Invasive Vines

Invasive Groundcovers & Vines and Native Alternatives

The table below lists invasive groundcovers and vines on one side and native alternatives on the other side. You can consult this list as you plant on your property to ensure that you are contributing to a healthy biodiversity for our urban forest.

Invasive

Native Alternative

Akebia quinata

(Five Leaf Akebia)

Gelsemium sempervirens (Jessamine)

Invasive	Native Alternative

Euonymus fortunei (Wintercreeper)	Antennaria plantaginifolia (Woman's Tobacco)

Invasive

Native Alternative

Hedera helix (English Ivy)

Pachysandra procumbens

(Allegheny Spurge)

Bignonia capreolata (Crossvine)

Invasive

Native Alternative

Houttuynia cordata

(Chameleon Plant)

Hexastylis shuttleworthii

(Harper's Wild Ginger)

Invasive

Native Alternative

Liriope muscari (Border Grass)

Carex plantaginea

(Plantain Leaf Sedge)

Sisyrinchium angustifolium (Blue Eye Grass)

Invasive

Native Alternative

Lonicera japonica

(Japanese Honeysuckle)

Lonicera sempervirens

(Coral Honeysuckle)

To learn more about Trees Atlanta's invasive plants program, visit the Forest Restoration and Invasive Plant Removal page.