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Rock Bridge’s Most Wanted Invasive Plants
Garlic Mustard,
Alliaria petiolata
First-year plants are low to the ground with toothed,
kidney-shaped leaves. Second year plants sprout a
flowering stalk with serrated, triangular, alternate leaves
Habitat: moist, shady, rich soil
Flowers: 4-petaled, on stalks
Distribution in park: not yet found
Callery Pear
Pyrus calleryana
May be thorny as a young tree. Upright and narrow as a
mature tree. Leaves are alternate, ovate, shiny, and
leathery. Leaves turn red and purple in fall.
Habitat: Full sun, minor shade
Flowers: bloom in early Spring before leaves, white, 5petaled, ~1 in across
Fruits: mature in fall, small, hard, brown
Bark: Light brown to red-brown, smooth with lenticels
when young, gray-brown with furrows when mature
Bush Honeysuckle
Lonicera maackii et al.
Upright shrubs with opposite, tapering, pointed leaves.
Leaves have a pale green underside.
Habitat: sunny areas, shaded forest understory, wet or dry
Flowers: tubular, white or pink
Fruit: matures in September/October, paired red berries
Other: new twig growth is square-shaped, stems are hollow
Vine (Japanese) Honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica
Perennial woody vine with ovate, opposite leaves.
Habitat: open woodland, successional fields
Flowers: white-yellow, tubular, paired
Fruit: black berries with 2-3 seeds produced throughout fall
Wintercreeper
Euonymus fortunei
An evergreen vine that covers densely. Leaves are
opposite, leathery, shiny, serrated, and are veiny
underneath.
Habitat: full sun, heavy shade, low-moderate moisture
Flowers: small, green, clustered , long stalk
Fruit: round, smooth, orange, mature in June/July
Burning Bush
Euonymous alatus
Shrub with opposite, green, serrated leaves.
Habitat: highly adaptable, non drought-tolerant
Bark: coarse, gray-brown
Fruit: small, red, with orange seeds
Other: leaves turn bright red in fall
Autumn Olive
Elaeagnus umbellata
Shrub or small tree with alternate, smooth-edged leaves.
Leaves are green on top and silvery underneath. May have
thorns.
Habitat: pastures, fields, sparse woodlands, poor soil
Fruit: small, round, red-pink, clustered
Flowers: small, yellow, on small twigs