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Invasive Plant Management in the North Carolina Sandhills


Early Detection / Rapid Response Species


Click on plant name for a species factsheet.
See bottom of page for printable EDRR plant list.

Click
HERE to view presentations and print handouts
from the Sandhills EDRR Workshop held on November 4, 2010
(Note: Presentations are large and take a while to download)


Federal and/or State Regulated Early Detection Species:
NOT Known to Occur in North Carolina

Common Name   Scientific Name
 Branched Broomrape  Orobanche racemosa
 British Yellowhead  Inula britannica
 Caulerpa (marine alga)     Caulerpa taxifolia
 Cogongrass  Imperata cylindrica
 Giant Hogweed  Heracleum mantegazzianum
 Goatsrue  Galega officinalis
 Japanese Dodder  Cuscuta japonica
 Mile-a-Minute  Persicaria perfoliata


Unregulated Early Detection Species:
NOT Known to Occur in North Carolina

 Common Name  Scientific Name
 Crested Floating Heart  Nymphoides cristata
 Old World Climbing Fern     Lygodium microphyllum
 Wavyleaf Basketgrass  Oplismenus hirtellus sub. undulatifolius

 
Federal and/or State Regulated EDRR Species:
Limited Distribution in North
Carolina

Common Name   Scientific Name
 Beach Vitex  Vitex rotundifolia
 Bushkiller  Cayratia japonica
 Canada Thistle  Cirsium arvense
 Giant Salvinia  Salvinia molesta
 Hydrilla  Hydrilla verticillata
 Itchgrass  Rottboellia cochinchinensis
 Puncturevine  Tribulus terrestris
 Purple Loosestrife  Lythrum salicaria
 Small Broomrape  Orobanche minor
 Tropical Soda Apple  Solanum viarum
 Tropical Spiderwort     Commelina benghalensis
 Witchweed  Striga asiatica


Unregulated EDRR Species:
Limited Distribution in North Carolina

 Common Name  Scientific Name
 Deeprooted Sedge     Cyperus enterianus

 
Other Invasive Plants of Special Concern:
Limited Distribution in North Carolina

 Common Name  Scientific Name
 Chinese Tallow  Triadica sebifera
 Garlic Mustard  Alliaria petiolata
 Oriental Bittersweet     Celastrus orbiculatus
 Saltcedar  Tamarix ramosissima
 Sawtooth Oak  Quercus acutissima

North Carolina - EDRR Target Species List

North Carolina Sandhills Weed Management Area