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U.S. Weeds with Common Name =N*
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web links if available. Invasive plants that are synonyms are indented beneath the
current PLANTS accepted name.
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on the source acronyms at the top of the report.
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* |
NADO |
nanten Nandina domestica |
FLEPPC |
(I), L48 (I) |
PEPU2 |
napier grass Pennisetum purpureum |
FLEPPC |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I) |
LIGE |
narrow-leaved Dalmatian toadflax Linaria genistifolia |
STATE |
L48 (I) |
COPU18 |
narrow-leaved iceplant Conicosia pugioniformis |
Cal-IPC |
L48 (I) |
CAIM |
narrowleaf bittercress Cardamine impatiens |
STATE |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
RUCR |
narrowleaf dock Rumex crispus |
STATE, KY, N'EAST, NE&GP, SWSS, WSWS |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (I), SPM (I) |
CHLE4 |
narrowleaf goosefoot Chenopodium leptophyllum |
SWSS |
L48 (N), AK (I), CAN (N) |
ASFA |
narrowleaf milkweed Asclepias fascicularis |
SWSS, WSWS |
L48 (N) |
PLLA |
narrowleaf plantain Plantago lanceolata |
STATE, KY, N'EAST, NE&GP, SWSS, WSWS |
(I), L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
AXFI |
narrowleaved carpetgrass Axonopus fissifolius |
HEAR |
L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N) |
NATR3 STTR8 |
nassella tussock Nassella trichotoma Stipa trichotoma |
US, STATE STATE |
L48 (I) |
MERE9 RHRE2 |
Natal grass Melinis repens Rhynchelytrum repens |
FLEPPC |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I) |
LUPL |
Nebraska lupine Lupinus plattensis |
NE&GP |
L48 (N) |
NEAL2 |
nechamandra Nechamandra alternifolia |
STATE |
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VEPE2 |
neckweed Veronica peregrina |
WSWS |
L48 (N), AK (I), HI (I), PR (N), CAN (N) |
ACBR5 |
needlegrass Achnatherum brachychaetum |
STATE |
L48 (I) |
PUMOL |
nepalem Pueraria montana var. lobata |
STATE, FLEPPC |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I) |
MIVI |
Nepalese browntop Microstegium vimineum |
STATE, SEEPPC |
L48 (I), PR (I) |
MIVI |
Nepalgrass Microstegium vimineum |
STATE, SEEPPC |
L48 (I), PR (I) |
RHCA3 |
nerprun cathartique Rhamnus cathartica |
STATE, WI |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
CHBE4 |
netseed lambsquarters Chenopodium berlandieri |
WSWS |
(I,N), L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (NI) |
CHMU2 |
nettleleaf goosefoot Chenopodium murale |
WSWS |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I), CAN (I) |
PHTE8 |
New Zealand flax Phormium tenax |
HEAR |
HI (I) |
PHTE8 |
New Zealand hemp Phormium tenax |
HEAR |
HI (I) |
COLA6 |
New Zealand laurel Corynocarpus laevigatus |
HEAR |
HI (I) |
TETE3 |
New Zealand spinach Tetragonia tetragonioides |
HEAR |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I) |
LESC2 |
New Zealand tea Leptospermum scoparium |
HEAR |
HI (I) |
MEQU |
niaouli Melaleuca quinquenervia |
US, STATE, FLEPPC, HEAR |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I) |
CENO |
night cestrum Cestrum nocturnum |
HEAR |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I) |
CENO |
night jasmine Cestrum nocturnum |
HEAR |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I) |
SINO |
night-flowering catchfly Silene noctiflora |
NE&GP, SWSS |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I) |
MUSC |
nimblewill Muhlenbergia schreberi |
STATE, KY, N'EAST, NE&GP, SWSS |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
LACO3 |
nipplewort Lapsana communis |
WSWS |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I), GL (I) |
BICE |
nodding beggarticks Bidens cernua |
NE&GP, WSWS |
L48 (N), AK (I), CAN (N) |
BICE |
nodding bur marigold Bidens cernua |
NE&GP, WSWS |
L48 (N), AK (I), CAN (N) |
SEFA |
nodding foxtail Setaria faberi |
STATE, KY, NE&GP, SEEPPC, SWSS |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
CANU4 |
nodding plumeless thistle Carduus nutans |
STATE, KY, N'EAST, NE&GP, SEEPPC, SWSS, WI, WSWS |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
CHNU9 |
nodding spurge Chamaesyce nutans |
KY |
L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N), CAN (N) |
CANU4 |
nodding thistle Carduus nutans |
STATE, KY, N'EAST, NE&GP, SEEPPC, SWSS, WI, WSWS |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
MELU |
nonesuch Medicago lupulina |
KY, N'EAST, NE&GP, SWSS, WSWS |
(I), L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
VEDU |
North Africa grass Ventenata dubia |
WSWS |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
VINE VIPR5 |
northern bog violet Viola nephrophylla Viola pratincola |
NE&GP |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
AEVI3 |
northern jointvetch Aeschynomene virginica |
STATE, SWSS |
L48 (N) |
ACPL |
Norway maple Acer platanoides |
N'EAST, WI |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
CYRO |
nutgrass Cyperus rotundus |
STATE, SWSS, WSWS |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I) |
HENU |
Nuttall sunflower Helianthus nuttallii |
WSWS |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
DENU2 |
Nuttall's larkspur Delphinium nuttallianum |
WSWS |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
MONU |
Nuttall's poverty weed Monolepis nuttalliana |
NE&GP |
L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N) |
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