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General Information | |
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Symbol: | TRTE |
Group: | Dicot |
Family: | Zygophyllaceae |
Duration: |
Annual |
Growth Habit: |
Forb/herb |
Native Status: |
CAN W HI I L48 I PB I |
Data Source and Documentation |
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Synonyms
Classification
Rank | Scientific Name and Common Name |
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Kingdom | Plantae – Plants |
Subkingdom | Tracheobionta – Vascular plants |
Superdivision | Spermatophyta – Seed plants |
Division | Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants |
Class | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
Subclass | Rosidae |
Order | Sapindales |
Family | Zygophyllaceae – Creosote-bush family |
Genus | Tribulus L. – puncturevine |
Species | Tribulus terrestris L. – puncturevine |
Subordinate Taxa
Legal Status
Noxious Weed Information | |
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This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds. | |
Arizona
puncturevine
Prohibited noxious weed
puncturevine
Regulated noxious weeds
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California
puncturevine
C list (noxious weeds)
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Colorado
puncturevine
C list (noxious weeds)
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Idaho
puncturevine
Noxious weed
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Iowa
puncturevine
Secondary noxious weed
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Nevada
puncturevine
Noxious weed
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North Carolina
puncturevine
Class B noxious weed
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Oregon
puncturevine
"B" designated weed
puncturevine
Quarantine
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Washington
puncturevine
Class B noxious weed
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U.S. Weed Information | |
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Tribulus terrestris
Mexican sandbur
Texas sandbur
bullhead
caltrop
goathead
puncturevine
This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of
Weeds of the U.S.
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STATE | Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments. |
NE&GP | Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe,and M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. |
SEEPPC | Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee. |
SWSS | Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois. |
WSWS | Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al.. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. |
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Wildlife
Food
Source | Large Mammals | Small Mammals | Water Birds | Terrestrial Birds |
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Cover
Source | Large Mammals | Small Mammals | Water Birds | Terrestrial Birds |
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Description of Values
Value Class | Food | Cover |
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