It’s National Invasive Species Awareness Week! Each day this week we’ll highlight an invasive species that we struggle with here in Camden County.
Today’s plant is coral ardisia. Coral ardisia is an evergreen plant with red berries. This plant is easy to spot right now with its large clusters of red berries and crenate leaves (the leaf edges look much like the edge of a pie). This plant spreads readily to form a dense thicket that chokes out other plants and blocks them from growing. This plant can spread acres to miles from where it was planted, and compromise forest understory ecosystems. If you’re looking for an evergreen plant with red berries, please consider one of our native hollies which provide great habitat and food for wildlife. If you have this plant, please get rid of it! If you have questions about this plant, how to get rid of it, or what to replace it with please contact me at 912-576-3219 or jkwarren@uga.edu.
