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
