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INVASIVE PLANT of the month

This beautiful perennial sprawls along the ground and produces purple blooms from March through June.

This beautiful perennial grows to about 25 feet and forms a small tree or shrub.

This perennial is one of the earliest plants to bloom in the spring

The Shumard Oak is a deciduous red oak that grows to 70’ tall.

The Black Cherry tree is a deciduous perennial that grows to 100 feet tall.

This deciduous tree grows to 60 feet tall.

Sweet Goldenrod, Solidago odora, is a distinctive perennial and easy to identify by its leaves, which smell of anise when crushed.

Native Louisiana woodies (trees and shrubs) not only add beauty to your landscape, but many of the species in this group are especially valuable for providing food, cover, and nesting sites for native wildlife.

Indian Grass, Sorghastrum nutans, is a beautiful perennial native grass that is one of the Big Five prairie grasses (Little bluestem, Big bluestem, Switchgrass, Indian grass, and Gama grass).

This beautiful perennial blooms all summer with dark blue to white tubular flowers.

Bird Pepper, Capsicum annuum, is the only chili native to the US!

Cherokee Sedge, Carex cherokeensis, is an evergreen native perennial plant that grows to about 2 ft. tall.

Carolina Thistle, Cirsium carolinianum

Pink Evening Primrose, Oenothera speciosa

Violet family, Violaceae, Spiderworts, Tradescantia spp., Lyreleaf sage, Salvia lyrata,

Little Bluestem, Schizachyrium scoparium

Native hibiscus are tall, shrub-like, woody-based herbaceous perennials in the Malvaceae or mallow family.

One of the the most popular of the Liatris species, the Kansas blazing star is sometimes grown as an ornamental.

Cardinal flower, a 1-6 ft. perennial, has showy red flowers in 8 in., terminal spikes.