Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants

Orange links lead to individual pages for each species.

Tip: To quickly find a plant on this list, press Control-F (Windows) or Command-F (Mac) to bring up the find bar on the page. Type in part of the plant name; the browser will find it for you!

Common Serviceberry – Amelanchier arborea

Buffalograss – Bouteloua dactyloides

Crossvine – Bignonia capreolata

Cherokee Sedge – Carex cherokeensis

Thinfruit Sedge – Carex flaccosperma

Leavenworth’s Sedge – Carex leavenworthii

American Hornbeam – Carpinus caroliniana

White Fringetree – Chionanthus virginicus

Devil’s Darning Needles – Clematis virginiana

Seven Sisters (Crinum Lilly) – Crinum americanum

Swamp Titi – Cyrilla racemiflora

Common Persimmon – Diospyros virginiana

Bursting-Heart (Strawberry Bush) – Euonymus americana

Dwarf Witchalder – Fothergilla gardenii

Evening Trumpetflower (Carolina Jessamine) – Gelsemium sempervirens

Spring Spiderlily – Hymenocallis liriosme

St. Andrew’s Cross – Hypericum hypericoides

Dahoon – Ilex cassine

Inkberry – Ilex glabra

American Holly – Ilex opaca

Yaupon – Ilex vomitoria

Florida Anisetree – Illicium floridanum

Louisiana Irises – Iris spp.

Virginia Sweetspire – Itea virginica

Poverty Rush – Juncus tenuis

Tuliptree – Liriodendron tulipifera

Trumpet Honeysuckle (Coral Honeysuckle) – Lonicera sempervirens

Fetterbush Lyonia – Lyonia lucida

Sweetbay – Magnolia virginiana

Wax Myrtle – Morella cerifera

Red Mulberry – Morus rubra

Basketgrass – Oplismenus hirtellus

Virginia Creeper – Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Purple Passionflower – Passiflora incarnata

Turkey Tangle Frogfruit – Phyla nodiflora

Pickerelweed – Pontederia cordata

Chickasaw Plum – Prunus angustifolia

Carolina Laurelcherry – Prunus caroliniana

Mexican Plum – Prunus mexicana

Black Cherry – Prunus serotina

White Oak – Quercus alba

Overcup Oak – Quercus lyrata

Swamp Chestnut Oak – Quercus michauxii

Willow Oak – Quercus phellos

Shumard’s Oak – Quercus shumardii

Nuttall Oak – Quercus texana

Winged Sumac – Rhus copallinum

Carolina Rose – Rosa carolina

Swamp Rose – Rosa palustris

Broadleaf Arrowhead (Duck Potato) – Sagittaria latifolia

Sassafras – Sassafras albidum

Little Bluestem – Schizachyrium scoparium

Indiangrass – Sorghastrum nutans

St. Augustine Grass – Stenotaphrum secundatum

American Snowbell – Styrax americanus

Powdery Alligator-flag – Thalia dealbata

Winged Elm – Ulmus alata

Elliot’s Blueberry – Vaccinium elliottii

Southern Arrowwood – Viburnum dentatum

Possumhaw – Viburnum nudum

Small-leaf Arrowwood – Viburnum obovatum

American Wisteria – Wisteria frutescens

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