IPC has developed an Early Detection list for each of the eight PRISM regions in the state (see PRISM map at bottom of page). Each of the plants listed below is on the Early Detection List for one or more PRISMs.
Common Name | Scientific Name | ED Regions | NYFA | Photo |
Black Swallow-wort (Louise's Swallow-wort, Dog-strangling Vine) | Cynanchum louiseae (Syn: Vincetoxicum nigrum) | APIPP | | |
Brazilian Water-weed (Brazilian eloda) | Egeria densa | Capital Region, CRISP | | |
Brittle Naiad (Brittle Water-nymph, Lesser Naiad) | Najas minor | LI ISMA | | |
Caper Spurge (Mole Plant) | Euphorbia lathyris | LI ISMA | | |
Chinese Privet | Ligustrum sinense | LI ISMA | | |
Chinese Silver Grass (Eulalia) | Miscanthus sinensis | Lower Hudson | | |
Common Frogbit (European Frog-bit) | Hydrocharis morsus-ranae | APIPP, LI ISMA, West | | |
Common Valerian (Garden Heliotrope) | Valeriana officinalis | LI ISMA | | |
Cup-plant (Indian Cup-plant) | Silphium perfoliatum | APIPP | | |
Dog Rose | Rosa canina | APIPP | | |
Eurasian Water-milfoil (European Water-milfoil, Spike Water-milfoil) | Myriophyllum spicatum | LI ISMA | | |
European Bird Cherry | Prunus padus | Lower Hudson | | |
European Speedwell | Veronica beccabunga | Lower Hudson | | |
European Spindle-tree (Spindle-tree) | Euonymus europaeus | SLELO, West | | |
European Swallow-wort (Pale Swalow-wort, Dog-strangling Vine) | Cynanchum rossicum (Syn: Vincetoxicum rossicum) | APIPP, CRISP | | |
Floating Primrose Willow | Ludwigia peploides | LI ISMA | | |
Fuller's Teasel (Common Teasel, Wild Teasel) | Dipsacus fullonum (Syn: Dipsacus sylvestris) | APIPP | | |
Giant Hogweed | Heracleum mantegazzianum | APIPP, Capital Region, LI ISMA, Lower Hudson | | |
Japanese Black Pine | Pinus thunbergiana (Pinus thunbergii) | Lower Hudson | | |
Japanese Stiltgrass (Nepalese Browntop) | Microstegium vimineum | FLLO | | |
Japanese Wisteria (Wisteria) | Wisteria floribunda | CRISP, Lower Hudson | | |
Kudzu | Pueraria montana var. lobata | Capital Region | | |
Marsh Thistle (European Marsh Thistle) | Cirsium palustre | FLLO | | |
Mile-a-minute Weed (Mile-a-minute Vine, Asiatic Tearthum) | Persicaria perfoliata (Syn: Polygonum perfoliatum) | CRISP | | |
Parrot-feather (Water-feather, Brazilian Water-milfoil) | Myriophyllum aquaticum | Lower Hudson | | |
Porcelain Berry (Amur Pepper-vine) | Ampelopsis brevipedunculata | West | | |
Professor-weed (Goat's-rue ) | Galega officinalis | West | | |
Rambler Rose (Multiflora Rose) | Rosa multiflora | APIPP | | |
Thunberg's Geranium | Geranium thunbergii | Lower Hudson | | |
Velvet-leaf | Abutilon theophrasti | APIPP | | |
Water Chestnut | Trapa natans | APIPP, CRISP, LI ISMA, West | | |
Wineberry (Japanese Wineberry, Wine Raspberry) | Rubus phoenicolasius | West | | |
Winged Burning Bush (Burning Bush, Winged Euonymus) | Euonymus alatus | West | | |
Yellow Floating-heart | Nymphoides peltata | APIPP | | |
Yellow Foxglove (Foxglove) | Digitalis grandiflora (D. pupurea) | Lower Hudson | | |
This work is supported by a grant from the USFS.