**Exotic Plants**

**Homestead National Monument**

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  Common Name      Preferred Latin    Flowering date   Lifespan       Growth Form
                   Name                                               

  velvetleaf       ABUTILON           July-October     Annual         Forb
                   THEOPHRASTI                                        

  Redroot, rough   AMARANTHUS         July-October     Annual         Forb
  pigweed          RETROFLEXUS                                        

  Asparagus        ASPARAGUS                           Perennial      Forb
                   OFFICINALIS                                        

  Japanese         BERBERIS           April-May        Perennial      Shrub
  barberry         THUNBERGII                                         

  Hairy chess      BROMUS COMMUTATUS  Cool Season      Winter Annual  Grass

  Smooth brome     BROMUS INERMIS     Cool Season      Perennial      Grass

  Japanese chess   BROMUS JAPONICUS   Cool Season      Winter Annual  Grass

  marijuana        CANNABIS SATIVA    July-October     Annual         Forb

  Shepherd\'s      CAPSELLA           March-November   Annual (or     Forb
  purse            BURSA-PASTORIS                      winter annual, 
                                                       rarely         
                                                       biennial       

  Musk-thistle     CARDUUS NUTANS     May-August       Biennial       Forb
                                                       (Rarely        
                                                       annual)        

  Chickory         CICHORIUM INTYBUS  June-October     Perennial      Forb

  Bull thistle     CIRSIUM VULGARE    July-September   Biennial       Forb

  Asiatic          COMMELINA COMMUNIS May-October      Perennial      Forb
  dayflower                                                           

  Field-bindweed   CONVOLVULUS        June-September   Perennial      Forb
                   ARVENSIS                                           

  Rough            ECHINOCHLOA        Warm Season      Annual         Grass
  barnyardgrass    MURICATA                                           

  Yard-grass       ELEUSINE INDICA    Cool Season      Winter Annual  Grass

  David\'s Spurge  EUPHORBIA DAVIDII                                   

  Buckwheat        FAGOPYRUM          June-September   Annual         Forb
                   ESCULENTUM                                         

  Buckwheat        FAGOPYRUM VULGARE                                  Forb

  Dame\'s rocket   HESPERIS           May-August       Biennial       Forb
                   MATRONALIS                          (Short-lived   
                                                       perennial      

  Flower of an     HIBISCUS TRIONUM   June-September   Annual         Forb
  hour                                                                

                   KOCHIA SPP         July-October     Annual         Forb

  Prickly lettuce  LACTUCA SERRIOLA   July-September   Annual         Forb

  henbit           LAMIUM             March-May        Annual         Forb
  deadnettle       AMPLEXICAULE                        (Biennial)     

  Common           LEONURUS CARDIACA  May-September    Perennial      Forb
  motherwort                                                          

  Osage Orange     MACLURA POMIFERA   April-June       Perennial      Tree

  Common mallow,   MALVA NEGLECTA     April-October    Annual (or     Forb
  cheeses                                              Biennial)      

  Black medic      MEDICAGO LUPULINA  April-November   Annual         Forb

  White sweet      MELILOTUS ALBUS    May-October      Biennial       Forb
  clover                                               (Rarely        
                                                       annual)        

  Yellow           MELILOTUS          May-October      Biennial       Forb
  sweetclover      OFFICINALIS                         (Rarely        
                                                       annual)        

  White mulberry   MORUS ALBA         Early May        Perennial      Tree

  Catnip           NEPETA CATARIA     June-October     Perennial      Forb

  Boston-ivy       PARTHENOCISSUS     Spring           Perennial      Vine
                   TRICUSPIDATA                                       

  Pearl Millet     PENNISETUM GLAUCUM                  Annual         Grass

  Reed canary      PHALARIS           Cool Season      Perennial      Grass
  grass            ARUNDINACEA                                        

  Kentucky         POA PRATENSIS      Cool Season      Perennial      Grass
  bluegrass                                                           

  Dooryard         POLYGONUM          June-October     Annual         Forb
  knotweed         ARENASTRUM                                         

  Curly dock       RUMEX CRISPUS      April-July       Perennial      Forb

  Hybrid crack     SALIX X RUBENS                      Perennial      Tree
  willow                                                              

  Soapwort,        SAPONARIA          June-September   Perennial      Forb
  bouncing Bet.    OFFICINALIS                                        

  Nodding or giant SETARIA FABERI     Warm Season      Annual         Grass
  foxtail-grass                                                       

  green            SETARIA VIRIDIS    Warm Season      Annual         Grass
  bristlegrass                                                        

  Common Chickweed STELLARIA MEDIA    March-October    Annual         Forb

  Common dandelion TARAXACUM          April-October    Perennial      Forb
                   OFFICINALE                                         

  Field            THLASPI ARVENSE    April-June       Annual (or     Forb
  penny-cress                                          winter annual  

  Fistulous        TRAGOPOGON DUBIUS  May-July         Biennial (or   Forb
  goat\'s beard                                        short-lived    
                                                       perennial      

  White clover     TRIFOLIUM REPENS   May-October      Perennial      Forb

  Siberian elm     ULMUS PUMILA       March-April      Perennial      Tree

  Common mullein   VERBASCUM THAPSUS  June-July        Biennial       Forb

  Corn speedwell   VERONICA ARVENSIS  May-June         Annual or      Forb
                                                       winter annual  
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