Target Invasive Plants

The following plants are priority invaders in the San Francisco Bay Area. The "Plants out of Place" Invasive Plant ID cards are available for download by clicking on the plant photo (3 cards/page). These cards will help in identifying these species in the field. Please read the terms of usage below, before you download them.

Golden Gate National Recreation Area

You can also download the Entire set of 24 cards here (4.55 Mb, large file, slow download!)

These plant out-of-place cards were designed to help with the identification of the new invaders of Golden Gate National Recreation Area.	Periwinkle Vinca major	Spanish broom Spartium junceum
Stinkweed Dittrichia graveolens	Klamathweed Hypericum perforatum	Pennyroyal Mentha pulegium
Perennial veldt grass Ehrharta calycina	Panic veldt grass Ehrharta erecta	Silverleaf cotoneaster Contoneaster pannosus
Purple foxglove Digitalis purpurea	Wooly distaff thistle Carthamus lanatus	Portuguese broom Cytisus striatus
Jubata grass Cortaderia jubata	Pampas grass Cortaderia selloana	Orange cotoneaster Cotoneaster franchetii
Canada thistle Cirsium arvense	Yellow starthistle Centaurea solstitialis	Purple starthistle Centaurea calcitrapa
Tree of heaven Ailanthus altissima	Common gorse Ulex europaeus	Plumeless thistle Carduus acanthoides
Giant reed Arundo donax	Himalayan blackberry Rubus discolor	Capeweed Arctotheca calendula

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Point Reyes National Seashore

You can also download the Entire set of 15 cards here (2.95 Mb, large file, slow download!)

These plant out-of-place cards were designed to help with the identification of the new invaders of Point Reyes National Seashore.	Black locust Robinia pseudoacacia	Oblong spurge Euphorbia oblongata
Common gorse Ulex europaeus	Plumeless thistle Carduus acanthoides	Klamathweed Hypericum perforatum
Licorice plant Helichrysum petiolare	Tocalote Centaurea melitensis	Iberian starthistle Centaurea iberica
Wooly distaff thistle Carthamus lanatus	Yellow starthistle Centaurea solstitialis	Purple starthistle Centaurea calcitrapa
Silverleaf cotoneaster Contoneaster pannosus	Orange cotoneaster Cotoneaster franchetii	Broom Basics

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Terms of Use The "Plants out of Place" invasive plant ID cards are available for noncommercial and educational usage. Feel free to use these cards, but please let us know how/where you use them. Please fill out the form to the right with your name, organization, location and purpose of usage, before you download the ID cards.

 

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