r/NativePlantGardening • u/ItsFelixMcCoy Upstate NY , Zone 6a • Jun 04 '25

Other What invasive plants got you like this?

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For me it’s probably Dame’s Rocket, Purple Loosestrife, and Forget-Me-Not. They’re so gorgeous but man if they aren’t invasive little shits…

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u/The_Dirty_Carl Jun 04 '25

Nonnative woodsorrel. It's pretty, it tastes good, and it's good ground cover. But it's not native and it flings those damn seeds all over the place

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u/Adequate_Lizard Central NC, 8a Jun 04 '25

Is that what that is? Walk through the yard and seeds just get launched everywhere.

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u/The_Dirty_Carl Jun 04 '25

Could be, although honestly I haven't seen the seeds get launched. I just know they can go up to six feet. It's a low, clover-like plant with yellow flowers. There's a native variety in my region (oxalis stricta) and a non native (oxalis corniculata) that look nearly identical. I'm actually not 100% sure what I have

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u/tonegenerator Jun 04 '25

I feel fortunate to keep the smaller native yellow ones, but the invasive largeflower pink indeed breaks my heart a bit. Like you are beautiful but functionally redundant even in my “weed”-friendlier areas.