Are Daffodils Native, Non-native, or Invasive?

This video discusses whether daffodils (Narcissus sp.) are native, non-native, or invasive plants to the United States and North America. The history of daffodils is discussed, how they came to be in the United States, as well as some native flower alternatives to plant instead of daffodils. Names of native flower alternatives to replace your non-native daffodils with in the form of "Common name (Scientific name)": Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris) Early buttercup (Ranunculus fascicularis) Swamp buttercup (Ranunculus septentrionalis) Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora) Yellow Prairie Violet (Viola nuttallii) Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea) White Trout Lily (Erythronium albidum) Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) Sharp-lobed Hepatica (Hepatica acutiloba) Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica) Trillium (Trillium grandiflora) Two United States nurseries specializing in native plants and flowers. Everything listed at their websites are native plants (no non-natives and no hybrids): Prairie Moon Nursery: www.prairiemoon.com/ Prairie Nursery: www.prairienursery.com/ Native Flower Power channel videos mentioned: Are Tulips Native, Non-native, or Invasive? --    • Are Tulips Native, Non-native, or Invasive?   Native Plant Alternatives to Daffodils --    • Native Flower Alternatives to Daffodils   What is a hybrid/cultivar plant? -- Coming Soon What's the problem with hybrids/cultivars of native plants? -- Coming soon Timestamps: 0.20: daffodils are non-native 0.45: what an invasive plant is 1.03: what a native plant is 1.41: where did daffodils come from 2.27: history of daffodils 4.43: wild-type daffodil species 5.02: how daffodils got to the United States 7.00: native plant alternatives to daffodils 10.35: best places to buy native plant alternatives to daffodils Nail Polish in Video: "Oodiful" by NailPatternBoldness (https://www.etsy.com/shop/NailPattern...) All video footage and images are taken by the Native Flower Power channel creator, with the exception of: Narcissus poeticus: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0 Marsh marigold: Max Pixel (https://www.maxpixel.net/Flowers-Plan...) Early buttercup: Mason Brock (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ma...) Swamp buttercup: By ????? (https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...) Bellwort: University of Wisconsin-Madison (Wisconsin Horticulture) Yellow prairie violet: Sheri Hagwood (USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...) Golden alexanders: Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man) (https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...) White Trout Lily: Eric Hunt (https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...) Bloodroot: Max Pixel (https://www.maxpixel.net/Flowers-Bloo...) Sharp-lobed hepatica: Jay Sturner (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Bluebells & Trillium combined image: Hagerty Ryan, USFWS (https://pixnio.com/flora-plants/flowe...) Sources for Daffodils: Gerard, John 1597 Herball Britannia.com U.S. Forest Service AmericanMeadows.com Hort, Arthur (ed) 1916 Inquiry into Plants Linda Loring Nature Foundation The American Daffodil Society DaffodilUSA.org SouthernEdition.org Bostock, John and H.T. Riley (eds). 1856 Natural History Book XXI, Volume Four Linnaeus, Carl 1753 Narcissus Turner, William 1562 A New Herball, Parts II and III Camerarius, Joachim (The Younger). 1588 Clusius, Carolus. 1576 Wikipedia Sources for native/non-native/invasive definition: U.S. Department of Agriculture Grace College U.S. National Park Service National Geographic National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Davis and Thompson 2000 Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 81(3): 226.