The RIP-FC internship crew worked on the area under the overpass at Lafayette Drive. This work was supported by a donation from The Garden Club of Frankfort.

We thank the State of KY for its cooperation and the City of Frankfort for its assistance in removing the debris.

source & additional information:
https://fw.ky.gov/More/Pages/Nuisance-Species-Plans.aspx

The Kentucky Exotic Plant Council lists the following species as “severe threats” in Kentucky:

• Ailanthus altissima  – Tree-of-heaven
• Alliaria petiolata – Garlic mustard
• Carduus nutans  – Musk thistle
• Celastrus orbiculata – Oriental bittersweet
• Conium maculatum – Poison hemlock
• Coronilla varia – Crown vetch
• Dioscorea oppositifolia – Chinese yam
• Elaeagnus umbellata – Autumn olive
• Euonymus alatus – Winged euonymus, burningbush
• Euonymus fortunei – Winter creeper
• Festuca arundinacea (Lolium arundinaceum) – Kentucky 31 fescue
• Lespedeza cuneata – Sericea lespedeza
• Ligustrum sinense, L. vulgare – Privet
• Lonicera japonica – Japanese honeysuckle
• Lonicera maackii, L. morrowi, L. tatarica – Bush honeysuckle, Morrow.s, tartarian h.s.
• Lythrum salicaria – Purple loosestrife
• Melilotus alba – White sweet clover
• Melilotus officinalis – Yellow sweet clover
• Microstegium vimineum – Japanese grass
• Miscanthus sinensis – Chinese silver grass
• Phragmites australis – Common reed
• Polygonum cuspidatum – Japanese knotweed
• Pueraria lobata – Kudzu
• Rosa multiflora – Multiflora rose
• Sorghum halapense – Johnson grass
• Stellaria media – Chickweed