Remove Invasives: Click on the green bars on this page to learn
- what invasive plants are — and the harm that they do
- common invasive plants in Takoma Park and how to remove them
- how Takoma Park residents are fighting the good fight against invasive plants
Learn the definition of invasive plants and the harm that they cause; how to know if a plant is invasive; and how two Takoma Parkers became aware of the harm caused by invasives in their yards.
Information on invasives in Takoma Park that are very common, notably harmful, or both.
Stories from Takoma Parkers about their efforts to fight the good fight in removing invasive plants from their yards
Haven’t click on anything? At least take away this message about invasives:
Invasive plants are non-native plants that actively harm the natural environment or humans. These invasives are not simply weeds, like say, dandelions. You may or may not want dandelions in your yard but they are not doing any actual environmental damage.
Not so invasives.
Take, for example, lesser celandine: cute buttercup-like flowers on a dense mat of luscious green foliage that emerge in early spring to herald the end of winter.
Lovely — except for the fact that lesser celandine is actively destroying natural areas such as Sligo Creek Park by choking out native spring flowers and by extension the native insects and other animals that reply on specific native spring plants for food.
Eliminating lesser celandine and other invasives from your yard is a civic responsibility.
Friends of Native Trees in Takoma 