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Japanese Spiraea

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Japanese spiraea
Japanese spiraea, flowers - Great Smoky Mountains National Park Resource Management
Scientific Name: 
Spiraea japonica L. f. (ITIS)
Common Name: 
Japanese spiraea, Japanese meadowsweet
Native To: 
Eastern Asia (Feldhaus et al. 2013)
Date of U.S. Introduction: 
Late 1800s (Feldhaus et al. 2013)
Means of Introduction: 
Introduced as an ornamental (Feldhaus et al. 2013)
Impact: 
Capable of spreading rapidly and competing with native species (Feldhaus et al. 2013)

Distribution / Maps / Survey Status

Early Detection & Distribution Mapping System (EDDMapS) - Japanese Spiraea
University of Georgia. Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health.
Provides state, county, point and GIS data. Maps can be downloaded and shared.

Images

Google Images - Japanese Spiraea
Google.
Invasive.org - Japanese Spiraea
University of Georgia. Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health.

Videos

YouTube - Japanese Spiraea Species Spotlight

Google. YouTube; Lower Hudson Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (New York).

Selected Resources

The section below contains highly relevant resources for this species, organized by source. Or, to display all related content view all resources for Japanese Spiraea.

Council or Task Force
Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council Invasive Plant Manual - Japanese Spiraea
Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council.
Partnership
Global Invasive Species Database - Spiraea japonica (shrub)
IUCN. Species Survival Commission. Invasive Species Specialist Group.
Invasive Plant Atlas of the United States - Japanese spiraea
University of Georgia. Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health.
Federal Government
PLANTS Database - Japanese Meadowsweet
USDA. NRCS. National Plant Data Center.
U.S. National Plant Germplasm System - Spiraea japonica

USDA. ARS. National Genetic Resources Program. GRIN-Global.

State and Local Government
Invasive Plants in Pennsylvania: Japanese Spiraea (PDF | 769 KB)

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

See also: Invasive Plant Fact Sheets for plant species (trees, shrubs, vines, herbs and aquatic plants) that have impacted the state's natural lands

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