Field Guides

The field guides are tools that help you identify plants found in the field or your yard.

Invasive plants field and reference guide: An ecological perspective of plant invaders of forests and woodlands.

This field guide is to give a scientific synthesis of what is known about the behavior of such species in managed, disturbed, and pristine forested systems in addition to key information for accurate identification. Such information will be helpful when prioritizing research questions and choosing the best control strategies.

Download this field guide (PDF, 4.75MB)

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Nonnative Invasive Plants - Nonnative invasive plants infest millions of acres of public and private forest land in the southeastern United States

This field guide is to provide information on accurate identification and effective control of the 33 plants or groups that are invading the forests of the 13 Southern States.
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Download the entire book (PDF, 31.97MB)

Source: US Forest Service http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/5424

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Mistaken Identity? Invasive Plants and Their Native Look-Alikes - an Identification Guide for the Mid-Atlantic

This field guide provides information for the identification of common invasive plant species and their native look-alikes to avoid unwarrented control of our areas native plants. Excellent side by side page set up allows to quickly understand key characteristics to distinguish invasives from natives. Field guide was developed by the Delaware Invasive Species Council.

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