NRCS Invasive Species Policy
Invasive Species Executive Order 13112
Maryland State-listed Noxious Weeds
6 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.
Annotated Code of Maryland. 1994.
Weed control
(20 October 2003).
State of Maryland.
Symbol |
Scientific Name |
Noxious Common Name |
State Weed Status† |
Native Status* |
CAAC |
Carduus acanthoides L. |
plumeless thistle |
NW |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
CANU4 |
Carduus nutans L. |
musk thistle, nodding thistle |
NW |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
CIAR4 |
Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. |
Canada thistle |
NW |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
CIVU |
Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten. |
bull thistle |
NW |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I), SPM (I) |
SOBI2 |
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench |
shatter cane, wild cane |
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) |
†Code | Weed Status |
NW |
Noxious weed |
*Code | Native Status |
I |
Introduced |
*Code | Native Location |
L48 |
Lower 48 States |
US02 |
Alaska |
US15 |
Hawaii |
US72 |
Puerto Rico |
US78 |
Virgin Islands |
CA |
Canada |
GL |
Greenland |
SB |
St. Pierre and Miquelon |
Additional information about noxious plants in this state can be found at:
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