Thirteen Species Added to Virginia Invasive Plant Species List

Thirteen more species that pose a threat to Virginia’s ecosystems have been added to the Virginia Invasive Plant Species List. The list now includes 103 species.

New to the Virginia Invasive Plant Species List:

• Chinese tallow-tree (Triadica sebifera)

• Floating primrose-willow (Ludwigia peploides var. glabrescens)

• Italian arum (Arum italicum)

• Ravenna-grass (Tripidium ravennae)

• Trifoliate orange (Citrus trifoliata)

• Two-horned trapa (Trapa bispinosa var. iinumai)

• Curled pondweed (Potamogeton crispus)

• Fountain grass (Cenchrus purpurascens)

• Incised fumewort (Corydalis incisa)

• Leatherleaf mahonia (Mahonia bealei)

• Sweet autumn clematis (Clematis terniflora)

• Nandina aka Heavenly Bamboo (Nandina domestica)

• Butterfly Bush aka Orange-eye butterfly-bush (Buddleja davidii)

For the full list of 103 plants, click here: Virginia Invasive Species List

Read the press release from the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) here. 

The list now includes several more plants that are still widely available for sale such as Nandina, Butterfly Bush, Fountain Grass, Leatherleaf Mahonia, and Sweet Autumn Clematis.

To sign a petition to encourage big box stores to STOP selling these plants, go here: https://www.change.org/p/stop-home-depot-from-selling-invasive-plants.

For more information about the Virginia Invasive Plant Species List, visit this webpage.