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U.S. Weeds with Scientific Name =O*
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web links if available. Invasive plants that are synonyms are indented beneath the
current PLANTS accepted name.
You may view invasive lists by source by clicking
on the source acronyms at the top of the report.
US |
Plant Protection and Quarantine. Federal noxious weed list (24 May 2006). USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Washington, DC |
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USDA APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine. Federal domestic quarantines (24 May 2006). USDA APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine, Washington, DC |
STATE |
Assorted authors. 200_. 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 (19 October 1999). 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, & J.M. DiTomaso. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York |
NE&GP |
Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & 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 |
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 |
Scientific Name
Common Name |
Source |
Native Status* |
OCEL |
Ochrosia elliptica elliptic yellowwood kopsia |
FLEPPC |
L48 (I) |
OEMA2 |
Oeceoclades maculata ground orchid |
FLEPPC |
L48 (I), PR (I), VI (I) |
OEBI |
Oenothera biennis common evening primrose hoary eveningprimrose |
KY, NE&GP, SWSS |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
OELA |
Oenothera laciniata cut-leaved evening primrose |
N'EAST, SWSS |
L48 (N), HI (I), CAN (I) |
OLEU |
Olea europaea olive |
Cal-IPC, HEAR |
L48 (I), HI (I) |
ONAL5 |
Ononis alopecuroides foxtail restharrow |
STATE, Cal-IPC |
L48 (I) |
ONOPO |
Onopordum thistle |
STATE |
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ONAC |
Onopordum acanthium Scotch cotton thistle Scotch thistle cotton thistle heraldic thistle |
STATE, NE&GP, SWSS, WSWS |
L48 (I), CAN (W) |
ONIL |
Onopordum illyricum thistle |
STATE |
L48 (I) |
ONTA |
Onopordum tauricum taurus cotton thistle |
STATE |
L48 (I) |
OPAU10 |
Opuntia aurantiaca jointed prickly pear |
US, STATE |
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OPFR |
Opuntia fragilis brittle cactus brittle pricklypear fragile cactus jumping cactus little pricklypear |
NE&GP |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
OPPO |
Opuntia polyacantha plains pricklypear |
NE&GP, WSWS |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
ORUM |
Ornithogalum umbellatum Pyrenees star of Bethlehem star-of-Bethlehem |
STATE, KY, N'EAST, SEEPPC |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
OROBA |
Orobanche broomrape |
US, STATE |
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ORCO4 |
Orobanche cooperi Cooper's broomrape |
STATE |
L48 (N) |
ORMI |
Orobanche minor hellroot small broomrape |
STATE |
L48 (I) |
ORRA |
Orobanche ramosa branched broomrape |
STATE |
L48 (I) |
ORLO3 |
Oryza longistaminata longstamen rice red rice |
US, STATE |
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ORPU13 |
Oryza punctata red rice |
US, STATE |
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ORRU |
Oryza rufipogon brownbeard rice red rice wild red rice |
US, STATE |
L48 (I) |
ORSA |
Oryza sativa rice |
STATE, SWSS |
L48 (I), PR (I), VI (I) |
OTAL |
Ottelia alismoides duck lettuce |
US, STATE |
L48 (I) |
OXCO |
Oxalis corniculata 'ihi creeping oxalis creeping woods oxalis yellow oxalis yellow wood sorrel |
WSWS |
L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N), CAN (I) |
OXST |
Oxalis stricta common yellow oxalis sheep sorrel sourgrass toad sorrel yellow woodsorrel |
KY, N'EAST, NE&GP, SWSS |
L48 (N), CAN (I) |
OXPA3 |
Oxyspora paniculata bristletips |
STATE, HEAR |
HI (I) |
OXLA3 |
Oxytropis lambertii Lambert crazyweed Lambert loco purple locoweed stemless loco white woollyloco whitepoint locoweed |
NE&GP |
L48 (N), CAN (N) |
OXSE |
Oxytropis sericea locoweed silky crazyweed white locoweed |
WSWS |
L48 (N) |
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