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Rhamnus cathartica (Common buckthorn) Management techniques https://www.ontarioinvasiveplants.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/OIPC_BMP_Buckthorn.pdf Pulling Girdling Mowing Chemical treatment herbicide Proper disposal directly into landfill channels, not compost Prevention Toronto’s Turfgrass & Prohibited Plants bylaw

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Asclepias syriaca (Common milkweed) Asclepias incarnata (Swamp milkweed) Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly milkweed) Oenothera biennis (Common evening-primrose) Erigeron annuus (Annual Fleabane) Daucus carota (Queen Anne’s lace) Ceanothus americanus (New Jersey tea) Lindera benzoin (Northern spicebush) Solidago canadensis (Canada Goldenrod) Solidago caesia (Bluestem Goldenrod) Rudbeckia hirta (Black-eyed susan) Penstemon digitalis (Foxglove Beardtongue Echinacea purpurea (Purple coneflower) Centaurea cyanus (Coneflower/Bachelors button) Pycnanthemum virginianum (Virginia Mountain Mint) Pycnanthemum verticillatum var. pilosum (Hairy mountainmint) Monarda didyma (Scarlet beebalm) Monarda fistulosa (Wild bergamot) Monarda fruticulosa (Spottted beebalm) Eurybia macrophylla (Large-leaved Aster) Symphyotrichum laeve (Smooth Blue Aster) Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (New England Aster) Symphyotrichum cordifolium (Common Blue Wood/Heart-leaved Aster) Liatris spicata (Dense blazing star) Liatris cylindracea (Cylindrical blazing star) Liatris aspera (Rough blazing star) Liatris spicata (White liatris gayfeather) Vernonia gigantea (Tall Ironweed) Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal flower) Lobelia siphilitica (Great Blue Lobelia) Eutrochium maculatum (Spotted Joe-Pye weed) Desmodium canadense (Showy tick-trefoil) Fragaria vesca (Woodland/Wild strawberry) Coreopsis lanceolata (Sand/Lance-leaved coreopsis) Linum lewisii (Blue flax) Helianthus strumosus (Woodland Sunflower) Anemonastrum canadense (Canada anemone) Stylophorum diphyllum (Wood poppy) Asarum canadense (Canadian Wild Ginger) Arisaema triphyllum (Jack-in-the-pulpit) Trillium grandiflorum (Large white trillium) Trillium erectum (Red trillium) Caltha palustris (Marsh Marigold) Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia Creeper) Some kind of Speedwell Phlox divaricata ssp.

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Ontario Native Plants

List of non-native invasive/noxious plants that I battle. Rhamnus cathartica (Common buckthorn) Vinca major (Greater periwinkle) Vinca minor (Lesser periwinkle) Digitaria ischaemum (Smooth crabgrass) Setaria pumila (Yellow foxtail) Alliaria petiolata (Garlic Mustard) Heracleum maximum (Giant Hogweed) Arctium minus (Common Burdock) Aegopodium podagraria (Goutweed) Hedera helix (English Ivy) Taraxacum officinale (Common Dandelion) Plantago major (Greater Plantain) Lythrum salicaria (Purple Loosestrife) Not technically non-native invasive/noxious, but very aggressively relentless and frustrating Cardamine hirsuta (Hairy Bittercress) Erigeron canadensis (Canada Horseweed) Chelidonium majus (Greater Celandine) - this looks extremely similar to Wood Poppy Ambrosia artemisiifolia (Common Ragweed) Thlaspi arvense (Field penny-cress) Barbarea vulgaris (Bitter wintercress/Yellow rocket) Myosotis sylvatica (Wood Forget-me-not) Complex Solanum nigrum (Black nighshade) Sonchus oleraceus (Common milk thistle) Ajuga genevensis (Blue bugle) Plants I find annoying, but may actually be beneficial Acalypha virginica (Virginia Copperleaf/Three-seed Mercury) Resources Invasive Ground Covers (English Ivy, Goutweed, Periwinkle) Ontario Spring Weeds Give Weeds a Chance