Fall is a great time to plant trees, shrubs, grasses, and wildflowers, so it’s also the best time to be thinking about incorporating native plants into your garden and landscape. MoIP is asking Missourians to skip the invasive plants and choose native plants instead!...
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Presenting the 2022 Invasive Plant Action Award Winner
The Missouri Invasive Plant Council (MoIP) is pleased to announce the winner of the 2022 Invasive Plant Action Award, Individual Professional category. As public awareness grows about the harmful effects of invasive plants, the Missouri Invasive Plant Council (MoIP)...
Callery Pear Buy-back Event 4/26/22
HOW TO SIGN UP & GET ONE FREE TREE Are you ready to get a free replacement tree? Signing up is easy. (Want to know which species of replacement trees are available for your location? See step 2 below.) Step 1: Choose your location and click the link below to sign...
How Bradford pear threatens open lands
"Callery pear seedlings are moving further and further into the countryside, away from the suburbs and cities from whence the problem sprang," writes Brett O'Brien, Natural Resources Supervisor for Columbia, Missouri Department of Parks & Recreation. Here is why...
Presenting the 2021 Invasive Plant Action Awards Winners
THE MISSOURI INVASIVE PLANT COUNCIL (MOIP) IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF THE 2021 INVASIVE PLANT ACTION AWARDS. As public awareness grows about the harmful effects of invasive plants, the Missouri Invasive Plant Council (MoIP) announces the winner of this...
We Value Your Input: Education Tools Survey
Complete the survey below (or click here to open in a new window) survey regarding educational tools to identify and control invasive plants. We have developed a statewide assessment of 142 invasive plants, a printable list of top 25 expanding invasive plants in...
Help Stop Invasive Species: Missouri Invasive Plant Task Force presents Top 25 Expanding Invasive Plants list for public education during National Invasive Species Awareness Week Part I — February 22–28, 2021
Contact: info@moinvasives.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Help Stop Invasive Species: Missouri Invasive Plant Task Force presents Top 25 Expanding Invasive Plants list for public education during National Invasive Species Awareness Week Part I — February 22–28, 2021...
2021 Top 25 Invasive Plants Expanding in Missouri
Click to download the 2021 MoIP flier listing top 25 expanding invasive plants in Missouri. The Missouri Invasive Plant Task Force's (MoIP) 2021 List of Expanding Invasive Plants draws data from MoIP's statewide assessment that was compiled and reviewed by experienced...
Good News for 2020: Individuals and Groups Recognized for Invasive Plant Action in Missouri
Contact: info@moinvasives.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Awards program of the Missouri Invasive Plant Task Force recognizes exemplary work in invasive plant early detection and control. JEFFERSON CITY (November 12, 2019)—As public awareness grows about the harmful...
Awards Presented for Invasive Plant Action in Missouri
New awards program of the Missouri Invasive Plant Task Force to recognize exemplary work in invasive plant early detection and control. As public awareness grows about the harmful effects of invasive plants, the Missouri Invasive Plant Task Force (MoIP) bestowed new...
Missouri Department of Agriculture Asks Residents to Report Unsolicited Seed Shipments
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The Missouri Department of Agriculture has received reports from residents of unsolicited seeds being delivered from foreign countries such as China and surrounding areas. Missouri’s announcement follows several states who have also reported...
Invasive Landscaping Plants Now Illegal to Sell in Indiana
Among the big headlines this month was this big piece of invasive plant news from the Indianapolis Star: "Landscaping Plants Now Illegal to Sell in Indiana." “Under the Terrestrial Plant Rule, these plants are prohibited from being sold, gifted, exchanged or even...
2020 Award Nominations
MPF, its Grow Native! program, and the Missouri Invasive Plant Task Force (MoIP), which MPF administers, is now accepting nominations for its MPF awards (prairie pioneer, prairie professional, prairie communicator, prairie volunteer, and prairie landowner); Grow...
Planning to remove invasive Callery pears from your property? Here’s what you need to know
Our Callery Pear Buy-back events, both scheduled for April in St. Louis and Columbia, have been postponed indefinitely. However, we still encourage property owners to cut the trees during spring (when they are easy to identify) as a means to reducing populations from...
Native forest plants rebound when invasive shrubs are removed
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Removing invasive shrubs to restore native forest habitat brings a surprising result, according to Penn State researchers, who say desired native understory plants display an unexpected ability and vigor to recolonize open spots. Read More...
You Should Be Concerned When This Plant Goes Vertical
St. Louis Community College-Meramec takes action to remove an aggressive, exotic vine that is invading St. Louis and Missouri. The sycamore tree was so smothered by a dense vine that its white trunk appeared green. The campus of St. Louis Community College-Meramec...
Sudden Oak Death confirmed in Missouri
Consumers should properly dispose of infected rhododendrons and lilac plants [link to release] JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Agriculture, in coordination with USDA Animal and Plant Inspection Service, has detected ramorum blight on rhododendron...
Nominations Open for Invasive Plant Action Awards
Contact: info@moinvasives.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New awards program of the Missouri Invasive Plant Task Force to recognize exemplary work in invasive plant early detection and control. JEFFERSON CITY (May 13, 2019)—As public awareness grows about the harmful...
Invasive to Watch This Season
Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) is a woody, perennial, evergreen to semi-evergreen vine that trails along the ground and can climb to more than 80 ft. in length. Leaves are opposite, oval, and 1 to 2.5 in. long. Flowering occurs from April to July, when showy, fragrant, tubular, whitish-pink flowers develop in the axils of the leaves. The flowers turn cream-yellow as they age. The small, shiny globular fruits turn from green to black as they ripen. Each fruit contains 2 to 3 small brown to black seeds.