Status of Invasive Plants in Tennessee
Total number of exotic species reported: 411
Total number of records in EDDMapS: 49102
Invasive Plants by Category
- Aquatic - 11 species, 309 records
- Forbs/Herbs - 210 species, 7800 records
- Grass or Grasslike - 66 species, 8077 records
- Hardwood Trees - 35 species, 4605 records
- Shrub or Subshrub - 51 species, 9183 records
- Vines - 31 species, 12733 records
Top Ten Abundant Invasive Plants (by number of reports)
- Japanese honeysuckle - 9686 reports
- Japanese stiltgrass - 4727 reports
- Chinese privet - 2012 reports
- sericea lespedeza - 1666 reports
- tree-of-heaven - 1463 reports
- sawtooth oak - 1138 reports
- privet - 1054 reports
- multiflora rose - 1032 reports
- shrubby lespedeza - 984 reports
- mimosa - 887 reports
Top Ten Widespread Invasive Plants (by number of positive counties)
- Japanese honeysuckle - 95/95 (100%)
- Chinese privet - 93/95 (98%)
- Japanese stiltgrass - 93/95 (98%)
- sericea lespedeza - 90/95 (95%)
- tree-of-heaven - 88/95 (93%)
- shrubby lespedeza - 88/95 (93%)
- mimosa - 76/95 (80%)
- princesstree - 72/95 (76%)
- tall fescue - 70/95 (74%)
- Japanese privet - 68/95 (72%)
Counties with the most invasive species reported
- Knox County - 339 species
- Davidson County - 293 species
- Montgomery County - 271 species
- Shelby County - 254 species
- Sevier County - 240 species
- Stewart County - 240 species
- Blount County - 232 species
- Rutherford County - 224 species
- Giles County - 220 species
- Sumner County - 213 species
Counties with the least invasive species reported
- Pickett County - 26 species
- Chester County - 31 species
- Moore County - 33 species
- Crockett County - 34 species
- Weakley County - 43 species
- Dyer County - 45 species
- Hancock County - 49 species
- Henderson County - 49 species
- Benton County - 51 species
- Trousdale County - 52 species
Report created on May 18, 2013 at 03:51 PM
by the UGA Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health using EDDMapS Technology and Data.
