Virginia Mercury has reported the proposed addition of 12 plants to the state’s noxious weeds list. Learn all about it: “Virginia proposes adding 12 plants, including kudzu, to noxious weeds list”.
Of the 12, nine have been found on the NNK: Two-horned trapa, garlic mustard, Chinese yam, autumn olive, bicolor lespedeza, Japanese honeysuckle, common reed, kudzu, and Japanese knotweed.
The Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora contains a range of information including native status, common name, and habitat. The site also indicates where in the state the plant has been seen.