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U.S. Weeds with Scientific Name =U*
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Click on an accepted name below to view its PLANTS Profile with more information, and
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.
U.S. |
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. |
WI |
Hoffman, R. & K. Kearns (eds.). Wisconsin manual of control recommendations for ecologically invasive plants. Wisconsin Dept. Natural Resources, Madison, Wisconsin. |
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* |
ULEU |
Ulex europaeus furze gorse whin |
STATE, Cal-IPC, HEAR, WSWS |
L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I) |
ULPA |
Ulmus parvifolia Chinese elm lacebark elm |
WI |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
ULPU |
Ulmus pumila Chinese elm Siberian elm |
STATE, NE&GP, SEEPPC |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
URLO |
Urena lobata Caesar weed aramina chosuched e kui dadangsi apaka hibiscus burr jute africain |
STATE, FLEPPC |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N) |
URFU2 PAFA6 |
Urochloa fusca Panicum fasciculatum browntop signalgrass |
SWSS |
L48 (N), PR (N), VI (N) |
URMA3 PAMA4 |
Urochloa maxima Panicum maximum guineagrass |
HEAR |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I) |
URMU BRMU |
Urochloa mutica California grass Mauritius grass buffalo grass para grass puakatau Brachiaria mutica para grass |
FLEPPC HEAR |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I) |
URPA |
Urochloa panicoides liveseed grass |
US, STATE |
L48 (I) |
URPL2 BRPL2 |
Urochloa platyphylla Brachiaria platyphylla broadleaf signalgrass |
KY, SWSS |
L48 (N) |
URRA BRRA80 |
Urochloa ramosa Brachiaria ramosa browntop millet dixie signalgrass |
SWSS |
L48 (I) |
URTE2 PATE14 |
Urochloa texana Panicum texanum Texas signalgrass |
SWSS |
L48 (N) |
URDI |
Urtica dioica California nettle slender nettle stinging nettle tall nettle |
NE&GP, SEEPPC, WSWS |
L48 (NI), AK (NI), CAN (NI), GL (I), SPM (NI) |
URDIG URDIP2 |
Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis Urtica dioica var. procera California nettle slender nettle stinging nettle tall nettle |
N'EAST |
L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N), SPM (N) |
UTIN |
Utricularia inflata swollen bladderwort |
STATE |
L48 (N) |
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