Controlling Invasive Species on the Coast
Thorough guidelines for controlling each of the following species can be found in Cherri Smith's manual distributed by N.C. Department of Transportation.
Please follow this link to get this FREE manual:
http://www.ncdot.org/doh/preconstruct/pe/neu/NEUProcedures/NCDOT_Invasive_Exotic_Plants.pdf
Ailanthus altissima (Tree of Heaven)
Albizia julibrissin (Mimosa)
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Alligatorweed)
Cayratia japonica (Bushkiller)
Cyperus entrerianus (Deep-rooted Sedge)
Egeria densa (Brazilian Waterweed)
Elaeagnus pungens (Thorny Olive)
Elaeagnus umbellata (Autumn Olive)
Euonymus fortunei var. radicans (Winter Creeper)
Glechoma hederacea (Ground Ivy)
Hedera helix (English Ivy)
Hydrilla verticillata (Hydrilla)
Heracleum mantegazzianum (Giant Hogweed)
Imperata cylindrica (Cogon Grass)
Lespedeza bicolor (Bicolor/Shrub Lespedeza)
Lespedeza cuneata (Chinese Lespedeza) Ligustrum japonicum (Japanese Privet)
Ligustrum sinense (Chinese Privet)
Lonicera japonica (Japanese Honeysuckle)
Ludwigia grandiflora spp. hexapetala (Hairy Water Primrose)
Lygodium microphyllum (Old World Climbing Fern)
Lythrum salicaria (Purple Loosestrife)
Melia azedarach (Chinaberry)
Microstegium vimineum (Japanese Stilt Grass)
Murdannia keisak (Asian Spiderwort)
Myriophyllum aquaticum (Parrot feather)
Myriophyllum spicatum (Eurasian Watermilfoil)
Nymphoides cristata (Crested Floating Heart)
Oplismenus hirtellus ssp. undulatifolius (Wavyleaf Basketgrass)
Persicaria perfoliatum (Mile-A-Minute Vine)
Phragmites australis (Common Reed)
Phyllostachys aurea (Golden Bamboo)
Pueraria montana (Kudzu)
Rosa multiflora (Multiflora Rose)
Salvinia molesta (Giant Salvinia)
Solanum viarum (Tropical Soda Apple)
Sorghum halepense (Johnson Grass)
Tamarix ramosissima (Salt Cedar)
Triadica sebifera (Chinese Tallow Tree)
Tribulus terrestris (Puncturevine)
Vitex rotundifolia (Beach Vitex)
Wisteria floribunda (Japanese Wisteria)
Wisteria sinensis (Chinese Wisteria)
Albizia julibrissin (Mimosa)
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Alligatorweed)
Cayratia japonica (Bushkiller)
Cyperus entrerianus (Deep-rooted Sedge)
Egeria densa (Brazilian Waterweed)
Elaeagnus pungens (Thorny Olive)
Elaeagnus umbellata (Autumn Olive)
Euonymus fortunei var. radicans (Winter Creeper)
Glechoma hederacea (Ground Ivy)
Hedera helix (English Ivy)
Hydrilla verticillata (Hydrilla)
Heracleum mantegazzianum (Giant Hogweed)
Imperata cylindrica (Cogon Grass)
Lespedeza bicolor (Bicolor/Shrub Lespedeza)
Lespedeza cuneata (Chinese Lespedeza) Ligustrum japonicum (Japanese Privet)
Ligustrum sinense (Chinese Privet)
Lonicera japonica (Japanese Honeysuckle)
Ludwigia grandiflora spp. hexapetala (Hairy Water Primrose)
Lygodium microphyllum (Old World Climbing Fern)
Lythrum salicaria (Purple Loosestrife)
Melia azedarach (Chinaberry)
Microstegium vimineum (Japanese Stilt Grass)
Murdannia keisak (Asian Spiderwort)
Myriophyllum aquaticum (Parrot feather)
Myriophyllum spicatum (Eurasian Watermilfoil)
Nymphoides cristata (Crested Floating Heart)
Oplismenus hirtellus ssp. undulatifolius (Wavyleaf Basketgrass)
Persicaria perfoliatum (Mile-A-Minute Vine)
Phragmites australis (Common Reed)
Phyllostachys aurea (Golden Bamboo)
Pueraria montana (Kudzu)
Rosa multiflora (Multiflora Rose)
Salvinia molesta (Giant Salvinia)
Solanum viarum (Tropical Soda Apple)
Sorghum halepense (Johnson Grass)
Tamarix ramosissima (Salt Cedar)
Triadica sebifera (Chinese Tallow Tree)
Tribulus terrestris (Puncturevine)
Vitex rotundifolia (Beach Vitex)
Wisteria floribunda (Japanese Wisteria)
Wisteria sinensis (Chinese Wisteria)
