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Throughout Missouri are many individuals making significant progress in the early detection and control of invasive plants. The Missouri Invasive Plant Council (MoIP) is pleased to highlight their work! Jack McDonnell, the Program Manager for the Forestry and...
The Missouri Invasive Plant Council is pleased to announce the 2025 Invasive Plant Action Award winners. 2025 MoIP Award Winner: Individual Citizen Alan Hopefl is the winner in the Individual Citizen category, awarded to an individual for outstanding contributions to...
Pictured above are members of the Missouri Invasive Plant Council (Bill Ruppert (back) and Carol Davit (front), both second from left, with other supporters of SB 105 at the bill signing. Photo courtesy of the Governor's Office. On July 14, 2025, Missouri Governor...
Senate Bill 105, which awaits the Governor’s signature, will end the sale of six plants in Missouri, helping to reduce the negative impacts of invasive plants in the state. On May 15, one day before the close of the 2025 Missouri legislative session, the Missouri...
MoIP Callery Pear “BuyBack” Program Expanded to 17 Cities in 2025 Looking for a creative way to call attention to the threat that non-native, invasive Callery pear trees pose to Missouri, in 2019 the Missouri Invasive Plant Council (MoIP) launched the...
Missourians Making a Difference: Interview with Stephen Bybee Throughout Missouri, many individuals are making significant progress in the early detection and control of invasive plants. MoIP is pleased to highlight their efforts. Missouri Conservation Corps...
Jim & Schatzi Ball at the Ball Tree Farm. Photo by David Stoner / MDC. With the ongoing challenge of controlling invasive plants in native habitats, along roadsides, on working lands, yards, around businesses, schools, and in parks, we can all use some good news!...
Missouri Senate Bill 105, sponsored by Senator Bernskoetter, aims to halt the sale of five invasive plants in Missouri. The bill requires that all nurseries and nursery dealers in Missouri submit to the Missouri Department of Agriculture an affidavit that they will...
Missourians Making a Difference: Interview with Roxie Campbell Throughout Missouri, many individuals are making significant progress in the early detection and control of invasive plants. MoIP is pleased to highlight their efforts. Rock Bridge Memorial State...
MoIP is now accepting nominations for the 2025 Invasive Plant Action Awards. The deadline is April 30, 2025. The application form and other information are detailed on the Invasive Plant Action page. Since 2019, MoIP has used the Invasive Plant Action Award program to...
The Missouri Invasive Plant Council (MoIP), in partnership with Forest ReLeaf of Missouri, Forrest Keeling Nursery, and the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), will host a Callery (Bradford) pear “buyback” program in locations around the state on April 22....
What can the Private Land Conservationist, Community Forester, and Community Planner provide toMissourians? Meet with landowners and community officials to understand objectives and needs. Provide direction when objectives are not clearly defined. Develop individual...
On October 12, 2024, the Thomas Hart-Benton Group of The Sierra Club (the THB Group), along with its partners, organized the beginnings of a successful Callery pear tree (Pyrus calleryiana) removal project at the interchange of I-470 and Lakeside Drive in the Kansas...
Thanks to funding from the Richard King Mellon Foundation, MoIP contracted with the Institute of Botanical Training to survey more than 30 designated Missouri Natural Areas in the Ozark Highlands and the Mississippi Lowlands in 2024. These locations were chosen to...
Photo of Dylan Jacobs taken by Christina Jacobs. Throughout Missouri, many individuals are making significant progress in the early detection and control of invasive plants. MoIP is pleased to highlight their efforts. The Missouri Pheasants Forever/Quail Forever...
Webinar on Zoom November 6 4-5pm Central Register here. Join this MoIP online training session on “Common General Use Herbicides & How They Relate to Aquatic Use Sites” to deepen your understanding of the safe and effective application of herbicides in and near...
On July 13th, 2024, The Missouri Environmental Education Association (MEEA), represented by co-director Jamin Bray, conducted a training with Missouri State Parks full time and seasonal staff about interpreting invasive species in Missouri. The training course focused...
The Missouri Invasive Plant Council (MoIP) is pleased to announce the 2024 Invasive Plant Action Award winner. Dr. Csengele Barta is the winner in the Researcher category, awarded to an individual who has published research on invasive plant management relevant...
Round leaf (Oriental) bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) is a perennial deciduous, climbing, woody vine that can grow to lengths of 60 feet and up to 4 inches in diameter. The striated bark is brown to dark brown. The smooth twigs can range from light gray to dark brown. The alternate, elliptical to rounded leaves are light green and 2-5 inches long. Small, inconspicuous, axillary, greenish white flowers bloom from May to early June. Small, round fruits are green when young; ripen to yellow; then split to reveal showy, scarlet berries that persist into winter. Celastrus orbiculatus is often found in old home sites, fields, and road edges. The fast-growing vines can cover, shade, and outcompete other vegetation, and even girdle and kill large trees.