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Invasive Plants of High Concern for Coastal Habitats

Giant reed (Arundo donax)
Camphor Tree (Cinnamomum camphora)
Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)
Cogon Grass (Imperata cylindrical)
Japanese Climbing Fern (Lygodium japanicum)
Chinaberry Tree (Melia azedarach)
Common Reed (Phragmites australis)
Golden Bamboo (Phyllostachys aurea)
Rattlebox (Sesbania punicea)
Tamarisk (Tamarix gallica)
Chinese Tallow/Popcorn Tree  (Triadica sebifera)
Tung-oil Tree (Vernicia fordii)
Beach Vitex (Vitex rotundifolia)
Chinese Wisteria (Wisteria sinensis)

Other Invasive Plants of Concern:

Mimosa/Silktree (Albizia julibrissin)
Mexican Butterflyweed (Asclepias curassavica)
Asparagus Fern (Asparagus staceus)
Bermuda Grass (Cynodon dactylon)
Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus sp)
English Ivy (Hedera helix)
Lantana (Lantana camara)
Shrubby Lespedeza (Lespedeza bicolor)
Japanese Privet (Ligustrum japonicum)
Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense)
Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
Japanese Stilt Grass (Microstegium vimineum)
Zebragrass (Miscanthus sinensis)
Princess Tree (Paulownia tomentosa)
Mutiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora)
Nandina (Nandina Thunberg)
Kudzu (Pueraria Montana)
Cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium)

Click here for the extensive invasive Plant list compiled by the Coastal Georgia CISMA 

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