Also known as Heavenly Bamboo, Nandina is a common landscape plant that is now listed as invasive in much of the Southeast. It is made up of numerous, usually unbranched stems growing from ground level. Its petiolate leaves are compound (two or three pinnacles) with leaflets, that are elliptical or lanceolate. This plant flowers in the late spring and has bright red berries in the fall that persist through the winter months. A recent study in Georgia has linked overconsumption of the berries by Cedar Waxwings to their deaths by cyanide toxicity.
Nandina is extremely toxic to birds and mammals. Invasive plants also displace our native plants that provide habitat and forage for animals and insect.
Least Concern
