---
title: "Baltimore City Non-native Invasive Plant Removal Guide"
slug: "baltimore-city-non-native-invasive-plant-removal-guide"
tags: ["urban forested natural area", "non-native invasive plants", "urban forest management", "volunteer stewardship"]
updated: 2022-05-25T16:49:20Z
published: 2022-05-25T16:49:20Z
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Baltimore City Non-native Invasive Plant Removal Guide

This guide provides a starting point for citizens to identify and safely remove invasive plants from their local forest patches.

### In a nutshell, this resource offers:

- Pictures, descriptions, and guidelines for removal of some of the most common non-native invasive plants in the mid-Atlantic region, especially in cities.
- An example of how to construct a user-friendly, accessible guide for non-native invasive plant identification and removal.

### How to use this resource:

- As a model for guiding your own volunteer stewardship programs.
- As a reference guide for beginner non-native invasive plant identification in the mid-Atlantic region.

**Author:** Katie Lautar, Executive Director of Baltimore Green Space

**Date published:** 2013

**Point of contact:** Katie Lautar, [katherine@baltimoregreenspace.org](mailto:katherine@baltimoregreenspace.org)

**Citation:**Lautar, K. 2013. *Baltimore City non-native invasive plant removal guide*. Baltimore Green Space, Baltimore, MD.

[Resource is available online here](https://baltimoregreenspace.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/PlantIDSheetsForWebsite.pdf).

[PDF document](https://cdn.document360.io/18a9acd7-787d-47fa-9b54-01592bb1d507/Images/Documentation/nonnative_PlantIDSheetsForWebsite_baltimore.pdf)

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