Weedy (non-native)
What does ‘Non-native’ mean? Non-native refers to plants living or growing in a place that is not the region where they naturally live and grow. In North America there are many plants found growing in the wild which were introduced from other parts of the world and naturalized in local environments. Some of these introduced […]
Cut-leaved Teasel (Dipsacus laciniatus)
Non-native Range Blooms: July – September Habitat: Cut-leaf Teasel prefers full to partial sun, mesic conditions, and loamy fertile soil. Look for Cut-leaf Teasel along roadsides, ditches, open fields, and waste areas.
Common St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum)
Non-native Range Blooms: June – September Habitat: Common St. John’s Wort prefers full sun and mesic to dry conditions. Looks for Common St. John’s Wort in fields, along roadsides, woodland edges, and areas with disturbed soil.
Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia)
Non-native Blooming: June – August Habitat: Creeping Jenny prefers full sun to light shade and moist conditions. Look for Creeping Jenny in moist woods, wetlands, along streams, lawns, and in gardens.
Canada Thistle (cirsium arvense)
Non-native Range Blooms: June – October Habitat: Canada Thistle prefers full sun and moist to mesic conditions. Look for Canada Thistle in old fields, along roads, waste areas, wetlands, and lakeshores.
Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)
Non-native Range Blooms: February Habitat: Snowdrops prefer full sun to part shade and moist to semi dry conditions. Look for snowdrops in open meadows, on the edges of fields, and in damp woodlands.