| General Information | |
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| Symbol: | EUES |
| Group: | Dicot |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Duration: |
Perennial |
| Growth Habit: |
Forb/herb |
| Native Status: |
CAN I L48 I |
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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 | Rosidae |
| Order | Euphorbiales |
| Family | Euphorbiaceae – Spurge family |
| Genus | Euphorbia L. – spurge |
| Species | Euphorbia esula L. – leafy spurge |
Subordinate Taxa
The Plants Database includes the following 2 subspecies of Euphorbia esula . Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles.
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. | |
| Alaska
leafy spurge
Noxious weed
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| Arizona
leafy spurge
Prohibited noxious weed
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| California
leafy spurge
A list (noxious weeds)
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| Colorado
leafy spurge
B list (noxious weeds)
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| Connecticut
leafy spurge
Invasive, banned
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| Hawaii
leafy spurge
Noxious weed
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| Idaho
leafy spurge
Noxious weed
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| Iowa
leafy spurge
Primary noxious weed
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| Kansas
leafy spurge
Noxious weed
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| Massachusetts
leafy spurge, wolf's milk
Prohibited
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| Minnesota
leafy spurge
Prohibited noxious weed
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| Montana
leafy spurge
Category 1 noxious weed
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| Nebraska
leafy spurge
Noxious weed
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| Nevada
leafy spurge
Noxious weed
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| New Mexico
leafy spurge
Class A noxious weed
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| North Dakota
leafy spurge
Noxious weed
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| Oregon
leafy spurge
"B" designated weed
leafy spurge
Quarantine
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| South Dakota
leafy spurge
Noxious weed
leafy spurge
Regulated non-native plant species
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| Utah
leafy spurge
Noxious weed
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| Washington
leafy spurge
Class B noxious weed
leafy spurge
Noxious weed seed and plant quarantine
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| Wisconsin
leafy spurge
Noxious weed
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| Wyoming
leafy spurge
Noxious weed
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| U.S. Weed Information | |
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Euphorbia esula
leafy spurge
spurge
This plant 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. |
| Cal-IPC | California Invasive Plant Council. 2006. California Invasive Plant Inventory. Cal-IPC Publication 2006-02 (1 February 2007). California Invasive Plant Council. Berkeley, California. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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Description of Values
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