NRCS Invasive Species Policy
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 |
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L48 (I), HI (I) |
PULO |
Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi |
kudzu-vine |
NW |
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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) |
†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 |
1 including all cultivars
Additional information about noxious plants in this state can be found at:
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