Invasive Plants Around Acton

This is a guide to the invasive plant species frequently found in the Acton, Massachusetts area.

Trees

Glossy Buckthorn

Norway Maple

Tree of Heaven

Common Buckthorn

Black Locust (mistakenly considered invasive)

Bushes

Multiflora Rose

Bush Honeysuckle

Japanese Barberry

Japanese Knotweed

Autumn Olive

Winged Euonymus

European Privet Hedge

Vines

Asian Bittersweet

Mile-A-Minute

Undergrowth

Garlic Mustard

Mugwort

Black Swallowwort

Aquatic

Water Chestnut

Pictoral Guide

File:Frangula OM11.JPG Glossy Buckthorn	File:2020 year. Herbarium. Acer platanoides. img-001.jpg Norway Maple	File:Ailanthus altissima 20200721a.jpg Tree of Heaven	File:Rhamnus cathartica 2.jpg Common Buckthorn
Multiflora Rose	File:Lonicera morrowii 5.JPG Bush Honeysuckle	Error creating thumbnail: Japanese Barberry	File:Reynoutria japonica in Brastad 1.jpg Japanese Knotweed
File:Elaeagnus umbellata Oliwnik baldaszkowy 2019-09-15 02.jpg Autumn Olive	File:Euonymus alatus 2016-04-28 8965.jpg Winged Euonymus	File:Ligustrum vulgare in Aveyron (14).jpg European Privet	Asian Bittersweet
File:Garlic Mustard (34130349315).jpg Garlic Mustard	File:Artemisia vulgaris - mugwort 0081.jpg Mugwort	Error creating thumbnail: Mile-A-Minute	File:Vincetoxicum nigrum01.jpg Black Swallowwort

Additional Information Sources for Invasive Plant Species

• SuAsCo Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (CISMA)
• USDA National Invasive Species Information Center
• US Forest Service Invasive Plants
• There is an older, less comprehensive quick introduction.