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U.S. Weeds with Scientific Name =B*
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web links if available. Invasive plants that are synonyms are indented beneath the
current PLANTS accepted name.
You may view invasive lists by source by clicking
on the source acronyms at the top of the report.
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 |
Scientific Name
Common Name |
Source |
Native Status* |
BAHY |
Bassia hyssopifolia fivehook bassia fivehorn smotherweed smother weed |
Cal-IPC |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
BAOR |
Barbarea orthoceras American yellowrocket wintercress |
WSWS |
L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N) |
BARO |
Bacopa rotundifolia disc waterhyssop |
SWSS |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
BASC5 KOSC |
Bassia scoparia Kochia scoparia Mexican burningbush Mexican fireweed fireweed kochia mock cypress summer cypress |
STATE, N'EAST, NE&GP, SWSS, WSWS |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
BAVA |
Bauhinia variegata butterfly tree orchid tree purple orchid tree |
FLEPPC |
L48 (I), PR (I) |
BAVU |
Barbarea vulgaris garden yellow rocket winter cress yellow rocket |
KY, N'EAST, NE&GP, SWSS |
L48 (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
BECU |
Begonia cucullata clubed begonia |
FLEPPC |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I) |
BEIN2 |
Berteroa incana hoary alyssum hoary false alyssum |
STATE, NE&GP, SWSS |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I) |
BEPE2 |
Bellis perennis English daisy European daisy lawn daisy |
N'EAST, WSWS |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
BERBE |
Berberis barberry |
STATE |
(I,N), L48 (I,N) |
BETH |
Berberis thunbergii Japanese barberry |
SEEPPC, WI |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
BETR |
Bellardia trixago bellardia |
Cal-IPC |
L48 (I) |
BEVU |
Berberis vulgaris common barberry epine-vinette epine-vinette commune vinetteier |
STATE, WI |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
BIAL |
Bidens alba romerillo |
HEAR |
(N), L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N) |
BIAR |
Bidens aristosa long-bracted beggar-ticks tickseed sunflower |
KY |
L48 (N), CAN (I) |
BIBI7 |
Bidens bipinnata Spanish needles |
NE&GP |
L48 (N), CAN (I) |
BICE |
Bidens cernua bur marigold nodding beggarticks nodding bur marigold sticktight |
NE&GP, WSWS |
L48 (N), AK (I), CAN (N) |
BICY |
Bidens cynapiifolia West Indian beggarticks |
HEAR |
(N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N) |
BIFR |
Bidens frondosa bur marigold devil's beggarticks devil's bootjack pitchfork weed sticktights tickseed sunflower |
N'EAST, NE&GP |
L48 (N), AK (I), CAN (I) |
BIJA |
Bischofia javanica Javanese bishopweed bischofia bishopwood koka tongotongo toog |
FLEPPC |
(N), L48 (I), HI (I) |
BIPI |
Bidens pilosa Spanish needle beggar's tick cobbler's pegs fisi'uli kofe tonga matakaro |
HEAR |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I), CAN (I) |
BODA2 BUDA |
Bouteloua dactyloides Buchloe dactyloides buffalograss |
SWSS |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
BOFR2 |
Bocconia frutescens boconnia plume poppy sea oxeye daisy tree poppy |
STATE, HEAR |
HI (I), PR (N) |
BRAL4 |
Bryonia alba white bryony |
STATE |
L48 (I) |
BRAR5 BRJA |
Bromus arvensis field brome Bromus japonicus Japanese bromegrass Japanese chess |
SWSS KY, NE&GP, SEEPPC, SWSS, WSWS |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
BRAR71 |
Bryum argenteum silver thread moss silvergreen bryum moss silvery bryum |
N'EAST |
NA (N) |
BRASS2 |
Brassica mustard |
STATE |
(I), L48 (I), GL (I,W) |
BRCA5 |
Bromus carinatus California brome mountain brome |
WSWS |
L48 (N), AK (I), CAN (N) |
BRCA6 |
Bromus catharticus rescue brome rescue grass |
SEEPPC, SWSS, WSWS |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
BRDI2 |
Brachypodium distachyon purple false brome |
Cal-IPC |
L48 (I), HI (I) |
BRDI3 |
Bromus diandrus ripgut brome |
Cal-IPC, SWSS |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
BRDIR BRRI8 |
Bromus diandrus ssp. rigidus Bromus rigidus ripgut brome |
WSWS |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
BREUE KUEU |
Brickellia eupatorioides var. eupatorioides Kuhnia eupatorioides falsebonset |
NE&GP |
L48 (N) |
BRHO2 |
Bromus hordeaceus soft brome soft chess |
SEEPPC |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
BRHOH BRMO2 |
Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus Bromus mollis soft brome soft cheat soft chess |
SWSS, WSWS |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
BRIN2 |
Bromus inermis Hungarian bromegrass awnless brome smooth brome |
NE&GP, SEEPPC, WI |
(I,N), L48 (I,N), AK (NI), CAN (NI), GL (I), SPM (I) |
BRJU |
Brassica juncea Indian mustard |
NE&GP |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I), CAN (I) |
BRNI |
Brassica nigra black mustard shortpod mustard |
Cal-IPC, HEAR, WSWS |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
BROV4 |
Brunnichia ovata American buckwheat vine redvine |
SWSS |
L48 (N) |
BRPA4 |
Broussonetia papyrifera paper mulberry wauke |
SEEPPC |
L48 (I), HI (I) |
BRRA |
Brassica rapa bird's rape birdsrape mustard field mustard wild mustard wild rutabaga wild turnip |
SWSS, WSWS |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I), GL (I) |
BRRA2 BRCO4 |
Bromus racemosus Bromus commutatus hairy chess meadow brome |
STATE, SEEPPC, SWSS |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I) |
BRRU2 |
Bromus rubens foxtail brome red brome |
Cal-IPC |
L48 (I), HI (I) |
BRSE |
Bromus secalinus bromegrass cheat chess rye brome |
STATE, SEEPPC, SWSS, WSWS |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
BRSE11 BRGY |
Bruguiera sexangula Bruguiera gymnorrhiza oriental mangrove |
HEAR |
HI (I) |
BRST2 |
Bromus sterilis barren bromegrass poverty brome sterile brome |
SEEPPC |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
BRSY |
Brachypodium sylvaticum false brome |
STATE |
L48 (I) |
BRTE |
Bromus tectorum cheatgrass downy brome early chess military grass thatch bromegrass |
STATE, Cal-IPC, FLEPPC, HEAR, N'EAST, NE&GP, SEEPPC, SWSS, WSWS |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I), GL (I) |
BRTO |
Brassica tournefortii African mustard Asian mustard wild turnip |
Cal-IPC |
L48 (I) |
BUAR3 LIAR4 |
Buglossoides arvensis corn gromwell Lithospermum arvense corn gromwell puccoon |
SEEPPC KY, NE&GP, SWSS, WSWS |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
BUDA2 |
Buddleja davidii butterfly bush |
STATE |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (I) |
BURO |
Bupleurum rotundifolium hound's-ear |
SEEPPC |
L48 (I), CAN (GP) |
BUUM |
Butomus umbellatus flowering rush |
STATE, WI |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
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