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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

Japanese spiraea, flowers

Credit

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Resource Management

Source
Invasive.org.

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