big periwinkle
Vinca major L.
Resources
- A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests - USDA Forest Service
- Element Stewardship Abstract - The Nature Conservancy
Representative Images(View more at Forestry Images)
 0016132 big periwinkle Vinca major Feature(s) James H. Miller |
 0016133 big periwinkle Vinca major Feature(s) James H. Miller |
 0016134 big periwinkle Vinca major Foliage James H. Miller |
 0016238 big periwinkle Vinca major Plant(s) James H. Miller |
 1380417 big periwinkle Vinca major Flower(s) Chris Evans |
 1380423 big periwinkle Vinca major Plant(s) Chris Evans |
 2307172 big periwinkle Vinca major Flower(s) Barry Rice |
 5163037 big periwinkle Vinca major Flower(s) Forest and Kim Starr |
 5204067 big periwinkle Vinca major Foliage Pedro Tenorio-Lezama |
 5306022 big periwinkle Vinca major Infestation Nancy Loewenstein |
 5306023 big periwinkle Vinca major Infestation Nancy Loewenstein |
 5309030 big periwinkle Vinca major Seed(s) Steve Hurst |
Invasive Listing Sources
- Alabama Invasive Plant Council
- California Invasive Plant Council
- Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council - Category 2
- Indiana Invasive Species Council - Invasive Plant List
- Jil M. Swearingen, Survey of invasive plants occurring on National Park Service lands, 2000-2007
- John Randall, The Nature Conservancy, Survey of TNC Preserves, 1995.
- National Park Service, Mid-Atlantic Exotic Plant Management Team Invasive Plant List
- Native Plant Society of Oregon, 2008
- Non-Native Invasive Plants of Arlington County, Virginia
- Non-Native Invasive Plants of the City of Alexandria, Virginia
- Nonnative Invasive Species in Southern Forest and Grassland Ecosystems
- Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Invasive Plants
- Reichard, Sarah. 1994. Assessing the potential of invasiveness in woody plants introduced in North America. University of Washington Ph.D. dissertation.
- Rhode Island Natural History Survey
- South Carolina Exotic Pest Plant Council
- Virginia Invasive Plant Species List
- WeedUS - Database of Plants Invading Natural Areas in the United States
Taxonomic Rank
| Kingdom: Plantae |
| Phylum: Magnoliophyta |
| Class: Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass: Asteridae |
| Order: Gentianales |
| Family: Apocynaceae |
| Genus: Vinca |
Synonyms and Other Names
Other Common Names:
bigleaf periwinkle, large periwinkle, greater periwinkle, periwinkle
| Common Name Reference: | Weed Science Society of America Common Names List |
| Scientific Name Reference: | USDA, NRCS. 2010. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. |
