Fields, pastures, forests, wetlands and waterways, natural areas, and right-of-ways are being invaded by trees of dubious distinction. Most are non-native trees and also referred to as exotic, alien, noxious, or non-indigenous invasive plants that are impacting native plant and animal communities by displacing native vegetation and disrupting plant and wildlife habitats.
Totally not cool!
Drawing on recent publications by the USDA Forest Service, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USDA APHIS PPQ and the Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council, a great web site covers identification characteristics, distribution, and control options for 14 trees that are invading the eastern United States. Invasive Plants of the Eastern United States: Identification and Control actually lists nearly 100 plants that are intent on changing our native plant communities. Here are 14 trees that Invasive.org feels are rapidly spreading out of control:
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The power of cash remains supreme! Just below your list of invasive trees, over half the advertisers are marketing invasive trees.
…and the power of the consumer can change all that with proper information. Welcome to capitalism in the USofA. There is some satisfaction in seeing the death of bad products using funds supplied by those same product suppliers.
Actually, I don’t see any of the above species even with Google’s sponsored links pulling keywords from my blog. The word is getting out I suppose. I am doing my part.
With all due respect, plants cannot be “intent” on changing anything, unless some new research regarding plant intelligence and intention has recently come to light. Plants move into niches that are favorable, and ,pst often the non-natives colonize disturbed landscape areas, not pristine, undisturbed forestlands. On the other hand, people can indeed be intent on doing things, and often they do them without regard and without proper knowledge. IMHO, this causes more damage than the plants do.
These are all god’s plants. They have a right to produce and live anywhere they want. I believe humans are the evasive ones !
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Talk about invasive trees!! I live in Denver, Co. The city is overrun with a type of sumac tree. Roots are extensive and sprouts pop up from them all summer, as do seeds that have luckily buried themselves in my garden.
I haven’t had much luck spraying with an over-the-counter herbicide. Anyone have a suggestion as to a solution?
Thanks,
Gypsy
Are sumac rees considered invasive or noxious?
In regards to the sawtooth oak. If its invasive you better tell the wildlife agency of states such as Tennessee to stop promoting it for food for the wildlife, especially deer and turkeys. The sawtooth is promoted here in Tennessee because it produces acorns within 5 years that are very high in protein for the wildlife. Our agricultural agencies even give them out in the spring free for planting.
Regards,
Gregory Fassler
such invasive trees should be transferred to countries like Bahrain whereby getting or seeing anything in green is a lifetime history