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1 Invasive Plant Identification for Regional Mapping Kerrie L. Kyde Invasive Plant Ecologist MD DNR Natural Heritage Program Statewide Eyes Training for Central Maryland

2 Trees Norway maple Tree of heaven Empress tree Callery pear Acer platanoides Ailanthus altissima Paulownia tomentosa Pyrus calleryana 2

3 oregonstate.edu/dept/ ldplants/images/acpl-sa2.jpg Sugar maple fruit 2003 Steve Baskauf bioimages.cas.vanderbilt.edu Norway maple fruit images/2005/nature/leave Judy Sedbrook Norway maple Acer platanoides

4 Chuck Bargeron, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org Rhus typhina Native lookalikes staghorn and smooth sumac Rhus glabra Tree of heaven Ailanthus altissima

5 Empress tree Paulownia tomentosa Annemarie Smith, ODNR Division of Forestry, Bugwood.org Chris Evans UGA www. Forestry images.org

6 Empress tree Paulownia tomentosa Northern catalpa Catalpa speciosa Flowers Bark Leaves Steve Sieberling, UNC Herbarium Fruit http//biology.missouristate.edu_herbarium

7 Callery pear Pyrus calleryana 7

8 Shrubs Japanese barberry Autumn olive Winged euonymus Privet species Shrub honeysuckles Multiflora rose Wineberry Berberis thunbergii Elaeagnus umbellata Euonymus alatus IPAC T2 Ligustrum spp. IPAC T2 (Border) Lonicera spp. IPAC T1 (Amur) Rosa multiflora Rubus phoenicolasius

9 Japanese barberry Berberis thunbergii Barry Rice, sarracenia.com,

10 Autumn olive Elaeagnus umbellata

11 Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org IPAC Tier 2 Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org Burning bush Euonymus alatus

12 Privet Ligustrum obtusifolium Border privet L. sinense Chinese privet L. vulgare Common/European privet

13 L. sinense L. vulgare L. obtusifolium IPAC Tier 2 Ronald Billings, Texas A&M Forest Service, Bugwood.org Nava Tabal, IPANE, Bugwood.org Robert Vidéki, Doronicum Kft, Bugwood.org Leslie J. Mehrhoff, Univ of Conn., Bugwood.org Chris Evans, Univ of Illinois, bugwood.org James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, www. Forestryimages.org Photo by Pancrat, Creative Commons

14 Shrub honeysuckle Lonicera spp. Amur honeysuckle IPAC Tier 1 proposed

15 Multiflora rose Rosa multiflora Stipules

16 Wineberry Rubus phoenicolasius Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org

17 Vines Porcelainberry Oriental bittersweet English and Irish ivy Japanese honeysuckle Mile-a-minute weed Kudzu Wisteria species Ampelopsis brevipedunculata Celastrus orbiculatus Hedera helix, H. hibernica Lonicera japonica Persicaria perfoliata (herbaceous) Pueraria montana var. lobata Wisteria floribunda, sinensis, hybrid IPAC T2

18 Porcelainberry Ampelopsis brevipedunculata nn.edu/plants/a/amp bre Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org All other photos by Kerrie L. Kyde Jil Swearingen, NPS, Bugwood.org

19 Oriental bittersweet Celastrus orbiculatus

20 English and Irish ivy Hedera helix, H. hibernica James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, H. helix Drawings by S. Bellanger um.be/content/hedera -hibernica H. hibernica

21 Japanese honeysuckle Lonicera japonica Chuck Bargeron, Univ. of Georgia, Ted Bodner, SWSS,

22 Mile-a-minute Persicaria perfoliata Native lookalike Halberd-leaved tearthumb Polygonum arifolium nwc/research/biocon trol/index.htm

23 David J. Moorhead, Univ. of Georgia, James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Kudzu Pueraria montana var. lobata Ted Bodner, SWSS,

24 Wisteria Wisteria floribunda, sinensis, x formosa IPAC Tier 2

25 Herbs & Grasses Garlic mustard Japanese knotweed Lesser celandine Giant hogweed Purple loosestrife Japanese stilt grass Golden bamboo Wavyleaf basketgrass Beefsteak plant Common reed Alliaria petiolata Fallopia japonica Ficaria verna IPAC T1 Heracleum mantegazzianum Lythrum salicaria Microstegium vimineum Phyllostachys aurea Oplismenus undulatifolius Perilla frutescens Phragmites australis

26 Garlic mustard Alliaria petiolata Britt Slattery, US Fish and Wildlife, Bugwood.org Native violet Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of CT, Bugwood.org

27 Japanese knotweed Fallopia japonica Armin Jagel, Bochum Botanical Club Left to right: leaves of F. sachalinensis, x bohemica and japonica

28 Lesser celandine Ficaria verna K.L.Kyde 2011 Native marsh marigold, Caltha palustris wisplants.uwsp.edu IPAC Tier 1 Other photos by Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut

29 Courtesy of Grand Moraine Growers www. sentex.net~pems perennia.htm Giant hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum Native Cow Parsnip animals/72766.html All photographs by Lane Heimer, MDA

30 Purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria

31 Japanese stilt grass Microstegium vimineum

32 Bamboo Phyllostachys spp. James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org These are P. aurea.

33 Wavyleaf basketgrass Oplismenus undulatifolius

34 Japanese WLBG Hairy joint stiltgrass grass

35 Perilla frutescens Beefsteak plant

36 Common reed Phragmites australis Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org Kevin Heffernan, VA DCR Heritage

37 Aquatics Hydrilla Yellow flag iris Marsh dewflower Parrot-feather Eurasian watermilfoil Hydrilla verticillata Iris pseudacorus IPAC T1 Murdannia keisak Myriophyllum aquaticum Myriophyllum spicatum

38 Hydrilla Hydrilla verticillata Vic Ramey, Univ of Florida Mike Naylor, MD DNR Drawing courtesy of IFAS Center for Aquatic Plants

39 IPAC Tier 1 Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org Nancy Loewenstein, Auburn University, Bugwood.org Yellow flag Iris pseudacorus Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org

40 Marsh dewflower Murdannia keisak Linda Lee, University of South Carolina, Bugwood.org Nancy Loewenstein, Auburn University, Bugwood.org Native Commelina virginica By Jim Stasz, hosted by USDA-NRCS Plants Database

41 Myriophyllum aquaticum and spicatum All other images from Maryland DNR Drawing and image below courtesy of IFAS at Parrot feather Eurasian watermilfoil

42 THANK YOU! Kerrie L. Kyde Invasive Plant Ecologist MD DNR Natural Heritage Program 301/

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