Plants Profile for Euphorbia cyparissias (cypress spurge)

General Information
Symbol:	EUCY2
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	CAN I L48 I
Data Source and Documentation

About our new maps

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

click on a thumbnail to view an image, or see all the Euphorbia thumbnails at the Plants Gallery

©G.A. Cooper. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. United States, DC, Washington, Porter St. at 37th st. Usage Requirements.

©David Brezner. United States, NY, Chemung Co., Elmira, Tanglewood Nature Center, Elevation: 1470ft/448m, Latitude: 42.106, Longitude: -76.877. May 24, 2009. Usage Requirements.

©David Brezner. United States, NY, Chemung Co., Elmira, Tanglewood Nature Center, Elevation: 1470ft/448m, Latitude: 42.106, Longitude: -76.877. May 30, 2010. Usage Requirements.

©David Brezner. United States, NY, Chemung Co., Elmira, Tanglewood Nature Center, Elevation: 1470ft/448m, Latitude: 42.106, Longitude: -76.877. May 24, 2009. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 474. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
GACY2	Galarhoeus cyparissias (L.) Small ex Rydb.
TICY	Tithymalus cyparissias (L.) Hill

Classification

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.

Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Euphorbiales
Family	Euphorbiaceae – Spurge family
Genus	Euphorbia L. – spurge
Species	Euphorbia cyparissias L. – cypress spurge

Subordinate Taxa

This plant has no children

Legal Status

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
Colorado cypress spurge A list (noxious weeds)
Connecticut cypress spurge Potentially invasive, banned
Massachusetts cypress spurge Prohibited

U.S. Weed Information
Euphorbia cyparissias cypress spurge This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
STATE	Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
WI	Hoffman, R.and K. Kearns (eds.). 1997. Wisconsin manual of control recommendations for ecologically invasive plants. Wisconsin Dept. Natural Resources. Madison, Wisconsin.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status