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Invasive and Noxious Weeds

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Invasive Species Executive Order 13112

Pennsylvania State-listed Noxious Weeds
14 records returned

Click on an accepted name below to view its PLANTS Profile with more information, and web links if available. Noxious weeds that are synonyms are indented beneath the current PLANTS accepted name.

Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. 2000. Pennsylvania noxious weed control list (20 October 2003). Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.

Symbol Scientific Name Noxious Common Name State Weed Status Native Status*
CASA3 Cannabis sativa L. marijuana NW L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (I)
CANU4 Carduus nutans L. musk thistle, nodding thistle NW L48 (I), CAN (I)
CIAR4 Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. Canadian thistle NW L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I)
CIVU Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten. bull thistle, spear thistle NW L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I), SPM (I)
DAST Datura stramonium L. jimsonweed NW L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I), CAN (I)
GAOF Galega officinalis L. goatsrue NW L48 (I), CAN (I)
HEMA17 Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier giant hogweed NW L48 (I), CAN (I)
LYSA2 Lythrum salicaria L.1 purple loosestrife NW L48 (I), CAN (I), SPM (I)
POPE10 Polygonum perfoliatum L. mile-a-minute NW L48 (I)
PUMOL Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S. Almeida L48 (I), HI (I)
PULO Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi kudzu-vine NW
ROMU Rosa multiflora Thunb. multiflora rose NW L48 (I), CAN (I)
SOBI2 Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench shattercane NW L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I), CAN (I)
SOHA Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers. johnsongrass NW L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (I)

 

†CodeWeed Status
NW Noxious weed

*CodeNative Status
I Introduced

*CodeNative Location
L48 Lower 48 States
US02 Alaska
US15 Hawaii
US72 Puerto Rico
US78 Virgin Islands
CA Canada
GL Greenland
SB St. Pierre and Miquelon

1 including all cultivars  

Additional information about noxious plants in this state can be found at:

 

 
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