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Wall-lettuce

Mycelis muralis

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  • Wall Lettuce: basal and lower stem leaves are 2.5-7 in. long, 1-3 in. wide, glabrous and deeply lobed, with broad, terminal segments.
  • Wall Lettuce: flower head is comprised of 5 yellow, strap-shaped ray florets.
  • Wall Lettuce: infestation.
  • Look-alike: orange hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum), non-native, has orange-red ray flowers.
  • Look-alike: perennial sowthistle (Sonchus arvensis) has loose branching clusters of bright yellow, dandelion-like flowers.

Loosestrife, Garden

Lysimachia vulgaris

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  • Golden loosestrife: flowers have five yellow petals, blooms primarily at the top of the stems.
  • Golden Loosestrife: infestation.
  • Look-alike: spotted loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata), non-native, primarily blooms along the stem in the leaf axils.

Honeysuckle, Dwarf shrub

Lonicera xylosteum

  • Read more about Honeysuckle, Dwarf shrub
  • Dwarf shrub honeysuckle: white flowers develop in pairs in the axils of the leaves.
  • Dwarf shrub honeysuckle: fruit, dark red berries.
  • Dwarf shrub honeysuckle: infestation.
  • Look-alike: western white honeysuckle (Lonicera albiflora).

Border privet

Ligustrum obtusifolium

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  • Border privet: leaves are simple, opposite and has small, white flowers with an unpleasant scent.
  • Border privet: leaves are simple, opposite and has small, white flowerswith an unpleasant scentwith an unpleasant scent with an unpleasant scent.
  • Border privet: tall shrub, with multiple stems, leafy branches.
  • Border privet: tall shrub, with multiple stems, leafy branches.
  • Look-alike: northern spicebush has alternately arranged leaves and a distinct smell when the leaves are crushed.

Himalayan balsam

Impatiens glandulifera

  • Read more about Himalayan balsam
  • Himalayan balsam: stems are slightly purple; plant can grow 3-10 feet tall.
  • Himalayan balsam: infestation.
  • Himalayan balsam: flowers look like other "touch-me-not" flowers, but are pink-purple.
  • Himalayan balsam: leaf arrangement is opposite to whorled. Leaves are long, toothed, with a tapered point.
  • Look-alike: jewelweed (Impatiens capensis), flowers are orange. This plant is native.
  • Look-alike: jewelweed (Impatiens pallida), flowers are yellow. This plant is native.

Japanese hop

Humulus japonicus

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  • Japanese hop: leaves have 3-9 lobes, with a toothed margin.
  • Japanese hop: infestation.
  • Japanese hop: stems have small prickles.
  • Japanese hop: cluster.
  • Look-alike: common hop (Humulus lupulus); non-native, used to flavor beer.

Reed manna grass

Glyceria maxima

  • Read more about Reed manna grass
  • Reed manna grass: flowersare 6-12 in. long,open panicles. The panicle branches have short, stiff hairs like those on the leaf margins.
  • Reed manna grass: infestation.
  • Reed manna grass: rhizomes.
  • Reed manna grass: there is a brownish band at the leaf junction.
  • Look-alike: American mannagrass (Glyceria grandis S. Wats.) typically up to 4.5 ft. tall and has a nodding inflorescence with shorter spikelets.

Cypress spurge

Euphorbia cyparissias

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  • Cypress spurge: yellow-green, inconspicuous flowers are in a cyme at the top of the plant. Flowers mature to red.
  • Cypress spurge: yellow-green, inconspicuous flowers are in a cyme at the top of the plant. Flowers mature to red.
  • Cypress spurge: yellow-green, inconspicuous flowers are in a cyme at the top of the plant. Flowers mature to red.
  • Cypress spurge: yellow-green, inconspicuous flowers are in a cyme at the top of the plant. Flowers mature to red.
  • Cypress spurge: plants and roots.
  • Cypress spurge: infestation.
  • Cypress spurge: infestation.
  • Look-alike: leafy spurge: leaves are lance shaped, smooth and 1-4 in. long. They are arranged alternately along the stem, becoming shorter and more ovate towards the top of the stem.
  • Look-alike: leafy spurge: leaves are lance shaped, smooth and 1-4 in. long. They are arranged alternately along the stem, becoming shorter and more ovate towards the top of the stem.

European Spindle-tree

Euonymus europaeus

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  • European spindle-tree: 4-lobed capsule, 1/2 inch across, pink to purple in color, splits open to reveal dark red seeds, ripens in fall.
  • European spindle-tree: flowers are inconspicuous (1/3 inch across), 4 greenish-white petals with purple anthers, appearing in late spring in multiple branched clusters.
  • European spindle-tree: infestation.
  • European spindle-tree: flowers are inconspicuous (1/3 inch across), 4 greenish-white petals with purple anthers, appearing in late spring in multiple branched clusters.
  • European spindle-tree: opposite, simple, elliptical, 2 1/2 to 4 inches long, finely serrated, long pointed, green above, paler and may be pubescent below.
  • Look-alike: winged burning bush (Euonymus alatus) also an invasive species.

Russian olive

Elaeagnus angustifolia

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  • Russian olive: silvery scales cover both sides of its leaves.
  • Russian olive: fragrant flowers are 0.5-0.6 in. wide, silvery outside and yellow within. There are 1-3 flowers within the leaf axils.
  • Look-alike: autumn olive, (also an invasive species) alternate long oval leaves, with silvery undersides, and slight wave to the edge.

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