Status of Invasive Plants in Kansas
Total number of exotic species reported: 335
Total number of records in EDDMapS: 23298
Invasive Plants by Category
- Aquatic - 8 species, 169 records
- Forbs/Herbs - 187 species, 9770 records
- Grass or Grasslike - 54 species, 3935 records
- Hardwood Trees - 28 species, 691 records
- Shrub or Subshrub - 30 species, 425 records
- Vines - 21 species, 1201 records
Top Ten Abundant Invasive Plants (by number of reports)
- green foxtail - 217 reports
- johnsongrass - 216 reports
- yellow sweetclover - 216 reports
- Siberian elm - 215 reports
- field bindweed - 214 reports
- prickly lettuce - 214 reports
- field brome - 213 reports
- cheatgrass - 212 reports
- curly dock - 212 reports
- western salsify - 211 reports
Top Ten Widespread Invasive Plants (by number of positive counties)
- field brome - 106/105 (101%)
- johnsongrass - 105/105 (100%)
- Siberian elm - 105/105 (100%)
- puncturevine - 105/105 (100%)
- field bindweed - 105/105 (100%)
- jointed goatgrass - 105/105 (100%)
- prostrate pigweed - 105/105 (100%)
- smooth brome - 105/105 (100%)
- cheatgrass - 105/105 (100%)
- stinkgrass - 105/105 (100%)
Counties with the most invasive species reported
- Douglas County - 273 species
- Riley County - 226 species
- Neosho County - 220 species
- Leavenworth County - 213 species
- Saline County - 208 species
- Wyandotte County - 205 species
- Lyon County - 203 species
- Shawnee County - 199 species
- Cherokee County - 197 species
- Jefferson County - 196 species
Counties with the least invasive species reported
- Greeley County - 55 species
- Stevens County - 61 species
- Wichita County - 62 species
- Stanton County - 63 species
- Grant County - 63 species
- Lane County - 64 species
- Haskell County - 65 species
- Ness County - 68 species
- Wallace County - 73 species
- Kearny County - 82 species
Report created on May 20, 2013 at 01:19 AM
by the UGA Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health using EDDMapS Technology and Data.
