How Invasive Species Spread Across the U.S.

Let’s celebrate #earthweek! Learning about invasive plants is important. Invasive plants are often beautiful, but can lead to huge environmental issues. Not all non-natives become invasive, but those that do compete with native plants, reduce plants that provide food and cover to local wildlife, compete with food sources for pollinators, and are expensive to control. Here’s a few ways to help control invasives in your area: -Familiarize yourself with local invasive plants. Visit invasive.org for

Hi, it’s me—droning on about invasives and out of control plants again!😂 Every area is different and invasive or highly aggressive plants in one place are not necessarily invasive in others (there is a technical distinction between these two, depending on where you live). In addition to lily of the valley, I’ve seen English ivy😑, certain types of vinca and lamium (not all types are classified as invasive, and even those which may be are not necessarily in all regions).The mega point here is: k

These trees are invasive and the common name is absurd. They are fast growing and spread rapidly, crowding out native species and resulting in great cost to remove, if they are even removable. They are also a host for the spotted lantern fly so there's another reason to try to get rid of them. We even had one in our yard recently between our shed and our neighbor’s fence and we had no idea because we don’t ever look at that area. Fortunately my husband was able to dig it out. They’re easy to pul