
PREVENT
Giant Reed

ERADICATE
Garlic Mustard

CONTAIN
Gorse

CONTROL
Himalayan Blackberry
Coastal ISC Priority Invasive Plants
Coastal ISC’s current Priority Invasive Plants are listed below within the following Management Categories: Prevent, Eradicate, Contain, and Control. To bring new plants of concern forward for consideration to be added to this Priority list, please email Coastal ISC.
PREVENT
ERADICATE
CONTAIN
CONTROL
Categorizing Invasives
Categorization of species is representative of the Coastal ISC management area in its entirety. Management actions vary based on unique sub-regions and site conditions. For the Capitol Region (CRISP), refer to their Sub-Region List.
More Resources
The BC Invasive Species Council provides a list of Regulated Invasive Plants in BC. Potentially problematic invasive species can be found on the Province’s Prohibited Noxious Weeds. Use Report-A-Weed to help prevent these plants from invading coastal ecosystems.
INVASIVE PLANT PROFILES
PREVENT
ERADICATE
CONTAIN
CONTROL
Invasive Plant Profiles (click the photos to find out more):
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Kudzu (Peuraria montana) | Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) | Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) | Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum) |
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Wild Chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris) | Carpet Burweed (Soliva sessilis) | Orange Hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum) | Diffuse Knapweed (Centaurea diffusa) |
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Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea maculosa) | Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica) | Poison Hemlock (Conium maculatum) | Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus) |
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English Holly (Ilex aquifolium) | English Ivy (Hedera helix) | Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii) | Gorse (Ulex europaeus) |
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Yellow Garden Loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris) | Blueweed (Echium vulgare) | Sulphur Cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) | Hoary Alyssum (Berteroa incana) |
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Hoary Cress (Cardaria draba) | Common Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) | Lesser Celendine (Ficaria verna) | Yellow Star Thistle (Centaurea solstitalis) |