title: List of invasive plant species in Maryland
text: # List of invasive plant species in Maryland
  
  Numerous non-native plants have been introduced to Maryland in the United States and many of them have become invasive species. The following is a list of some non-native invasive plant species established in Maryland.
  
  ## Terrestrial plants
  
  | Scientific Name | Common Name |
  | - | - |
  | Acer platanoides | Norway Maple |
  | Ailanthus altissima | Tree of Heaven |
  | Ajuga reptans | Bugleweed |
  | Akebia quinata | Chocolate vine |
  | Albizia julibrissin | Persian silk tree |
  | Alliaria petiolata | Garlic Mustard |
  | Allium vineale | Wild Garlic |
  | Ampelopsis brevipedunculata | Porcelain Berry |
  | Aralia elata | Japanese angelica tree |
  | Arctium minus | Burdock |
  | Artemisia vulgaris | Mugwort |
  | Arthraxon hispidus | Small carpetgrass |
  | Arundo donax | Giant cane |
  | Berberis thunbergii | Japanese Barberry |
  | Bromus tectorum | Cheatgrass |
  | Broussonetia papyrifera | Paper Mulberry |
  | Cardamine impatiens | Narrowleaf Bittercress |
  | Carduus acanthoides | Plumeless Thistle |
  | Carduus nutans | Musk Thistle |
  | Carex kobomugi | Asiatic Sand Sedge |
  | Celastrus orbiculatus | Oriental Bittersweet |
  | Centaurea maculosa | Spotted Knapweed |
  | Cirsium arvense | Creeping Thistle |
  | Cirsium vulgare | Bull Thistle |
  | Clematis terniflora | Sweet Autumn Clematis |
  | Commelina communis | Asiatic dayflower |
  | Conium maculatum | Poison hemlock |
  | Convolvulus arvensis | Field bindweed |
  | Cortaderia selloana | Pampas grass |
  | Cynodon dactylon | Bermuda grass |
  | Cytisus scoparius | Scotch broom |
  | Dioscorea polystachya | Chinese yam |
  | Dipsacus fullonum | Fuller's teasel |
  | Elaeagnus umbellata | Autumn Olive |
  | Eragrostis curvula | Weeping lovegrass |
  | Euonymus fortunei | Winter Creeper |
  | Fatoua villosa | Mulberryweed |
  | Ficaria verna | Lesser Celandine |
  | Galanthus nivalis | Snowdrop |
  | Reynoutria japonica (syn. Fallopia japonica) | Japanese Knotweed |
  | Frangula alnus | Glossy Buckthorn |
  | Hedera helix | English Ivy |
  | Hemerocallis fulva | Daylily |
  | Heracleum mantegazzianum | Giant Hogweed |
  | Hesperis matronalis | Dame's rocket |
  | Hibiscus syriacus | Rose of Sharon |
  | Humulus japonicus | Japanese Hops |
  | Iris pseudacorus | Yellow iris |
  | Koelreuteria paniculata | Goldenrain tree |
  | Lactuca serriola | Prickly lettuce |
  | Lamium amplexicaule | Common henbit |
  | Lamium galeobdolon | Yellow archangel |
  | Lespedeza cuneata | Chinese bushclover |
  | Ligustrum sinense | Chinese privet |
  | Ligustrum vulgare | Common privet |
  | Lonicera japonica | Japanese Honeysuckle |
  | Lonicera maackii | Amur Honeysuckle |
  | Lonicera morrowi | Morrow's Honeysuckle |
  | Lonicera standishii | Standish's Honeysuckle |
  | Liriope sp. | Liriope |
  | Lonicera tatarica | Tatarian Honeysuckle |
  | Lotus corniculatus | Bird's-foot trefoil |
  | Lysimachia nummularia | Creeping jenny |
  | Lythrum salicaria | Purple Loosestrife |
  | Mahonia bealei | Beale's barberry |
  | Melilotus albus | White sweet clover |
  | Microstegium vimineum | Japanese Stiltgrass |
  | Miscanthus sinensis | Chinese Silvergrass |
  | Mollugo verticillata | Green carpetweed |
  | Morus alba | White Mulberry |
  | Morus australis | Chinese mulberry |
  | Murdannia keisak | Marsh Dayflower |
  | Oplismenus undulatifolius | Wavyleaf Basketgrass |
  | Ornithogalum umbellatum | Star-of-Bethlehem |
  | Pachysandra terminalis | Japanese pachysandra |
  | Paulownia tomentosa | Princesstree, Paulownia |
  | Pennisetum alopecuroides | Chinese fountaingrass |
  | Perilla frutescens | Perilla |
  | Persicaria perfoliata | Mile-a-minute |
  | Phalaris arundinacea | Reed Canarygrass |
  | Phragmites australis | Phragmites |
  | Phyllostachys aurea | Golden bamboo |
  | Phyllostachys aureosulcata | Yellow groove bamboo |
  | Poncirus trifoliata | Trifoliate orange |
  | Pueraria montana var. lobata | Kudzu |
  | Pyrus calleryana | Callery/Bradford Pear |
  | Quercus acutissima | Sawtooth oak |
  | Rhodotypos scandens | Jetbead |
  | Rorippa sylvestris | Yellow fieldcress |
  | Rosa multiflora | Multiflora Rose |
  | Rubus phoenicolasius | Wineberry |
  | Saccharum ravennae | Ravennagrass |
  | Schoenoplectus mucronatus | Bog Bulrush |
  | Securigera varia | Crown vetch |
  | Sorghum bicolor | Shattercane |
  | Sorghum halepense | Johnsongrass |
  | Spiraea japonica | Japanese spiraea |
  | Stellaria media | Chickweed |
  | Stellaria pallida | Lesser chickweed |
  | Taraxacum officinale | Common dandelion |
  | Urtica dioica subsp. dioica | European stinging nettle |
  | Verbascum thapsus | Common mullein |
  | Veronica hederifolia | Ivy-leaved Speedwell |
  | Viburnum dilatatum | Linden viburnum |
  | Vinca major | Greater periwinkle |
  | Vinca minor | Lesser periwinkle |
  | Vitex rotundifolia | Beach vitex |
  | Wisteria sinensis | Chinese Wisteria |
  | Wisteria floribunda | Japanese Wisteria |
  
  ## Aquatic plants
  
  | Scientific Name | Common Name |
  | - | - |
  | Alternanthera philoxeroides | Alligator weed |
  | Didymosphenia geminata | Didymo, Rock Snot |
  | Egeria densa | Brazilian Waterweed |
  | Eichhornia crassipes | Water Hyacinth |
  | Hydrilla verticillata | Hydrilla |
  | Iris pseudacorus | Yellow iris |
  | Myriophyllum aquaticum | Parrot Feather |
  | Myriophyllum spicatum | Eurasian Water-Milfoil |
  | Potamogeton crispus | Curly Leaved Pondweed |
  | Prymnesium parvum | Golden Algae |
  | Salvinia molesta | Giant Salvinia |
  | Trapa natans | Water Chestnut |
  