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Educational Resources



Invasive Plants of Southern Illinois (pdf)

Native Plant Landscaping

Speaker Opportunity – Invasive Plants in Southern Illinois

Aquatic Invasive Plant Identification Guide (pdf)

Common Invasive Plants in Southern Illinois (pdf)

Invasives! What Now? (article courtesy of Outdoor Illinois) (pdf)


Invasive Plant Identification Sheets

Japanese Chaff Flower – Achyranthes japonica (pdf) article courtesy of Wildland Weeds

Kudzu - Pueraria montana (pdf)

Japanese Stiltgrass - Microstegium vimineum (pdf)

Chinese Yam - Dioscorea oppositifolia (pdf)

Garlic Mustard - Alliara petiolata (pdf)

Oriental Bittersweet - Celastrus orbiculatus (pdf)


Exotic, Invasive Plants in Illinois Habitats - PDF Posters:

AQUATIC AREAS: Wetlands, Lakes, Streams, Rivers, Marshes...

WOODLAND : Forests, Timbers, Thickets, Groves, Windbreaks...

AGRICULTURE: Gardens, Row Crops, Orchards, Nurseries...

GRASSLANDS: Prairies, Roadsides, Fencelines, Right-of-ways...


Species Alerts:

Japanese Stiltgrass Alert (pdf)

Japanese Chaff Flower (pdf)

Japanese Hops (pdf)

Chinese Yam (pdf)

Illinois Department of Agriculture

Illinois Department of Transportation
Shawnee Resource Conservation and Development Area, Inc. Illinois Department of Natural Resources 
USDA NRCS The Nature Conservancy - Illinois U.S. Forest Service USDA APHIS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

University of Illinois Extension

Website developed by the University of Georgia - Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health

Last updated on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 10:38 AM