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current PLANTS accepted name.
Symbol |
Scientific Name
Common Name |
Native Status* |
AIAL |
Ailanthus altissima tree-of-heaven |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
ALJU |
Albizia julibrissin mimosa silk tree |
L48 (I) |
ALPE4 |
Alliaria petiolata garlic mustard |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I) |
ALVI |
Allium vineale field garlic wild garlic |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I) |
ALGL2 |
Alnus glutinosa European black alder black alder |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
ALPH |
Alternanthera philoxeroides alligator weed |
L48 (I), PR (I) |
ARVU |
Artemisia vulgaris mugwort |
L48 (NI), AK (N), HI (I), CAN (I), GL (I) |
ARHI3 |
Arthraxon hispidus hairy jointgrass |
L48 (I), HI (I) |
ARDO4 |
Arundo donax elephant grass giant reed |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I) |
BETH |
Berberis thunbergii Japanese barberry |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
BRAR5 BRJA |
Bromus arvensis Bromus japonicus Japanese bromegrass Japanese chess |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
BRCA6 |
Bromus catharticus rescue brome rescue grass |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
BRHO2 |
Bromus hordeaceus soft brome soft chess |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
BRIN2 |
Bromus inermis Hungarian bromegrass awnless brome smooth brome |
L48 (NI), AK (NI), CAN (NI), GL (I), SPM (I) |
BRRA2 BRCO4 |
Bromus racemosus Bromus commutatus hairy chess meadow brome |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I) |
BRSE |
Bromus secalinus bromegrass cheat chess rye brome |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
BRST2 |
Bromus sterilis barren bromegrass poverty brome sterile brome |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
BRTE |
Bromus tectorum cheatgrass downy brome early chess military grass thatch bromegrass |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I), GL (I) |
BRPA4 |
Broussonetia papyrifera paper mulberry wauke |
L48 (I), HI (I) |
BUAR3 |
Buglossoides arvensis corn gromwell |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
BURO |
Bupleurum rotundifolium hound's-ear |
L48 (I), CAN (GP) |
CAHA13 |
Cardiospermum halicacabum balloonvine love in a puff |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N) |
CANU4 |
Carduus nutans chardon penche musk thistle nodding plumeless thistle nodding thistle plumeless thistle |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
CEOR7 |
Celastrus orbiculatus Asiatic bittersweet Oriental bittersweet |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
CECY2 |
Centaurea cyanus bachelor's button cornflower garden cornflower |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I), GL (I) |
CESTM CEMA4 |
Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos Centaurea maculosa spotted knapweed |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
CHHU3 EUHU |
Chamaesyce humistrata Euphorbia humistrata spreading sandmat spreading spurge |
L48 (N), CAN (I) |
CIIN |
Cichorium intybus blue sailors chicory coffeeweed succory |
L48 (I), CAN (I), SPM (I) |
CIAR4 |
Cirsium arvense Californian thistle Canada thistle creeping thistle field thistle |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
CIVU |
Cirsium vulgare bull thistle common thistle spear thistle |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I), SPM (I) |
CLTE4 |
Clematis terniflora leatherleaf clematis yam-leaved clematis |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
COMA2 |
Conium maculatum cigue maculee cigue tachetee deadly hemlock poison hemlock poison parsley |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
COBI2 |
Cosmos bipinnatus cosmos |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
COSU5 |
Cosmos sulphureus cosmos |
L48 (I), PR (I), VI (I) |
DACA6 |
Daucus carota Queen Anne's lace bird's nest wild carrot |
L48 (I), PR (I), CAN (I) |
DIOP DIBA2 |
Dioscorea oppositifolia Dioscorea batatas air-potato |
L48 (I) |
DIFU2 |
Dipsacus fullonum Fuller's teasel common teasel teasel |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
ECVU |
Echium vulgare blueweed |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (W) |
EGDE |
Egeria densa Brazilian e South American waterweed State |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (W) |
ELPU2 |
Elaeagnus pungens thorny elaeagnus thorny olive |
L48 (I) |
ELUM |
Elaeagnus umbellata autumn olive oleaster |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
ESCA2 |
Eschscholzia californica California poppy |
L48 (N), HI (I), CAN (I) |
EUAL13 EUAL8 |
Euonymus alatus Euonymus alata burning bush winged euonymus |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
EUFO5 |
Euonymus fortunei climbing euonymus winter creeper |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
FAVI |
Fatoua villosa hairy crabweed |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I) |
FRAL4 RHFR |
Frangula alnus Rhamnus frangula alder buckthorn columnar buckthorn fen buckthorn glossy buckthorn tall hedge buckthorn |
L48 (I), CAN (N) |
HEHE |
Hedera helix English ivy |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
HEMA3 |
Hesperis matronalis dame's rocket dames violet |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I) |
HISY |
Hibiscus syriacus althea rose of Sharon shrub althea |
L48 (I) |
HYVE3 |
Hydrilla verticillata Florida elodea hydrilla water thyme |
L48 (I) |
HYPE |
Hypericum perforatum Klamathweed St. John's wort common St. John's wort |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
KUST |
Kummerowia stipulacea Korean clover |
L48 (I) |
KUST2 |
Kummerowia striata Japanese clover |
L48 (I) |
LEBI2 |
Lespedeza bicolor bicolor lespedeza |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
LECU |
Lespedeza cuneata Chinese lespedeza sericea lespedeza |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I?) |
LEVU CHLE80 |
Leucanthemum vulgare Chrysanthemum leucanthemum oxeye daisy |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I), SPM (I) |
LISI |
Ligustrum sinense Chinese privet |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I) |
LIVU |
Ligustrum vulgare European privet common privet wild privet |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
LOFR |
Lonicera fragrantissima January jasmine sweet breath-of-spring |
L48 (I) |
LOJA |
Lonicera japonica Chinese honeysuckle Japanese honeysuckle |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (I) |
LOMA6 |
Lonicera maackii Amur bush honeysuckle |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
LOMO2 |
Lonicera morrowii Morrow's bush honeysuckle Morrow's honeysuckle |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
LUGRG2 LUUR |
Ludwigia grandiflora ssp. grandiflora Ludwigia uruguayensis Uruguay waterprimrose hairy water-primrose |
L48 (I) |
LYNU |
Lysimachia nummularia creeping jenny moneywort |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
LYSA2 |
Lythrum salicaria purple loosestrife purple lythrum rainbow weed salicaire spiked loosestrife |
L48 (I), CAN (I), SPM (I) |
MACO10 |
Macleaya cordata tree celandine plume-poppy |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
MEAZ |
Melia azedarach Chinaberry tree Indian lilac lelah paraiso pride of India white cedar |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I) |
MEOF MEAL12 |
Melilotus officinalis yellow sweetclover Melilotus alba white sweetclover |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
MEPI |
Mentha ×piperita peppermint |
L48 (N), AK (N), PR (N), CAN (N) |
MESP3 |
Mentha spicata spearmint |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
MIVI |
Microstegium vimineum Japanese grass Japanese stiltgrass Nepalese browntop Nepalgrass |
L48 (I), PR (I) |
MISI |
Miscanthus sinensis Chinese silvergrass eulalia zebra grass |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
MODI4 |
Mosla dianthera miniature beefsteak |
L48 (I) |
MUKE |
Murdannia keisak Asian spiderwort aneilima |
L48 (I) |
MUBO |
Muscari botryoides grape hyacinth |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
MUCO2 |
Muscari comosum tassel hyacinth |
L48 (I) |
MUNE MUAT |
Muscari neglectum Muscari atlanticum common grape hyacinth |
L48 (I) |
MYAQ2 |
Myriophyllum aquaticum parrot feather watermilfoil |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
MYSP2 |
Myriophyllum spicatum Eurasian watermilfoil myriophylle en epi spiked water milfoil |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I) |
NAMI |
Najas minor brittle waternymph |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
NAOF |
Nasturtium officinale watercress |
L48 (I), AK (I), PR (I), VI (I), CAN (I) |
ORUM |
Ornithogalum umbellatum Pyrenees star of Bethlehem star-of-Bethlehem |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
PADU |
Papaver dubium poppy |
L48 (I), CAN (W), GL (W) |
PASA2 |
Pastinaca sativa parsnip wild parsnip |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (W), SPM (W) |
PATO2 |
Paulownia tomentosa princess tree |
L48 (I) |
PHAR3 |
Phalaris arundinacea canary grass reed canarygrass |
L48 (N), AK (I?), CAN (N), SPM (N) |
PHCA5 |
Phalaris canariensis canary grass |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
PHAU7 |
Phragmites australis common reed |
L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), CAN (N) |
POCE4 POCA49 |
Polygonum cespitosum Polygonum caespitosum bristled knotweed bunchy knotweed |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
POCU6 |
Polygonum cuspidatum Japanese bamboo Japanese knotweed fleeceflower |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I) |
POOR2 |
Polygonum orientale Prince's feather |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
POPE3 |
Polygonum persicaria lady's thumb ladysthumb smartweed smartweed |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
POSA4 |
Polygonum sachalinense giant knotweed |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I) |
POAL7 |
Populus alba white poplar |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
POCR3 |
Potamogeton crispus curly pondweed curly-leaved pondweed |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
PUMOL PULO |
Pueraria montana var. lobata Pueraria lobata kudzu kudzu vine |
L48 (I), HI (I) |
ROMU |
Rosa multiflora multiflora rose |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
RUPH |
Rubus phoenicolasius Japanese wineberry wineberry |
L48 (I) |
SCPR4 FEPR |
Schedonorus pratensis Festuca pratensis tall fescue |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
SEVA4 COVA2 |
Securigera varia Coronilla varia crownvetch purple crownvetch |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
SEVU |
Senecio vulgaris common groundsel ragwort |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
SEOB4 |
Senna obtusifolia sicklepod senna |
L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N) |
SEOC2 |
Senna occidentalis coffee senna |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I) |
SEFA |
Setaria faberi Chinese foxtail Chinese millet giant bristlegrass giant foxtail nodding foxtail |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
SEIT |
Setaria italica Italian foxtail foxtail bristlegrass foxtail-millet |
L48 (I), VI (I), CAN (W) |
SEPU8 |
Setaria pumila cattail grass smooth millet |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I), SPM (W) |
SEVI4 |
Setaria viridis bottle grass green bristlegrass green foxtail green millet pigeongrass wild millet |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
SODU |
Solanum dulcamara European bittersweet bitter nightshade bittersweet nightshade blue nightshade fellenwort woody nightshade |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
SOVI2 |
Solanum viarum tropical soda apple |
L48 (I) |
SOHA |
Sorghum halepense Johnsongrass aleppo milletgrass herbe de Cuba sorgho d'Alep sorgo de alepo zacate Johnson |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (I) |
SPJA |
Spiraea japonica Japanese spiraea |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
STFL4 |
Stachys floridana Florida betony |
L48 (N) |
TOAR |
Torilis arvensis hedge parsley |
L48 (I), CAN (N) |
TRDU |
Tragopogon dubius Western goat's beard goat's beard salsifis majeur western salsify wild oysterplant yellow goat's beard |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I) |
TRTE |
Tribulus terrestris Mexican sandbur Texas sandbur bullhead caltrop goathead puncturevine |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (W) |
TUFA |
Tussilago farfara colt's foot |
L48 (I), CAN (I), SPM (I) |
ULPU |
Ulmus pumila Chinese elm Siberian elm |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
URDI |
Urtica dioica California nettle slender nettle stinging nettle tall nettle |
L48 (NI), AK (NI), CAN (NI), GL (I), SPM (NI) |
VETH |
Verbascum thapsus big taper common mullein flannel plant velvet dock velvet plant woolly mullein |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
VIMA |
Vinca major bigleaf periwinkle large periwinkle periwinkle |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
VIMI2 |
Vinca minor common periwinkle periwinkle |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
WIFL |
Wisteria floribunda Japanese wisteria |
L48 (I) |
WISI |
Wisteria sinensis Chinese wisteria |
L48 (I), HI (I) |
XASP2 |
Xanthium spinosum Bathurst burr cocklebur spiny cocklebur |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
XAST |
Xanthium strumarium cocklebur common cocklebur rough cocklebur |
L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N), CAN (N) |