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U.S. Weeds with Common Name =Y*
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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. |
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* |
CLTE4 |
yam-leaved clematis Clematis terniflora |
SEEPPC |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
ALAL3 |
yellow alyssum Alyssum alyssoides |
WSWS |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
ANVI2 |
yellow bluestem Andropogon virginicus |
STATE, HEAR, KY, N'EAST, SWSS |
(I), L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), CAN (N) |
SEPUP3 SEPA82 |
yellow bristlegrass Setaria pumila ssp. pallidefusca Setaria pallidifusca |
US, STATE |
L48 (I) |
SEPUP2 SEGL2 |
yellow bristlegrass Setaria pumila ssp. pumila Setaria glauca |
STATE, N'EAST, NE&GP, SWSS, WSWS |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I), SPM (W) |
LUAR |
yellow bush lupine Lupinus arboreus |
Cal-IPC |
L48 (N), CAN (I) |
RUCR |
yellow dock Rumex crispus |
STATE, KY, N'EAST, NE&GP, SWSS, WSWS |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (I), SPM (I) |
ROSY |
yellow fieldcress Rorippa sylvestris |
STATE |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I), GL (I) |
IRPS |
yellow flag Iris pseudacorus |
STATE, Cal-IPC |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
NYPE |
yellow floating heart Nymphoides peltata |
STATE |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
SEPUP2 SEGL2 |
yellow foxtail Setaria pumila ssp. pumila Setaria glauca |
STATE, N'EAST, NE&GP, SWSS, WSWS |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I), SPM (W) |
HEFL5 |
yellow ginger Hedychium flavescens |
HEAR |
HI (I) |
TRDU |
yellow goat's beard Tragopogon dubius |
KY, N'EAST, NE&GP, SEEPPC, SWSS, WSWS |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I) |
HICA10 |
yellow hawkweed Hieracium caespitosum |
STATE |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
HICA10 HIPR |
yellow hawkweed Hieracium caespitosum Hieracium pratense |
STATE STATE, N'EAST |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
HICA3 |
yellow hawkweed Hieracium canadense |
WI |
L48 (N) |
RUELO |
yellow Himalayan raspberry Rubus ellipticus var. obcordatus |
STATE, HEAR, N'EAST |
HI (I) |
HICA10 HIPR |
yellow kingdevil Hieracium caespitosum Hieracium pratense |
STATE STATE, N'EAST |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
ROPS |
yellow locust Robinia pseudoacacia |
Cal-IPC, N'EAST |
L48 (N), CAN (I) |
CYES |
yellow nutgrass Cyperus esculentus |
STATE, KY, N'EAST, NE&GP, SWSS, WSWS |
L48 (NI), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I), CAN (I) |
CYES |
yellow nutsedge Cyperus esculentus |
STATE, KY, N'EAST, NE&GP, SWSS, WSWS |
L48 (NI), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I), CAN (I) |
OXCO |
yellow oxalis Oxalis corniculata |
WSWS |
(I), L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N), CAN (I) |
PALU2 |
yellow passionflower Passiflora lutea |
SWSS |
L48 (N) |
PALI8 |
yellow passionfruit Passiflora ligularis |
HEAR |
HI (I) |
CHVI8 |
yellow rabbitbrush Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus |
WSWS |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
BAVU |
yellow rocket Barbarea vulgaris |
KY, N'EAST, NE&GP, SWSS |
L48 (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
CESO3 |
yellow starthistle Centaurea solstitialis |
STATE, Cal-IPC, SWSS, WSWS |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
MEOF |
yellow sweetclover Melilotus officinalis |
NE&GP, SEEPPC, WI, WSWS |
(I), L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
CIHO2 |
yellow thistle Cirsium horridulum |
SWSS |
L48 (N) |
LIVU2 |
yellow toadflax Linaria vulgaris |
STATE, N'EAST, NE&GP, WSWS |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
GUSA2 |
yellow top Gutierrezia sarothrae |
NE&GP, WSWS |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
MELU |
yellow trefoil Medicago lupulina |
KY, N'EAST, NE&GP, SWSS, WSWS |
(I), L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
ROPA2 |
yellow watercress Rorippa palustris |
N'EAST, NE&GP |
L48 (N), AK (N), PR (I), CAN (N), SPM (N) |
RABU |
yellow weed Ranunculus bulbosus |
N'EAST |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
OXCO |
yellow wood sorrel Oxalis corniculata |
WSWS |
(I), L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N), CAN (I) |
OXST |
yellow woodsorrel Oxalis stricta |
KY, N'EAST, NE&GP, SWSS |
L48 (N), CAN (I) |
HEAM |
yellowdicks Helenium amarum |
KY, SWSS |
L48 (N) |
MYSC |
yelloweye forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides |
WI |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I), SPM (I) |
CIOC2 |
yellowspine thistle Cirsium ochrocentrum |
STATE, NE&GP, WSWS |
L48 (N) |
ELMO5 |
yerba de caballo Elephantopus mollis |
STATE |
(I), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N) |
ECPR |
yerba de tago Eclipta prostrata |
KY, N'EAST, SWSS |
(I), L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N), CAN (N) |
HECI |
yerba parda Helianthus ciliaris |
STATE, SWSS, WSWS |
L48 (N) |
HOLA |
Yorkshire fog Holcus lanatus |
Cal-IPC, HEAR, N'EAST, WSWS |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (I) |
YUGL |
yucca Yucca glauca |
NE&GP, WSWS |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
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