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| General Information | |
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| Symbol: | CANU4 |
| Group: | Dicot |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Duration: |
Biennial Perennial |
| Growth Habit: |
Forb/herb |
| Native Status: |
CAN I L48 I |
| Data Source and Documentation | |
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Introduced |  |
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L48 |  |
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Synonyms
| Symbol | Scientific Name | Other Common Names |
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| CAMA29 | Carduus macrocephalus Desf. | |
| CAMA30 | Carduus macrolepis Peterm. | |
| CANUL | Carduus nutans L. ssp. leiophyllus (Petrovic) Stojanov & Stef. | |
| CANUM | Carduus nutans L. ssp. macrocephalus (Desf.) Nyman |
nodding plumeless thistle
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| CANUM2 | Carduus nutans L. ssp. macrolepis (Peterm.) Kazmi |
nodding plumeless thistle
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| CANUN | Carduus nutans L. ssp. nutans | |
| CANUL2 | Carduus nutans L. var. leiophyllus (Petrovic) Arènes | |
| CANUM3 | Carduus nutans L. var. macrocephalus (Desf.) B. Boivin | |
| CANUV | Carduus nutans L. var. vestitus (H.M. Hallier) B. Boivin |
Classification
| Rank | Scientific Name and Common Name |
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| Kingdom | Plantae – Plants |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta – Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | Spermatophyta – Seed plants |
| Division | Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants |
| Class | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | Asteridae |
| Order | Asterales |
| Family | Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae – Aster family |
| Genus | Carduus L. – plumeless thistle |
| Species | Carduus nutans L. – nodding plumeless thistle |
Subordinate Taxa
Legal Status
| Noxious Weed Information | |
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| This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds. | |
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| California
musk thistle
A list (noxious weeds)
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| Colorado
musk thistle
B list (noxious weeds)
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| Idaho
musk thistle
Noxious weed
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| Illinois
musk thistle
Noxious weed
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| Iowa | |
| Kansas
musk thistle, nodding thistle
Noxious weed
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| Kentucky
musk thistle
Noxious weed
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| Maryland
musk thistle, nodding thistle
Noxious weed
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| Minnesota
musk thistle
Prohibited noxious weed
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| Missouri
musk thistle
Noxious weed
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| Nebraska
musk thistle
Noxious weed
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| Nevada
musk thistle
Noxious weed
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| New Mexico
musk thistle
Class B noxious weed
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| North Carolina
musk thistle
Class B noxious weed
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| North Dakota
musk thistle
Noxious weed
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| Ohio
musk thistle
Prohibited noxious weed
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| Oklahoma
musk thistle
Noxious weed
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| Oregon
musk thistle
"B" designated weed
musk thistle
Quarantine
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| Pennsylvania
musk thistle, nodding thistle
Noxious weed
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| South Dakota
musk thistle
Regulated non-native plant species
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| Utah
musk thistle
Noxious weed
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| Washington
musk thistle
Class B noxious weed
musk thistle, nodding thistle
Noxious weed seed and plant quarantine
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| West Virginia
musk thistle
Noxious weed
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| Wyoming
musk thistle
Noxious weed
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| U.S. Weed Information | |
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Carduus nutans
chardon penche
musk thistle
nodding plumeless thistle
nodding thistle
plumeless thistle
This plant and the related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of
Weeds of the U.S.
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| STATE | Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments. |
| KY | Haragan, P.D.. 1991. 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. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. |
| NE&GP | Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe,and M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. |
| SEEPPC | Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee. |
| SWSS | Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois. |
| WI | Hoffman, R.and K. Kearns (eds.). 1997. Wisconsin manual of control recommendations for ecologically invasive plants. Wisconsin Dept. Natural Resources. Madison, Wisconsin. |
| WSWS | Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al.. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. |
Wetland Status
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Wildlife
Food
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Cover
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Description of Values
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