Photo © Judy Funderburk
From the Glencarlyn Library Community Garden
The Glencarlyn Library Community Garden coordinators have created a series of short videos about locally invasive plants and native alternatives. This series looks at individual invasive plants, discussing how to remove them and suggesting native plants to consider as replacements. We shared these videos as well as additional resources on our website every month through 2024.
- Plants designated as “invasive” are distinct from weeds or other plant species that simply spread aggressively in our own gardens. In the United States, invasiveness was formally defined in Executive Order 13112 (1999), which was amended by Executive Order 13751 (2016).
- Together, those directives state that an invasive plant:
- Is not native to the ecosystem in which it occurs.
- It can spread by seeds, spores, or other biological material capable of propagating that species beyond cultivation.
- Its introduction into natural areas causes economic or environmental harm or harm to human, animal, or plant health