattan Eunymous
Fallopia Japonica
Japanese Knotweed
Halian arum
Mother of Thousand
Hedera Helix
English Ivy
Humulus japonicus
Japanese hops
Imperata japonicus
Japanese Bloodgrass
Ligustrum sinense
Chinese privet "hedge"
Liriope spicata
Lilyturf, Lriope, monkley grass
Lythrum salicaria
Purple loosestrife
Mahonia bealei
Leatherleaf Mahonia
Miscanthus sinensis
Chinese silver grass, Eulalia grass, Maiden grass, Zebra grass
Nandina domestica
Heavenly Bamboo, Common Nandina
Pyrus callerlanna
bradford pear
Spirea japonica
Japanese spirea
Vinca minor
Periwinkle
Wisteria floribunda
Japanese Wisteria
Wisteria sinensis
Chinese Wisteria

Programs in agriculture and natural resources, 4-H youth development, family and consumer sciences, and resource development.


University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture,
U.S. Department of Agriculture and county governments cooperating.
UT Extension provides equal opportunities in programs and employment.

© 2025 by Maury County Master Gardeners 

TSU Cooperative Extension Color Logo.jpg
UT-EXTENSION-Color Logo.jpg
bottom of page