[T.B. Yoits]

I pulled a list of common invasive non-native plant species found in garden centers.

-Alliaria petiolata (Garlic Mustard)
-Berberis thunbergii (Japanese Barberry)
-Clematis ternifolia (Sweet autumn clematis)
-Elaeagnus umbellata (Autumn olive)
-Eragrostis curvula (Weeping Lovegrass)
-Euonymus alatus (Winged Burning Bush)
-Euonymus fortunei (Winter creeper/Creeping euonymus)
-Hedera helix (English ivy)
-Ligustrum sinense (Chinese privet)
-Lonicera japonica (Japanese Honeysuckle vine)
-Nandina domestica (Nandina/Sacred Bamboo)
-Paulownia tomentosa (Princess tree/Royal Paulownia)
-Phyllostachys spp. (Bamboo)
-Pueraria montana (Kudzu)
-Pyrus calleryana (Callery/Bradford pear)
-Spiraea japonica (Japanese spirea/Japanese Meadowsweet)
-Verbascum thapsus (Common Mullein)
-Vinca minor (Common periwinkle/Vinca)
-Vitex agnus-castus (Chaste Tree)
-Wisteria sinensis (Chinese wisteria)

In particular, Winter creeper, English Ivy, Japanese Honeysuckle, Bamboo, Bradford pear, Periwinkle, and Chinese wisteria are everywhere.

[subterfuge]

Florida is overrun with kudzu.

[Don W]

Siberian Elm is another I had here in my backyard. Killex worked on it, though! I cut it to the stump, and every time it sent out shoots I hit them with the sprayer. 5 months in it was dead. I pulled the stump in September, and the roots were already starting to weaken.

[Scrambler Bob]

So how many of those ‘Latin’ names were based on White Men?

[caver]

Nice list!