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Massachusetts invasive species
May. 28th, 2019 08:37 amWe moved into a new house last fall, and it looks like the backyard had been basically ignored for at least 10 years. And so half the plants are invasive species.
The back yard is on a pretty steep slope and is really rocky, and I've decided that I'm going to focus on the invasive species, and not worry too much about regular weeds.
The official Massachusetts Invasive Plant Advisory Group list is here
The list of Prohibited Plants in Massachusetts (which is much longer than the Invasive Plant Advisory Group list, maybe because some of these plants threaten cash crops?)
There is a Mass Audobon illustrated guide here, though it’s hard to figure out how they picked this particular group of 34 plants. It seems to be focused on things you might find in your backyard, and excluded almost all of the aquatic invasives.
This Brooklyn Botanical Garden Weed of the Month blog has some great illustrations, though most of the weeds they feature are not technically invasive.
Here’s my checklist of what I’ve found in my yard (based on the Invasive Plant Advisory Group list), with everything I've found in our backyard bolded. With an asterisk if it a MA prohibited plant.
I'm going to update this list as I identify plants.
As an aside, how cool are plant common names?
The back yard is on a pretty steep slope and is really rocky, and I've decided that I'm going to focus on the invasive species, and not worry too much about regular weeds.
The official Massachusetts Invasive Plant Advisory Group list is here
The list of Prohibited Plants in Massachusetts (which is much longer than the Invasive Plant Advisory Group list, maybe because some of these plants threaten cash crops?)
There is a Mass Audobon illustrated guide here, though it’s hard to figure out how they picked this particular group of 34 plants. It seems to be focused on things you might find in your backyard, and excluded almost all of the aquatic invasives.
This Brooklyn Botanical Garden Weed of the Month blog has some great illustrations, though most of the weeds they feature are not technically invasive.
Here’s my checklist of what I’ve found in my yard (based on the Invasive Plant Advisory Group list), with everything I've found in our backyard bolded. With an asterisk if it a MA prohibited plant.
I'm going to update this list as I identify plants.
As an aside, how cool are plant common names?
