Pennsylvania has Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Grasses, Aquatics and Herbs on their Banned and Invasive plant list.
A Banned or Invasive Plant is a plant the grows in Pa. that grows wildly and very fast spreading over areas where they are not wanted or needed. They spread by dropping seedlings, berries or other material from the plant. They over fill areas with the plant and kill other needed or wanted plant material. Below is a list of plant material from Pa. that is Banned or Deemed Invasive in Pa. This may or may not be all of the Banned or Invasive material in Pa. We recommend contacting your local DCNR Office for more information. We recommend not planting any of the plant material on the list below, this will help remove any unwanted plant material from our forest and homes and give our good plant material room to grow.
NOTE – Please note this Information was collected from various sources and may very depending on the source. Dependable Sources we recommend are your local DCNR Office and your local Penn State Extension Office.
All Plant Names Are In Common Name Only!
TREES BANNED OR INVASIVE TO PA.
- European Black Alder
- Mimosa
- White Mulberry
- Paper Mulberry
- Norway MapleEx
- Amur Maple
- Tree of Heaven
- Sycamore Maple
- Princess Tree
- Japanese Angelica Tree
- Cork Tree
- Callery Pear
- Bradford Pear
- Siberian Elm
- Bee Bee Tree
SHRUBS BANNED OR INVASIVE TO PA.
- Butterfly Bush
- Chinese Bush Clovers
- Shrubbery Clovers
- Privets
- Winged Euonymus
- Burning Bush
- Russian Olive Shrub
- Autumn Olive Shrub
- European Barberries
- Japanese Barberries
- Guelder Rose
- Linden Viburnum
- Double File Viburnum
- Siebold Viburnum
- Japanese Spiraea
- Honeysuckle Shrub
- Common Buckhorn
- Glossy Buckhorn
- Winberry
- Jetbead
- Multiflora Rose
VINES BANNED OR INVASIVE IN PA.
- Chocolate Vine
- Porcelain Berry
- English Ivy
- Kudzu
- Japanese Honeysuckle
- Common Periwinkle
- Bigleaf Periwinkle
- Mile a Minute Weed
- Chinese Wisteria
- Japanese Wisteria
- Japanese Hops
- Winter Creeper
- Black Swallow Wort
- Pale Swallow Wort
- Oriental Bittersweet
GRASSES BANNED OR INVASIVE IN PA.
- Common Velvet Grass
- Japanese Stiltgrass
- Rough Bluegrass
- Common Reed
- Small Carpetgrass
- Reed Canary Grass
- Tall Fescue
- Shattercane Grass
- Johnson Grass
- Cheatgrass
- Poverty Brome
- Ravenna Grass
- Golden Bamboo
- Yellow Grove Bamboo
- Giant Timber Bamboo
- Chinese Silvergrass
- Wavyleaf Basketgrass
HERBS BANNED OR INVASIVE IN PA.
- Greater Celandine
- Goutweed
- Wild Chervil
- Garlic Mustard
- Musk Thistle
- Black Knapweed
- Brown Knapweed
- Spotted Knapweed
- Canada Thistle
- Narrowleaf Bittercress
- Lesser Celandine
- Goats Rue
- Beefsteak Plant
- Wild Parsnip
- Jimsonweed
- Bull Thistle
- Orange Daylilly
- Crwon Vetch
- Poison Hemlock
- Dames Rocket
- Yellow Flag Iris
- Spiney Plumeless Thistle
- Smallflower Herb
- Hairy Willow Herb
- Giant Hogweed
- Star of Bethlehem
- Japanese Knotweed
- Giant Knotweed
- Bristled Knotweed
- Japanese Panchysandra
- Moneywort
- Purple Loosestrife
AQUATIC PLANTS BANNED OR INVASIVE IN PA.
- Curly Pondweed
- Brazilian Water Weed
- Hydrilla
- Parrot Feather Watermilfoil
- Water Chestnut
- Starry Stonewort
- Carolina Fanwort
- Narrow Leaved Cattail
- Floating Primrose Willow
- Didymo
- Eurasian Water Milfoil
- Hybrid Cattail
