Status of Invasive Plants in Nebraska
Total number of exotic species reported: 293
Total number of records in EDDMapS: 12780
Invasive Plants by Category
- Aquatic - 5 species, 69 records
- Forbs/Herbs - 175 species, 5294 records
- Grass or Grasslike - 50 species, 2375 records
- Hardwood Trees - 18 species, 364 records
- Shrub or Subshrub - 21 species, 324 records
- Vines - 19 species, 561 records
Top Ten Abundant Invasive Plants (by number of reports)
- green foxtail - 152 reports
- stinkgrass - 148 reports
- leafy spurge - 137 reports
- yellow sweetclover - 135 reports
- creeping bentgrass - 134 reports
- catnip - 134 reports
- cheatgrass - 132 reports
- smooth brome - 130 reports
- western salsify - 129 reports
- field brome - 124 reports
Top Ten Widespread Invasive Plants (by number of positive counties)
- green foxtail - 85/93 (91%)
- green bristlegrass - 84/93 (90%)
- stinkgrass - 83/93 (89%)
- yellow sweetclover - 83/93 (89%)
- catnip - 82/93 (88%)
- leafy spurge - 80/93 (86%)
- smooth brome - 78/93 (84%)
- creeping bentgrass - 77/93 (83%)
- western salsify - 77/93 (83%)
- puncturevine - 74/93 (80%)
Counties with the most invasive species reported
- Lancaster County - 266 species
- Douglas County - 255 species
- Richardson County - 197 species
- Sarpy County - 195 species
- Dawes County - 187 species
- Seward County - 175 species
- Otoe County - 165 species
- Cass County - 165 species
- Cherry County - 164 species
- Buffalo County - 160 species
Counties with the least invasive species reported
- Hayes County - 33 species
- Grant County - 37 species
- Pierce County - 38 species
- Arthur County - 40 species
- Loup County - 43 species
- Gosper County - 43 species
- Logan County - 44 species
- Garfield County - 47 species
- Clay County - 49 species
- Hitchcock County - 50 species
Report created on May 23, 2013 at 11:58 PM
by the UGA Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health using EDDMapS Technology and Data.
