Invasive Species Management and Control Information

Chemical and Mechanical Control

• General Principles for Controlling Nonnative Invasive Plants
• Weed Control Methods Handbook
• Prescriptions for Specific Nonnative Invasive Plants
• Control of Problem Weeds in Range and Pasture
• Invasive Plant Responses to Silvicultural Practices in the South
• Invasive Species Management Plans for Florida
• Herbicide Advice for Homeowners
• Tools of the trade: Tool Reviews

Contact your local land-grant university or county extension office
for state specific recommmendations.

Biological Control

• Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the Eastern United States
• Biology and Biological Control of Dalmatian and Yellow Toadflax
• Biology and Biological Control of Knapweed
• Biology and Biological Control of Leafy Spurge
• Biology and Biological Control of Purple Loosestrife
• Biology and Biological Control of Yellow Starthistle
• Biological Control of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
• Biology and Biological Control of Garlic Mustard
• Biological Control: A Guide to Natural Enemies in North America

Backpack treatment of kudzu.
Photo by: James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service

This one-tenth-inch-long South American weevil,
Cyrtobagous salviniae, is highly effective in reducing
giant salvinia infestations to acceptable levels.
Photo by: Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service