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10 Most Unwanted Plants
Cut-leaved teasel
Wanted for trespassing
A renegade biennial, this tall alien with spiny stalks is very invasive and can form huge stands if unchecked.
The flowers are white
The leaves are green
Canada thistle
European buckthorn
Garlic mustard
Gray dogwood
Multiflora rose
Purple loosestrife
Reed canary grass
White sweet clover
Wild parsnip
drawing by Elizabeth Plonka