Species:

Alliaria petiolata

Common Name:

garlic mustard

Systems Affected (standardized):

forest/woodland

Regions(s) present (updated by AB):

NE, SE

Impacts:

Crowds out native species, forms dense stands & produces allelopathic compounds that inhibit seed germination of other species. Toxic or unpalatable to many native species

Source? likely to be reintroduced:

A. petiolata was first recorded in North America in 1868 on Long Island, New York (Nuzzo, 1993). The species was probably introduced by early colonists who valued it for culinary and medicinal purposes (Grieve, 1959). As with many invasive species, anthropogenic disturbance appears to be an important component of the species' spread.

Info Blurb:

Crowds out native species, forming dense stands and producing allelopathic compounds that inhibit seed germination of other species. Anthropogenic disturbance appears to be an important component of the species' spread.

Native Regions in OK:

NONE

Current and past designations:

OWL

Present in OK?

Yes

Present in Bordering States?

TX, AR, CO, KS, MO, NM

Has Legal Status in BS?