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Japanese Spiraea

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)

Japanese spiraea
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Japanese spiraea, flowers

Credit

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Resource Management

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Selected Resources

The section below contains highly relevant resources for this species, organized by source.

Council or Task Force
Partnership
Federal Government
State and Local Government
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