Sources of Identification Information

Books

• Dirr, M.A. 1975. Manual of woody landscape plants. Revised. Champaign, IL: Stripes Publishing. 1187 p.
• Godfrey, R.K. 1988. Trees, shrubs, and woody vines of northern Florida and adjacent Georgia and Alabama. Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press. 734 p.
• Kaufman, S.R.; Kaufman, W. 2007. Invasive plants; guide to identification and the impacts and control of common North American species. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. 458 p.
• Langeland, K.A.; Burks, K.C., ed. 1998. Identification & biology of non-native plants in Florida’s natural areas. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida. 165 p.
• Miller, J.H.; Miller, K.V. 2005. Forest plants of the Southeast and their wildlife uses. Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press. 454 p.
• Randall, J.M.; Marinelli, J., ed. 1996. Invasive plants: weeds of the global garden. Handb. 149. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 111 p.
• Weakley, A.S. 2006. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, and surrounding areas (working draft of 17 January 2006). Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU), North Carolina Botanical Garden, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 1026 p.

Manuals

• Smith, Tim E., ed. 1993. Missouri vegetation management manual. Jefferson City, MO: Missouri Department of Conservation, Natural History Division. 148 p.
• Swearingen, J.; Reshetiloff, K.; Slattery, B.; Zwicker, S. 2002. Plant invaders of mid-Atlantic natural areas. Washington, DC: National Park Service; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. 82 p.
• Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Tennessee exotic plant management manual. Nashville, TN: Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council, Warner Parks Nature Center. 118 p.

Articles and Reports

• Bruce, K.A.; Cameron, G.N.; Harcombe, P.A.; Jubinsky, G. 1997. Introduction, impact on native habitats, and management of a woody invader, the Chinese tallow-tree, Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb. Natural Areas Journal. 17: 255−260.
• Culley, T.M.; Hardiman, N.A. 2007. The beginning of a new invasive plant: a history of the ornamental callery pear in the United States. BioScience. 57: 956−964.
• Forseth, I.N.; Innis, A.F. 2004. Kudzu (Pueraria montana): history, physiology, ecology combine to make a major ecosystem threat. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences. 23: 401−413.
• Mueller, T.C.; Robinson, D.K.; Beller, J.E. [and others]. 2003. Dioscorea oppositifolia L. phenotypic evaluation and comparison of control strategies. Weed Technology. 17: 705−710.
• Mullahey, J.J.; Colvin, D.L. 2000. Weeds in the sunshine: tropical soda apple (Solanum viarum) in Florida—1999. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. 7 p.
• Schierenbeck, K.A. 2004. Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) as an invasive species; history, ecology, and context. Critical Reviews in Plant Science. 23: 391−400.
• Trusty, J.L.; Goertzen, L.R.; Zipperer, W.C.; Lockaby, B.G. 2007. Invasive wisteria in the Southeastern United States: genetic diversity, hybridization and role of urban centers. Urban Ecosystems. 10: 379−395.
• Trusty, J.L.; Lockaby, B.G.; Zipperer, W.C.; Goertzen, L.R. 2007. Identity of naturalized exotic wisteria (Fabaceae) in the South-eastern United States. Weed Research. 47: 479−487.
• Vincent, M.A. 2005. On the spread and current distribution of Pyrus calleryana in the United States. Castanea. 70: 20−31

Newsletters and Magazines

• Florida Exotic Plant Pest Council. 1996−2008. Wildland weeds. Gainesville, FL. Quarterly.

Web Sites

Global

• Global Invasive Species Database: http://www.issg.org/database/welcome/An
• International Nonindigenous Species Database Network: http://www.nisbase.org/nisbase/index.jsp
• The Nature Conservancy’s Global Invasive Species Team: http://www.invasive.org/gist/

National

• Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health: http://www.bugwood.org/index.cfm
• Institute for Biological Invasion: http://invasions.bio.utk.edu/Default.htm
• Invasive and Exotic Species: http://www.invasive.org/
• National Association of EPPCs: http://www.naeppc.org/
• NatureServe: http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/

Federal Government Agencies

• Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas (PCA, National Park Service): http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/factmain.htm
• APHIS: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/plant_pest_info/weeds/index.shtml

• ARS: Exotic & Invasive Weed Research: http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=53-25-43-00
• CSREES Invasive Species (USDA Cooperative Extension Service): http://www.csrees.usda.gov/invasivespecies.cfm
• A Field Guide for Identification and Control, PLANTS National Database: http://plants.usda.gov/
• National Institute of Invasive Species Science: http://www.niiss.org/cwis438/websites/niiss/About.php?WebSiteID=1
• NBII Invasive Species Information Node: http://invasivespecies.nbii.gov/
• Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests: http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/gtr/gtr_srs062/index.htm
• Nuisance Species Task Force (ANS): http://www.anstaskforce.gov/default.php
• Southern Region, Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis Invasive Plants: http://srsfia2.fs.fed.us/nonnative_invasive/southern_nnis.php
• The U.S. National Arboretum: www.usna.usda.gov/Gardens/invasives.html
• U.S. Army Environmental Center (USAEC) Pest Management: http://el.erdc.usace.army.mil/pmis/
• USDA ARS Invaders Database System: http://invader.dbs.umt.edu/Noxious_Weeds/
• USDA Forest Service: http://www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/programs/invasive_species_mgmt.shtml
• USDA Forest Service Invasive Species Program: http://www.fs.fed.us/invasivespecies/index.shtml
• USDA National Invasive Species Information Center: http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Invasive Species Program: http://www.epa.gov/owow/invasive_species/
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Invasive Species Program: http://www.fws.gov/invasives/
• USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species: http://nas.er.usgs.gov/
• Weeds Gone Wild: Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas: http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/

Regional

• Cogongrass Web site, The University of Georgia: http://www.cogongrass.org
• Flora of the Southeast: http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/seflora/species.htm
• Invasive Plant Atlas of New England: http://nbii-nin.ciesin.columbia.edu/ipane/index.htm
• Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council: http://www.ma-eppc.org/
• Mid-West Invasive Plant Network: http://mipn.org/
• Southeast EPPC: http://www.se-eppc.org/

State

• NASDA (National Association of State Departments of Agriculture): http://www.nasda.org/
• State Exotic Pest Plant Councils: http://www.naeppc.org/
• State Laws and Regulations: http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/laws/statelaws.shtml
• Texasinvasive.org: http://www.texasinvasives.org/