photo: Ryan Hodnett European Reed (Phragmites australis australis) in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Selling and planting harmful invasive species undermines biodiversity gains made by planting native plants. It is therefore recommended as a ‘best practice’ for ecosystem recovery that the below list of priority invasive plant species not be sold or planted. The list below is provided by the Ontario Invasive Plant Council. For more information and photos of each invasive species please refer to the Grow Me Instead Guide.
Species List Invasive Plants (by Common Name)
- Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii)
- Autumn olive (Eleagnus umbellate)
- Bells honeysuckle (Lonicera x bella)
- Common barberry (Berberis vulgaris)
- Common reed (Phragmites) (Phragmites australis subsp. australis)
- English Ivy (Hedera helix)
- European fly honeysuckle (Lonicera xylosteum)
- European frog-bit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae)
- Fanwort/Cabomba (Cabomba caroliniana)
- Flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus)
- Goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria)
- Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata)
- Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii)
- Japanese honeysuckle vine (Lonicera japonica)
- Miscanthus (Miscanthus sinensis, M. sacchiflorus)
- Morrow’s honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii)
- Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)
- Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
- Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus)
- Periwinkle (Vinca minor)
- Russian olive (Eleagnus angustifolia)
- Tartarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica)
- Water soldier (Stratiotes aloides)
- Yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus)
- Yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltate)
