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Kentucky State-listed Noxious Weeds
9 records returned
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 (http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/KRS/176-00/051.PDF, 1 May 2006).
State of Kentucky.
| Symbol |
Scientific Name |
Noxious Common Name |
State Noxious Status† |
Native Status* |
| 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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| SOHA |
Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers. |
johnsongrass |
NW |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (I) |
| CIAR4 |
Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. |
Canada thistle |
NW |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
| CANU4 |
Carduus nutans L. |
musk thistle |
NW |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
| ROMU |
Rosa multiflora Thunb. |
multiflora rose |
NW |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
| SEFA |
Setaria faberi Herrm. |
giant foxtail |
NW |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
| SOPT7 |
Solanum ptycanthum Dunal |
black nightshade |
NW |
L48 (N), AK (I), HI (I), VI (I), CAN (N) |
| SIAN |
Sicyos angulatus L. |
wild cucumber |
NW |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
| †Code | Noxious Status |
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| NW |
Noxious weed |
| *Code | Native Status |
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| I |
Introduced |
| N |
Native |
| *Code | Native Status Jurisdiction |
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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:
- KY-Kentucky Cooperative Extension
- KY-Kentucky Department of Agriculture
- KY-Kentucky Exotic Pest Plant Council
- KY-University of Kentucky IPM
- KY-Useful Plant Identification References
- KY-Weeds of Kentucky (University of Kentucky)
- Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests: Identification Guide
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