title: List of invasive plant species in Wisconsin
text: # List of invasive plant species in Wisconsin
  
  This list of invasive plant species in Wisconsin includes non-native plant species or strains "that become established in natural plant communities and wild areas, replacing native vegetation".
  
  The Invasive Plants Association of Wisconsin (IPAW) is a group working to address the problems presented by invasive species in Wisconsin. In Wisconsin it is illegal to "possess, transport, transfer, or introduce certain invasive species in Wisconsin without a permit".
  
  Species on IPAW's list of invasive plants:
  
  * Acer platanoides – Norway maple
  * Alliaria petiolata – garlic mustard
  * Arctium minus – common burdock
  * Berberis thunbergii – Japanese barberry
  * Bromus inermis – smooth brome
  * Campanula rapunculoides – creeping bellflower
  * Celastrus orbiculatus – Oriental bittersweet
  * Centaurea maculosa – spotted knapweed
  * Cirsium arvense – Canada thistle
  * Convallaria majalis – lily of the valley
  * Convolvulus arvensis – field bindweed
  * Crepis tectorum – hawksbeard
  * Daucus carota – Queen Anne's lace
  * Dipsacus laciniatus – cut-leaved teasel
  * Dipsacus sylvestris – common teasel
  * Elaeagnus angustifolia – Russian olive
  * Elaeagnus umbellata – autumn olive
  * Elytrigia repens – quackgrass
  * Epipactis helleborine – helleborine orchid
  * Euphorbia cyparissias – cypress spurge
  * Euphorbia esula – leafy spurge
  * Festuca arundinacea – tall fescue
  * Glechoma hederacea – creeping Charlie
  * Hemerocallis fulva – orange daylily
  * Hesperis matronalis – dame's rocket
  * Hieracium aurantiacum – orange hawkweed
  * Hieracium caespitosum – yellow hawkweed
  * Hypericum perforatum – St. John's wort
  * Iris pseudacorus – yellow iris
  * Leonurus cardiaca – motherwort
  * Lonicera maackii – Amur honeysuckle
  * Lonicera morrowii – Morrow's honeysuckle
  * Lonicera tatarica – Tartarian honeysuckle
  * Lonicera × bella – Bell's honeysuckle
  * Lotus corniculatus – bird's-foot trefoil
  * Lysimachia nummularia – moneywort
  * Lythrum salicaria – purple loosestrife
  * Melilotus alba – white sweet clover
  * Melilotus officinalis – yellow sweet clover
  * Morus alba – white mulberry
  * Myosotis scorpioides – forget-me-not
  * Myriophyllum spicatum – Eurasian watermilfoil
  * Pastinaca sativa – wild parsnip
  * Phalaris arundinacea – reed canary grass
  * Phragmites australis – common reed grass
  * Pinus sylvestris – Scots pine
  * Poa compressa – Canada bluegrass
  * Poa pratensis – Kentucky bluegrass
  * Populus alba – white poplar
  * Potamogeton crispus – curly-leaf pondweed
  * Reynoutria japonica (syn. Polygonum cuspidatum) – Japanese knotweed
  * Rhamnus cathartica – common buckthorn
  * Rhamnus frangula – glossy buckthorn
  * Robinia pseudoacacia – black locust
  * Rosa multiflora – multiflora rose
  * Rumex acetosella – sheep sorrel
  * Saponaria officinalis – soapwort
  * Securigera varia – crown vetch
  * Solanum dulcamara – climbing nightshade
  * Tanacetum vulgare – tansy
  * Trifolium pratense – red clover
  * Trifolium repens – white clover
  * Typha angustifolia – narrow-leaved cattail
  * Typha × glauca – hybrid cattail
  * Ulmus pumila – Siberian elm
  * Vinca minor – common periwinkle
  