Invasive plant species include purple loosestrife and Japanese knotweed. Invasive plants include Himalayan blackberry, English ivy, reed canarygrass, purple loosestrife, and Japanese knotweed. Invasive plants include purple loosestrife and Eurasian watermilfoil. Lysimachia ciliata, the fringed loosestrife, is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae. Notable examples include water hyacinth, salt cedar, and purple loosestrife. Many wetlands are being disrupted by the highly invasive Introduced species purple loosestrife. Purple loosestrife is a plant that is invasive to waterways. Heimia salicifolia is a species of flowering plant in the Loosestrife family, Lythraceae. Lythrum salicaria, or purple loosestrife, is a flowering plant belonging to the family Lythraceae. In late years, the marshes have suffered from an invasion of Purple Loosestrife. Purple loosestrife provides a model of successful biological pest control. The species "L. salicaria" (purple loosestrife) and "L. virgatum" are found in cultivation. Other names include spiked loosestrife and purple lythrum. A literature review notes sora avoidance of purple loosestrife ("Lythrum salicaria")-dominated sites. At 0030 "Loosestrife" made a radar contact at .