Indiana Invasive Species Week April 19-25, Tuesday Post

Purdue Pollinator Plant List
Indiana Native Plant Society

Indiana Invasive Species Week, April 19-25, 2020

Tuesday:

Regulated terrestrial invasive plant: bush honeysuckles (Lonicera mackii, L. morrowii, L. tartarica, L. X bella)

Non-regulated terrestrial invasive plant: Japanese meadowsweet (Spiraea japonica)

Native alternatives for your landscape in Indiana:

              Bushes:

• Black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) – pollinator connection: bees, flies and is host to coral hairstreak
• Winged sumac or Fragrant sumac (Rhus copallinum and R. aromatica ) – pollinator connection: bees, beetles, flies and winged sumac is host to red-banded hairstreak
• Meadowsweet (Spirea alba) – pollinator connection: bees, beetles, butterflies, flies and moths
• Native viburnums (arrowwood viburnum, maple leaf viburnum, nannyberry) (Viburnum dentatum, V. acerifolium, V. lentago) – pollinator connection: bees, birds, butterflies, flies and host to Henry’s elfin (V. dentatum and acerifolium) and Spring azure (V. lentago)

              Additional resources:

Southern Indiana Cooperative Invasives Management (SICIM): http://www.SICIM.info

Indiana Wildlife Federation: https://www.indianawildlife.org/wildlife/native-plants/

                             Indiana Department of Natural Resources: https://www.in.gov/dnr/

                             Indiana Invasive Species Council: indianainvasivespecies.org

The Nature Conservancy in Indiana: https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/united-states/indiana/

Purdue Extension: https://extension.purdue.edu/subcategory/16

The Indiana Invasive Species Council