Invasive terrestrial plants can disrupt native landscapes like prairies, wetlands, and forests. They also negatively impact agriculture economies and can be harmful to our health. Learn more …

Plants introduced by human activities to areas where they do not naturally occur are termed "non-native" species. When a non-native plant escapes from where it was planted and invades …

Why should I care about invasive plants? Invasive plants can harm Minnesota’s native plants and animals and damage the natural heritage of our wetlands, prairies, forests, lakes, and rivers by …

Invasive species are species that are not native to Minnesota and cause economic, social, or environmental harm, or harm to human health. Minnesota's natural resources are threatened …

Common, or European, buckthorn, and glossy buckthorn are the two non-native, invasive buckthorn species found in Minnesota. These buckthorn species were first brought here from …

Threat to Minnesota. Round leaf bittersweet vines can dominate the canopy and shade the understory, reducing and preventing the growth of other plant species. Vines can also girdle …

Prevent the transport of emerald ash borer, wild parsnip, oak wilt and other terrestrial (land-based) invasive species. Invasive species are species that are not native to Minnesota and cause …

Lists the Minnesota lakes and waters that are infested with selected Prohibited Invasive Species (including: bighead carp, brittle naiad, Eurasian watermilfoil, faucet snails, flowering rush, New …

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has regulatory authority over terrestrial plants (noxious weeds) and plant pests. See the terrestrial invasive species laws web page for more …

This species is a Minnesota Department of Agriculture Restricted Noxious Weed meaning it is illegal to import, sell, or transport. Threat to Minnesota Non-native honeysuckles displace …