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Table 3.1--Exotic invasive plants of southern forests. Sources: Miller 1997; USDA Forest Service 1999, and Rural Action Inc. 1999

Common Name	Scientific Name	Plant Description
Silktree or Mimosa tree	Albizia julibrissin	Tree
Chinaberry	Melia azedarach	Tree
Tallowtree or Popcorn tree	Sapium sebiferum	Tree
Tree of heaven or Stinktree	Ailanthus altissima	Tree
Empress or Princess tree	Paulownia tomentosa	Tree
Bicolor lespedeza	Lespedeza bicolor	Shrub
Burning bush	Euonymus alatus	Shrub
Japanese privet	Ligustrum japonicum	Shrub
Chinese privet	Ligustrum sinense	Shrub
Common privet	Ligustrum vulgare	Shrub
Multiflora rose	Rosa multflora	Shrub
Autumn olive	Elaeagnus umbellata	Shrub
Amur or Bush honeysuckle	Lonicera maackii	Shrub
Japanese barberry	Berberis thunbergii	Shrub
Japanese honeysuckle	Lonicera japonica	Vine
Japanese climbing fern	Lygodium japonicum	Vine
English ivy	Hedera helix	Vine
Kudzu	Pueraria montana	Vine
Mile-a-minute	Polygonum perfoliatum	Vine
Periwinkle	Vinca minor	Vine
Oriental bittersweet	Celastrus orbiculatus	Vine
Chinese wisteria	Wisteria sinensis	Vine
Winter creeper	Euonmus fortunei	Vine
Cogongrass	Imperata cylindrica	Grass
Japanese grass or stiltgrass	Microstegium vimineum	Grass
Johnsongrass	Sorghum halepense	Grass
Tall fescue	Fescue elatior	Grass
Common teasel	Dipsacus sylvestris	Herb
Crown vetch	Coronilla varia	Herb
Garlic mustard	Alliaria petiolata	Herb
Japanese knotweed	Polygonum cuspidatum	Herb
Musk thistle	Carduus nutans	Herb
Purple loosestrife	Lythrum salicaria	Herb
Sericea or Chinese lespedeza	Lespedeza cuneata	Herb
Spotted knapweed	Centaurea maculosa	Herb
Sweet clover	Melilotus alba	Herb

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