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Exotic Invasive Vegetation ID Guide Table of Contents • Grass – Japanese stilt grass (Microstegium Vimineum) • Vines – Multiflora rose (Rosa Multiflora) – English ivy (Hedera helix) – Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) – Kudzu (Pueria montana) • Shrubs – Autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) – Japanese privet (Ligustrum japonica) • Trees – Paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa) – Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana) MIVI Japanese stilt grass Scientific: Microstegium vimineum Common: • Grass stem is ½-3.5 ft tall • Alternate leaf arrangement • Leaf is pale green with off-center middle vein ROMU Multiflora rose Scientific: Rosa multiflora Common: • Alternate leaf arrangements (one leaf with 5 leaflets in picture) • 5-11 leaflets per leaf • Leaf edges serrated • White flowers with 5 petals bloom in early summer • Thorn-like prickles on stems • Long arching stems, can be vine-like HEHE English ivy Scientific: Hedera helix Common: • Evergreen vine • Leaves are darkgreen with light green veins (palmate arrangement) • Leaf shape is lobed with heart-shaped base LOJA Japanese honeysuckle Scientific: Lonicera japonica Common: • Evergreen/Semievergreen vine • Opposite leaf arrangement • Leaves are 1-2.5 inches long • Leaf and stem is pubescent PUMO Kudzu Scientific: Pueria montana Common: • Deciduous vine • Leaves are alternate, compound with usually 3 leaflets • Leaflets are usually lobed • Leaves and stems are pubescent ELUM Autumn olive Scientific: Elaeagnus umbellata Common: • Deciduous shrub • 3-20ft in height • Alternate leaf arrangement • Leaf has silvery, dotted underside • Leaf edges are usually wavy LIJA Japanese privet Scientific: Ligustrum japonica Common: • Evergreen • Opposite leaf arrangement • Leaves are leathery, oval with rounded base. • Leaf tip is tapering often with a sharp tip. • Leaves are two to four inches long and 1 to 2 inches wide. • Leaf margins entire and often yellowish rimmed. • Twigs hairless and pale green becoming brownish to reddish tinged. PATO Paulownia Scientific: Paulownia tomentosa Common: • Deciduous tree up to 60 ft tall • Leaves are opposite, 6in-1ft long • Leaves are heart shaped and pubescent on underside PYCA Callery pear Scientific: Pyrus calleryana Common: • Deciduous tree up to 40 ft tall • Leaves are alternate, 2-3 inches long • Leaves are waxy with a wavy, slightlytoothed margins • The University of Georgia, USDA APHIS PPQ and USDA Forest Service Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team. (2003). Invasive Plants of the Eastern United States: Identification and Control. Retrieved Apr., 2009, from http://dnr.state.il.us/Stewardship/cd/index.html • The University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health. (2009). Invasive.org: Invasive and Exotic Species to North America. Retrieved Apr., 2009, from http://www.invasive.org/