Status of Invasive Plants in Arkansas
Total number of exotic species reported: 332
Total number of records in EDDMapS: 25292
Invasive Plants by Category
- Aquatic - 11 species, 148 records
- Forbs/Herbs - 173 species, 5861 records
- Grass or Grasslike - 60 species, 2407 records
- Hardwood Trees - 23 species, 1194 records
- Shrub or Subshrub - 29 species, 3347 records
- Vines - 31 species, 7117 records
Top Ten Abundant Invasive Plants (by number of reports)
- Japanese honeysuckle - 6210 reports
- Chinese privet - 1351 reports
- sericea lespedeza - 811 reports
- shrubby lespedeza - 576 reports
- tall fescue - 380 reports
- mimosa - 276 reports
- Japanese privet - 223 reports
- kudzu - 193 reports
- johnsongrass - 161 reports
- chinaberry - 147 reports
Top Ten Widespread Invasive Plants (by number of positive counties)
- Japanese honeysuckle - 75/75 (100%)
- spiny sowthistle - 75/75 (100%)
- annual sowthistle - 74/75 (99%)
- Chinese privet - 72/75 (96%)
- sericea lespedeza - 70/75 (93%)
- mimosa - 66/75 (88%)
- henbit - 66/75 (88%)
- common vetch - 65/75 (87%)
- common mullein - 64/75 (85%)
- common ragweed - 61/75 (81%)
Counties with the most invasive species reported
- Washington County - 264 species
- Pulaski County - 215 species
- Benton County - 198 species
- Jefferson County - 197 species
- Ashley County - 196 species
- Franklin County - 189 species
- Pope County - 176 species
- Faulkner County - 175 species
- Drew County - 174 species
- Newton County - 167 species
Counties with the least invasive species reported
- Jackson County - 46 species
- Van Buren County - 55 species
- Calhoun County - 64 species
- Dallas County - 69 species
- Lonoke County - 72 species
- Little River County - 72 species
- Miller County - 74 species
- Sevier County - 74 species
- Columbia County - 75 species
- Cross County - 78 species
Report created on May 24, 2013 at 03:40 AM
by the UGA Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health using EDDMapS Technology and Data.
