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U.S. Weeds with Common Name =K*
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U.S. |
USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ). Federal noxious weed list (1 February 2012). USDA, APHIS, PPQ, Washington, DC. |
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USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ). State Plant Regulatory Officials letters. National Plant Board |
STATE |
Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments. |
Cal-IPC |
California Invasive Plant Council. California Invasive Plant Inventory. Cal-IPC Publication 2006-02 (1 February 2007). California Invasive Plant Council, Berkeley, California. |
FLEPPC |
Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Invasive plant list. Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council, Florida. |
HEAR |
USDI, Geological Survey. Information index for selected alien plants in Hawaii (20 October 2003). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station, Makawao, Hawaii. |
KY |
Haragan, P.D. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. |
N'EAST |
Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal,and J.M. DiTomaso. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York. |
NE&GP |
Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe,and M.R. Bolick. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, Lincoln, Nebraska. |
SEEPPC |
Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council, Tennessee. |
SWSS |
Southern Weed Science Society. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society, Champaign, Illinois. |
WI |
Hoffman, R.and K. Kearns (eds.). Wisconsin manual of control recommendations for ecologically invasive plants. Wisconsin Dept. Natural Resources, Madison, Wisconsin. |
WSWS |
Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. |
Symbol |
Common Name
Scientific Name |
Source |
Native Status* |
SIARA BRKA |
kaber mustard Sinapis arvensis ssp. arvensis Brassica kaber |
STATE, N'EAST, NE&GP, SWSS, WSWS |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), VI (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
GRBA |
Kahili flower Grevillea banksii |
STATE, HEAR |
HI (I) |
HEGA |
Kahili ginger Hedychium gardnerianum |
HEAR |
HI (I) |
VAFA ACFA |
kandaroma Vachellia farnesiana Acacia farnesiana |
HEAR HEAR |
(I), L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N) |
ACPA8 |
kangaroothorn Acacia paradoxa |
STATE |
L48 (I) |
SORO |
Kansas thistle Solanum rostratum |
STATE, NE&GP, SWSS, WSWS |
L48 (N), CAN (W) |
COLA6 |
karakaranut Corynocarpus laevigatus |
HEAR |
HI (I) |
SAMO5 |
kariba weed Salvinia molesta |
US, STATE, Cal-IPC |
L48 (I), HI (I) |
AEIN |
kat sola Aeschynomene indica |
STATE, SWSS |
L48 (N), PR (N) |
CLHI3 |
kaurasiga Clidemia hirta |
HEAR |
(I), L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N) |
SOTO4 |
kausoni Solanum torvum |
US, STATE, FLEPPC, WSWS |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I) |
PSGU |
kautonga Psidium guajava |
HEAR |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I) |
SYCU |
kavika ni India Syzygium cumini |
FLEPPC, HEAR |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I) |
SYJA |
kavika ni India Syzygium jambos |
FLEPPC, HEAR |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I) |
SYJA |
kavika ni vavalangi Syzygium jambos |
FLEPPC, HEAR |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I) |
ANSY |
keck Anthriscus sylvestris |
STATE, WSWS |
L48 (I), CAN (I), GL (I) |
ROSY |
keek Rorippa sylvestris |
STATE |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I), GL (I) |
POPR |
Kentucky bluegrass Poa pratensis |
NE&GP, WI |
(I,N), L48 (I,N), AK (NI), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (NI), GL (I,N), SPM (I) |
ALPU3 |
khakiweed Alternanthera pungens |
WSWS |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I) |
PRPA4 |
kiawe Prosopis pallida |
US, STATE, HEAR |
(I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I) |
HERE |
kidneyleaf mudplantain Heteranthera reniformis |
SWSS |
L48 (N), PR (N) |
PECL2 |
Kikuyu grass Pennisetum clandestinum |
US, STATE, HEAR, WSWS |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I) |
CYRO |
kili'o'opu Cyperus rotundus |
STATE, SWSS, WSWS |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I) |
CATA5 |
killer algae Caulerpa taxifolia |
US, STATE |
L48 (I) |
HYPE |
Klamathweed Hypericum perforatum |
STATE, Cal-IPC, NE&GP, SEEPPC, SWSS, WI, WSWS |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I), SPM (I) |
VAFA ACFA |
klu Vachellia farnesiana Acacia farnesiana |
HEAR HEAR |
(I), L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N) |
SCAN2 |
knawel Scleranthus annuus |
N'EAST |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
LELE10 |
koa haole Leucaena leucocephala |
FLEPPC, HEAR |
(I), L48 (I), VI (I) |
BASC5 KOSC |
kochia Bassia scoparia Kochia scoparia |
STATE, N'EAST, NE&GP, SWSS, WSWS |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
PASC6 |
kodomillet Paspalum scrobiculatum |
US, STATE |
(NI), L48 (I), HI (I) |
BIPI |
kofe tonga Bidens pilosa |
HEAR |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I), CAN (I) |
RUMO4 |
kohkihl Rubus moluccanus |
US, STATE, N'EAST |
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BIJA |
koka Bischofia javanica |
FLEPPC |
(N), L48 (I), HI (I) |
CEEC |
konpeito-gusa Cenchrus echinatus |
STATE, HEAR, SWSS |
(I,N), L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N) |
OCEL |
kopsia Ochrosia elliptica |
FLEPPC |
L48 (I) |
KUST |
Korean clover Kummerowia stipulacea |
SEEPPC |
L48 (I) |
CLHIH2 |
Koster's curse Clidemia hirta var. hirta |
STATE |
L48 (N) |
CLHI3 |
Koster's curse Clidemia hirta |
HEAR |
(I), L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N) |
PSCA |
kuahpa Psidium cattleianum |
FLEPPC, HEAR |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I) |
PSGU |
kuahpa Psidium guajava |
HEAR |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I) |
PUMOL |
kudzu Pueraria montana var. lobata |
STATE, FLEPPC |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I) |
PUMOL PULO |
kudzu Pueraria montana var. lobata Pueraria lobata |
STATE, FLEPPC STATE, HEAR, KY, N'EAST, SEEPPC, SWSS |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I) |
PUMOL PUTH |
kudzu Pueraria montana var. lobata Pueraria thunbergiana |
STATE, FLEPPC STATE |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I) |
PUMO |
kudzu Pueraria montana |
STATE |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I) |
PUMOL PULO |
kudzu vine Pueraria montana var. lobata Pueraria lobata |
STATE, FLEPPC STATE, HEAR, KY, N'EAST, SEEPPC, SWSS |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I) |
CLHI3 |
kui Clidemia hirta |
HEAR |
(I), L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N) |
DICI |
kukaepua'a Digitaria ciliaris |
SWSS |
(I,N), L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N) |
IMCY |
kunai Imperata cylindrica |
US, STATE, FLEPPC, SWSS |
(NI), L48 (I) |
MIMI5 |
kwalo koburu Mikania micrantha |
US, STATE |
L48 (I), PR (N) |
PEPE24 |
Kyasuma grass Pennisetum pedicellatum |
US, STATE |
L48 (I) |
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