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U.S. Weeds with Common Name =E*
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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. |
FLEPPC |
Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Invasive plant list. Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council, Florida. |
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* |
PTAQP2 |
eagle fern Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens |
WSWS |
L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N) |
SAAU |
eared watermoss Salvinia auriculata |
US, STATE |
PR (I) |
ACAU |
earleaf acacia Acacia auriculiformis |
FLEPPC |
(I), L48 (I) |
BRTE |
early chess Bromus tectorum |
STATE, Cal-IPC, FLEPPC, HEAR, N'EAST, NE&GP, SEEPPC, SWSS, WSWS |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I), GL (I) |
RAAB |
early woodbuttercup Ranunculus abortivus |
KY, NE&GP |
L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N), SPM (N) |
ENCO2 |
earpod tree Enterolobium contortisiliquum |
FLEPPC |
L48 (I) |
HYPO3 |
East Indian hygrophila Hygrophila polysperma |
US, STATE, FLEPPC |
L48 (I) |
SOPT7 SOPT3 |
Eastern black nightshade Solanum ptycanthum Solanum ptychanthum |
KY, N'EAST, NE&GP, SWSS |
L48 (N), AK (I), HI (I), VI (I), CAN (N) |
PODE3 |
eastern cottonwood Populus deltoides |
N'EAST |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
TRDA3 |
eastern gamagrass Tripsacum dactyloides |
SWSS |
L48 (N) |
TORA2 |
Eastern poison ivy Toxicodendron radicans |
STATE, N'EAST, SWSS, WSWS |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
JUVI |
eastern redcedar Juniperus virginiana |
NE&GP |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
ASVE |
eastern whorled milkweed Asclepias verticillata |
NE&GP, SWSS |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
ECPR |
eclipta Eclipta prostrata |
KY, N'EAST, SWSS |
(I), L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N), CAN (N) |
FICA |
edible fig Ficus carica |
Cal-IPC |
(I), L48 (I), PR (I) |
DAAE |
Egyptian grass Dactyloctenium aegyptium |
SWSS |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I) |
ARDO4 |
elephant grass Arundo donax |
STATE, Cal-IPC, HEAR, SEEPPC |
(NI), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I) |
PEPU2 |
elephant grass Pennisetum purpureum |
FLEPPC |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I) |
ELMO5 |
elephantopus Elephantopus mollis |
STATE |
(I), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N) |
CIFO |
elk thistle Cirsium foliosum |
WSWS |
L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N) |
VAFA ACFA |
Ellington curse Vachellia farnesiana Acacia farnesiana |
HEAR HEAR |
(I), L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N) |
OCEL |
elliptic yellowwood Ochrosia elliptica |
FLEPPC |
L48 (I) |
ELNY |
ellisia Ellisia nyctelea |
NE&GP |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
CYSCA |
English broom Cytisus scoparius var. andreanus |
STATE |
L48 (I) |
CYSCS2 |
English broom Cytisus scoparius var. scoparius |
STATE |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
CYSC4 |
English broom Cytisus scoparius |
STATE, Cal-IPC, WSWS |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
BEPE2 |
English daisy Bellis perennis |
N'EAST, WSWS |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
ILAQ80 |
English holly Ilex aquifolium |
Cal-IPC |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
HEHE |
English ivy Hedera helix |
STATE, Cal-IPC, SEEPPC, WI |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
HEHI12 |
English ivy Hedera hibernica |
STATE |
L48 (I) |
PLLA |
English plantain Plantago lanceolata |
STATE, KY, N'EAST, NE&GP, SWSS, WSWS |
(I), L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
IPHE |
entireleaf morningglory Ipomoea hederacea |
KY, N'EAST, NE&GP, SWSS, WSWS |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
BEVU |
epine-vinette Berberis vulgaris |
STATE, WI |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
BEVU |
epine-vinette commune Berberis vulgaris |
STATE, WI |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
POER2 |
erect knotweed Polygonum erectum |
WSWS |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
SCMO |
escobilla Schinus molle |
Cal-IPC |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I) |
MISI |
eulalia Miscanthus sinensis |
SEEPPC |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
MYSP2 |
Eurasian watermilfoil Myriophyllum spicatum |
STATE, Cal-IPC, FLEPPC, SEEPPC, WI |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I) |
AMAR4 |
European beachgrass Ammophila arenaria |
Cal-IPC |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
COAR4 |
European bindweed Convolvulus arvensis |
STATE, KY, N'EAST, NE&GP, SWSS, WI, WSWS |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
SODU |
European bittersweet Solanum dulcamara |
KY, N'EAST, SEEPPC, WSWS |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
ALGL2 |
European black alder Alnus glutinosa |
SEEPPC, WI |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
RHCA3 |
European buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica |
STATE, WI |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
VIOP |
European cranberrybush Viburnum opulus |
WI |
(I,N), L48 (NI), CAN (NI), SPM (N) |
BEPE2 |
European daisy Bellis perennis |
N'EAST, WSWS |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
VIAR |
European field pansy Viola arvensis |
KY, N'EAST, WSWS |
L48 (I), CAN (W), GL (W), SPM (W) |
COMA7 |
European lily of the valley Convallaria majalis |
WI |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
VIAL2 |
European mistletoe Viscum album |
STATE |
L48 (I) |
LIVU |
European privet Ligustrum vulgare |
SEEPPC, WI |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
LYVI3 |
European wand loosestrife Lythrum virgatum |
STATE |
L48 (I) |
MAQU |
European waterclover Marsilea quadrifolia |
STATE |
L48 (I), CAN (N) |
RHCA3 |
European waythorn Rhamnus cathartica |
STATE, WI |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
SILAA3 |
evening lychnis Silene latifolia ssp. alba |
STATE |
L48 (I), AK (I) |
MEDE2 |
evening starflower Mentzelia decapetala |
NE&GP |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
GAPU3 GNPU2 |
everlasting Gamochaeta purpurea Gnaphalium purpureum |
N'EAST |
(I), L48 (N), HI (I), CAN (N) |
LALA4 |
everlasting peavine Lathyrus latifolius |
SWSS, WSWS |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
SPER |
exotic bur-reed Sparganium erectum |
US, STATE |
L48 (I) |
CHNU9 EUNU |
eyebane Chamaesyce nutans Euphorbia nutans |
KY SWSS |
L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N), CAN (N) |
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