NRCS Invasive Species Policy
Invasive Species Executive Order 13112
Kentucky State-listed Noxious Weeds
9 records returned
Click on an accepted name below to view its PLANTS Profile with more information, and
web links if available. Noxious weeds that are synonyms retain their noxious status, and are indented beneath the current PLANTS accepted name.
Kentucky Revised Statutes. 1990.
Department to eradicate noxious weeds on right-of-ways -- advertisement of program
(1 May 2006).
State of Kentucky.
Symbol |
Scientific Name |
Noxious Common Name |
State Noxious Status† |
Native Status* |
SOPT7 |
Solanum ptycanthum Dunal |
black nightshade |
NW |
L48 (N), AK (I), HI (I), VI (I), CAN (N) |
CIAR4 |
Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. |
Canada thistle |
NW |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
SEFA |
Setaria faberi Herrm. |
giant foxtail |
NW |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
SOHA |
Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers. |
johnsongrass |
NW |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (I) |
PUMOL |
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M. Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep |
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(I), L48 (I), HI (I) |
PULO |
Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi |
kudzu |
NW |
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ROMU |
Rosa multiflora Thunb. |
multiflora rose |
NW |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
CANU4 |
Carduus nutans L. |
musk thistle |
NW |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
SIAN |
Sicyos angulatus L. |
wild cucumber |
NW |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
†Code | Noxious Status |
NW |
Noxious weed |
*Code | Native Status |
I |
Introduced |
N |
Native |
*Code | Native Status Jursdiction |
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None |
L48 |
Lower 48 States |
AK |
Alaska |
HI |
Hawaii |
PR |
Puerto Rico |
VI |
Virgin Islands |
CAN |
Canada |
GL |
Greenland |
SPM |
St. Pierre and Miquelon |
Additional information about noxious plants in this state can be found at:
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