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  • Home
  • About
    • About the Commission
    • Commission Members
    • Plan of Conservation and Development
  • Open Space
    • Preserving Open Space
    • Open Spaces in Newtown >
      • Deep Brook Preserve
      • Halfway River
      • High Meadow
      • Pole Bridge Preserve
      • Stone Bridge Preserve
  • Native Plants
  • Invasive Plants
    • What Are Invasive Plants?
    • Common Invasive Plants
    • Connecticut Invasive Plant Ban
    • Newtown Invasive Plant Ban
  • Invasive Insider
  • Contact

Common Invasive Plants In Connecticut

The following are some of the invasive plants you may encounter in Connecticut. Each page contains information on how to identify and control them.

Connecticut's Invasive Plant Management Calendar

Click individual images for more information:
Asian Wisterias
Autumn Olive
Autumn Olive
Black Swallow-wort
Callery Pear
Common Reed
Garlic Mustard
Japanese Barberry
Japanese Barberry
Japanese Knotweed
Japanese Knotweed
Japanese Stiltgrass
Japanese Stiltgrass
Mile-a-Minute Vine
Mile-a-Minute Vine
Mugwort
Mugwort
Multiflora Rose
Multiflora Rose
Norway Maple
Norway Maple
Oriental Bittersweet
Oriental Bittersweet
Porcelainberry
Porcelain-berry
Tree of Heaven
Wineberry
WInged Euonymous
WInged Euonymous

About the Commission

The Newtown Conservation Commission is dedicated to the acquisition, preservation and protection of 2,000 acres of town-owned open space. In addition, the Commission is actively working to encourage healthy habitats and increase the diversity of our native wildlife and vegetation.

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Newtown Municipal Center
3 Primrose Street
Newtown, CT 06470
(203) 270-4276