This page includes profiles for many of the terrestrial and riparian invasive species found on the CKISS Invasive Plant Priority List.
These profiles include information on how to identify, prevent and manage infestations of these plants.
To learn more about how you can help to stop the spread of invasive species, check out the information in the Take Action section of our website.
CKISS has also created a photo guide on iNaturalist which includes all of the plant species on our priority list.
- Baby's Breath (Gypsophila paniculata)
- Black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger)
- Blueweed (Echium vulgare)
- Brown knapweed (Centaurea jaca)
- Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii)
- Common burdock (Arctium minus)
- Common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)
- Diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa)
- Field scabious (Knautia arvensis)
- Fuller's Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)
- Garden loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris)
- Garlic mustard Alliaria petiolata
- Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum)
- Himalayan Blackberry (Rubus armeniacus)
- Hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana)
- Hoary Cress (Lepidum draba)
- Invasive Knotweeds
- Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula)
- Marsh plume thistle (Cirsium palustre)
- Meadow knapweed (Centaurea x moncktonii)
- Mountain bluet (Centaurea montana)
- Nodding thistle (Carduus nutans)
- Orange hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum)
- Invasive oxeye daisy
- Periwinkle (Vinca minor)
- Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum)
- Policeman's Helmet (Impatiens balsamifera)
- Puncturevine (Tribulus terrestris )
- Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
- Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota)
- Rush skeletonweed (Chondrilla juncea)
- Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia)
- Salt Cedar (Tamarisk spp.)
- Scentless Chamomile (Tripleurospermum inodorum)
- Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius)
- Scotch Thistle (Onopordum acanthium)
- Spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe)
- St.Johns Wort (Hypericum perforatum)
- Sulphur Cinquefoil (Potentilla recta)
- Wild Chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris)
- Wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa L.)
- Yellow archangel (Lamiastrum galeobdolon)
- Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus)
- Yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis)