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 retain their noxious status, and 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 Noxious Status† |
Native Status* |
CIVU |
Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten. |
bull thistle, spear thistle |
NW |
L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I), SPM (I) |
CIAR4 |
Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. |
Canadian thistle |
NW |
L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I) |
HEMA17 |
Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier |
giant hogweed |
NW |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
GAOF |
Galega officinalis L. |
goatsrue |
NW |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
DAST |
Datura stramonium L. |
jimsonweed |
NW |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I), CAN (I) |
SOHA |
Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers. |
johnsongrass |
NW |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (I) |
PUMOL |
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M. Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep |
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|
(I), L48 (I), HI (I) |
PULO |
Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi |
kudzu-vine |
NW |
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CASA3 |
Cannabis sativa L. |
marijuana |
NW |
L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (I) |
POPE10 |
Polygonum perfoliatum L. |
mile-a-minute |
NW |
L48 (I) |
ROMU |
Rosa multiflora Thunb. |
multiflora rose |
NW |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
CANU4 |
Carduus nutans L. |
musk thistle, nodding thistle |
NW |
L48 (I), CAN (I) |
LYSA2 |
Lythrum salicaria L.1 |
purple loosestrife |
NW |
L48 (I), CAN (I), SPM (I) |
SOBI2 |
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench |
shattercane |
NW |
(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I), CAN (I) |
†Code | Noxious Status |
NW |
Noxious weed |
*Code | Native Status |
I |
Introduced |
*Code | Native Status Jursdiction |
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None |
L48 |
Lower 48 States |
AK |
Alaska |
HI |
Hawaii |
PR |
Puerto Rico |
VI |
Virgin Islands |
CAN |
Canada |
GL |
Greenland |
SPM |
St. Pierre and Miquelon |
1 including all cultivars
Additional information about noxious plants in this state can be found at:
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