Status of Invasive Plants in Oklahoma
Total number of exotic species reported: 278
Total number of records in EDDMapS: 10237
Invasive Plants by Category
- Aquatic - 9 species, 82 records
- Forbs/Herbs - 145 species, 2651 records
- Grass or Grasslike - 61 species, 1399 records
- Hardwood Trees - 24 species, 377 records
- Shrub or Subshrub - 16 species, 1207 records
- Vines - 20 species, 1013 records
Top Ten Abundant Invasive Plants (by number of reports)
- Japanese honeysuckle - 586 reports
- sericea lespedeza - 567 reports
- Chinese privet - 347 reports
- shrubby lespedeza - 156 reports
- tall fescue - 115 reports
- yellow sweetclover - 96 reports
- puncturevine - 84 reports
- stinkgrass - 83 reports
- shepherd's-purse - 81 reports
- watercress - 81 reports
Top Ten Widespread Invasive Plants (by number of positive counties)
- yellow sweetclover - 59/77 (77%)
- fivestamen tamarisk - 56/77 (73%)
- puncturevine - 49/77 (64%)
- barnyardgrass - 49/77 (64%)
- curly dock - 49/77 (64%)
- curly dock - 49/77 (64%)
- shepherd's-purse - 48/77 (62%)
- stinkgrass - 47/77 (61%)
- field bindweed - 46/77 (60%)
- Japanese honeysuckle - 45/77 (58%)
Counties with the most invasive species reported
- Cleveland County - 220 species
- Payne County - 177 species
- Muskogee County - 174 species
- Oklahoma County - 170 species
- Bryan County - 163 species
- Murray County - 152 species
- Cherokee County - 143 species
- McCurtain County - 141 species
- Grady County - 130 species
- Marshall County - 129 species
Counties with the least invasive species reported
- Nowata County - 17 species
- Coal County - 20 species
- Hughes County - 26 species
- Cotton County - 29 species
- Jefferson County - 30 species
- Major County - 30 species
- McIntosh County - 30 species
- Atoka County - 31 species
- Kiowa County - 32 species
- Ellis County - 32 species
Report created on May 18, 2013 at 07:01 AM
by the UGA Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health using EDDMapS Technology and Data.
