Indiana Invasive Species Week - Day 2

Indiana Invasive Species Week, April 19-25, 2020

Reposted from the Indiana Invasive Species Council Blog

Invasive Landscape Plant Spotlight

Regulated terrestrial invasive plant: Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii)

Non-regulated terrestrial invasive plant: Burning bush (Euonymus alatus)

Japanese barberry invading woodland understory

photo by Amber Slaughterbeck

Japanese barberry flowers

photo by P. Rothrock

Japanese barberry foliage and fruits

photo by Helmbold

burning bush invading forest understory

photo by Central Indiana Land Trust (CILTI)

burning bush winged stem

photo by Belth

burning bush fall foliage and fruits

photo by Belth

Native alternatives for your landscape in Indiana

Bushes:

Highbush blueberry (Vaccinum corymbosum) – pollinator connection: bees and butterflies and moths

Viburnum dentatum (Viburnum dentatum) - pollinator connection: bees, butterflies, moths, and is considered host for Spring Azure

Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifoli) – pollinator connection: bees, beetles, butterflies, and moths

Trees:

Witchhazel (Amelanchier arborea or A. laevis ) – pollinator connection: bees, flies and owlet moths

highbush blueberry fall foliage

photo by Albert F. W. Vick

arrowwood viburnum fruits

photo courtesy of Missouri University

Ninebark flowers

photo by Alan Cressler

American Witchhazel flowers and fall foliage

photo by Dawn Slack

Additional resources:

• Southern Indiana Cooperative Invasives Management (SICIM)

• Indiana Wildlife Federation:

• Indiana Department of Natural Resources

• Indiana Invasive Species Council

• The Nature Conservancy in Indiana

• Purdue Extension

- Dawn Slack, Director of Stewardship with The Nature Conservancy In Indiana

Chair, Invasive Plant Advisory Committee

Project Coordinator, Indiana Invasives Initiative, SICIM

(Background photo of garlic mustard by Belth)