Invasive Plants
Invasive plants and noxious weeds may have beautiful flowers or stunning foliage but they are dangerous invaders in our ecosystems, often innocently planted in our gardens and then escaping cultivation, ultimately crowding out native species.
What's the difference between an invasive plant & a noxious weed?
As defined by the USDA an invasive plant species is a plant that is both non-native and able to establish on many sites, grow quickly, and spread to the point of disrupting plant communities or ecosystems. “ This is further defined by the Ohio Nursery Landscape Association as “plant species that are not native to Ohio whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm, or harm to human health as determined by scientific studies”
Noxious Weeds is defined by ORC 901:5-37-01 and the Federal Plant Protection act as “any plant or plant product that can directly or indirectly injure or cause damage to crops (including nursery stock of plant products), livestock, poultry or other interests of agriculture, navigation, the natural resources of the United States, the public health or the environment”
Find guidelines for the Mitigation and Management of Noxious Weeds and Invasive Species.
