Maui Association of Landscape Professionals
HAWAII CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
LIST OF POTENTIALLY INVASIVE PLANTS TO CONTINUE PLANTING
Preferred_species_name Common name WRA score WRA designation
1 Acacia confusa Formosan koa 10 H (Hawai'i)
2 Asparagus densiflorus asparagus fern 15 H (HPWRA)
3 Axonopus compressus broadleaf carpet grass 15 H (HPWRA)
4 Carpobrotus edulis ice plant 9.5 H (HPWRA)
5 Casuarina equisetifolia iron wood 15 H (Hawai'i)
6 Cinnamomum camphora camphor tree 14 H (HPWRA)
7 Coffea arabica coffee 2 H (HPWRA)
8 Dieffenbachia seguine
(outdoors)
dumbcane 7 H (HPWRA)
9 Duranta erecta golden dew drop 13 H (HPWRA)
10 Epipremnum pinnatum pothos 9 H (HPWRA)
11 Eugenia uniflora Surinam cherry 12 H (HPWRA)
12 Ficus microcarpa Chinese banyon 10 H (HPWRA)
13 Hedychium coronarium white ginger 14 H (Hawai'i)
14 Heliconia psittacorum parrot's beak 11 H (HPWRA)
15 Lantana montevidensis trailing lantana 16 H (HPWRA)
16 Liriope spicata creeping lilyturf 7.5 H (HPWRA)
17 Lolium multiflorum annual ryegrass 9 H (HPWRA)
18 Lonicera japonica Japanese honeysuckle 12 H (HPWRA)
19 Paspalum conjugatum Hilograss 28 H (Hawai'i)
20 Paspalum vaginatum seashore paspalum 7 H (HPWRA)
21 Pennisetum clandestinum kikuyu grass 18 H (HPWRA)
22 Pimenta dioica allspice tree 7 H (HPWRA)
23 Psidium cattleianum strawberry guava 18 H (Hawai'i)
24 Ptychosperma macarthurii Macarthur palm 1 H (HPWRA)
25 Pyrostegia venusta flame vine 7 H (HPWRA)
26 Salix babylonica Babylon weeping willow 9 H (HPWRA)
27 Sansevieria trifasciata mother-in-law's tongue 9 H (HPWRA)
28 Senna surattensis kolomona 0 EVALUATE (Revised 04/27/04;
Field reports from Hawai'i indicate
it may be a serious pest; HEPEC
documentation in progress)
29 Sphagneticola trilobata wedelia 13 H (HPWRA)
30 Stenotaphrum secundatum St. Augustine grass 15 H (HPWRA)
31 Syngonium podophyllum arrowhead plant 15 H (HPWRA)
32 Thevetia peruviana be-still tree 9 H (HPWRA)
33 Washingtonia filifera California fan palm 11.5 H (HPWRA)
34 Washingtonia robusta Mexican fan palm 15 H (HPWRA)

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