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Introduced, Invasive, and Noxious Plants

NRCS Invasive Species Policy
Invasive Species Executive Order 13112

Minnesota State-listed Noxious Weeds
109 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.

Agronomy Services Division. 2003. Minnesota noxious weed rules (20 October 2003). Minnesota Department of Agriculture.

Symbol	Scientific Name	Noxious Common Name	State Noxious Status †	Native Status *
AEGIN	Aeginetia L.		PNW
AGAD2	Ageratina adenophora (Spreng.) R.M. King & H. Rob.	crofton weed	PNW	L48 (I), HI (I)
ALECT2	Alectra Thunb.		PNW	(I)
ALPE4	Alliaria petiolata (M. Bieb.) Cavara & Grande	garlic mustard	PNW	L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I)
ALSE4	Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R. Br. ex DC.	sessile joyweed	PNW	(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N)
ASFI2	Asphodelus fistulosus L.	onionweed	PNW	L48 (I)
AVST	Avena sterilis L.	animated oat	PNW	L48 (I), CAN (W)
CAAC	Carduus acanthoides L.	plumeless thistle	PNW	L48 (I), CAN (I)
CANU4	Carduus nutans L.	musk thistle	PNW	L48 (I), CAN (I)
CAOX6	Carthamus oxyacanthus M. Bieb.			L48 (I)
CAOX2	Carthamus oxyacantha M. Bieb., orth. var.	wild safflower	PNW
CASA3	Cannabis sativa L.	hemp	PNW	L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (I)
CHAC	Chrysopogon aciculatus (Retz.) Trin.	pilipiliula	PNW	(N), L48 (I), HI (I)
CIAR4	Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.	Canada thistle	PNW	L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I), GL (I), SPM (I)
CIVU	Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten.	bull thistle	PNW	L48 (I), AK (I), HI (I), CAN (I), SPM (I)
COAR4	Convolvulus arvensis L.	field bindweed	PNW	L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I)
COBE2	Commelina benghalensis L.	Benghal dayflower	PNW	(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I)
CRVU2	Crupina vulgaris Cass.	common crupina	PNW	L48 (I)
CUSCU	Cuscuta L.1	dodder	PNW	(I,N), L48 (I,N)
DIAB	Digitaria abyssinica (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Stapf			HI (I)
DISC5	Digitaria scalarum (Schweinf.) Chiov.	African couch grass	PNW
DIVE2	Digitaria velutina (Forssk.) P. Beauv.	velvet fingergrass	PNW	L48 (I)
DRAR7	Drymaria arenarioides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult. [excluded]	alfombrilla	PNW
EMAU	Emex australis Steinh.	three-cornered jack	PNW	L48 (I)
EMSP	Emex spinosa (L.) Campd.	devil's thorn	PNW	L48 (I), HI (I)
EUES	Euphorbia esula L.	leafy spurge	PNW	L48 (I), CAN (I)
FRAL4	Frangula alnus Mill.			L48 (I), CAN (I)
RHFR	Rhamnus frangula L.	glossy buckthorn	RNW
GAOF	Galega officinalis L.	goatsrue	PNW	L48 (I), CAN (I)
HEMA17	Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier	giant hogweed	PNW	L48 (I), CAN (I)
IMBR	Imperata brasiliensis Trin.	Brazilian satintail	PNW	L48 (I), PR (I)
IMCY	Imperata cylindrica (L.) P. Beauv.	cogongrass	PNW	(NI), L48 (I)
ISRU	Ischaemum rugosum Salisb.	murain-grass	PNW	(N), L48 (I)
LECH2	Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees [excluded]	Asian sprangletop	PNW
LYFE4	Lycium ferocissimum Miers			L48 (I)
LYFE3	Lycium ferrocissimum Miers, orth. var.	African boxthorn	PNW
LYSA2	Lythrum salicaria L.	purple loosestrife	PNW	L48 (I), CAN (I), SPM (I)
LYVI3	Lythrum virgatum L.	European wand loosestrife	PNW	L48 (I)
MEMA	Melastoma malabathricum L.		PNW	(N), HI (I)
MICO16	Mikania cordata (Burm. f.) B.L. Rob. [excluded]	mile-a-minute	PNW
MIDI8	Mimosa diplotricha C. Wright			(I), HI (I), PR (I)
MIIN80	Mimosa invisa Mart., non Mart. ex Colla	giant sensitive plant	PNW
MIMI5	Mikania micrantha Kunth	mile-a-minute	PNW	L48 (I), PR (N)
MIPE2	Mimosa pellita Kunth ex Willd.			L48 (N), PR (N)
MIPI	Mimosa pigra auct. non L.	catclaw mimosa	PNW
MOCO8	Moraea collina Thunb.			L48 (I)
HOCO6	Homeria collina (Thunb.) Salisb.	Cape tulip	PNW
MOFL2	Moraea flaccida (Sweet) Steud.
HOFL4	Homeria flaccida Sweet	Cape tulip	PNW
MOOC2	Moraea ochroleuca (Salisb.) Drapiez
HOOC	Homeria ochroleuca Salisb.	Cape tulip	PNW
MOPA8	Moraea pallida (Baker) Goldblatt
HOPA11	Homeria pallida Baker	Cape tulip	PNW
MORAE	Moraea Mill.			L48 (I)
HOMER	Homeria Vent.	Cape tulip	PNW
NATR3	Nassella trichotoma (Nees) Hack.	serrated tussock	PNW	L48 (I)
OPAU10	Opuntia aurantiaca Lindl.	jointed prickly pear	PNW
ORLO3	Oryza longistaminata A. Chev. & Roehr.	red rice	PNW
OROBA	Orobanche L.1	broomrape	PNW	(N), L48 (I,N)
ORPU13	Oryza punctata Kotzchy ex Steud.	red rice	PNW
ORRU	Oryza rufipogon Griffiths	red rice	PNW	L48 (I)
PASC6	Paspalum scrobiculatum L.	Kodo-millet	PNW	(NI), L48 (I), HI (I)
PECL2	Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. ex Chiov.	Whittet Kikuyu grass, kikuyugrass	PNW, Q	L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I)
PEMA80	Pennisetum macrourum Trin.	African feathergrass	PNW	L48 (I), HI (I)
PEPE24	Pennisetum pedicellatum Trin.	kyasuma-grass	PNW	L48 (I)
PEPO14	Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult.			(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I)
PEPO4	Pennisetum polystachyon (L.) Schult., orth. var.	missiongrass	PNW
PRAL11	Prosopis alpataco Phil.	mesquite	PNW
PRAR6	Prosopis argentina Burkart	mesquite	PNW
PRBU2	Prosopis burkartii Muñoz	mesquite	PNW
PRCA10	Prosopis calingastana Burkart	mesquite	PNW
PRCA11	Prosopis campestris Griseb.	mesquite	PNW
PRCA12	Prosopis castellanosii Burkart	mesquite	PNW
PRCA9	Prosopis caldenia Burkart	mesquite	PNW
PRDE4	Prosopis denudans Benth.	mesquite	PNW
PREL5	Prosopis elata (Burkart) Burkart	mesquite	PNW
PRFA2	Prosopis farcta (Banks & Sol.) J.F. Macbr.	Syrian mesquite	PNW	L48 (I)
PRFE2	Prosopis ferox Griseb.	mesquite	PNW
PRFI4	Prosopis fiebrigii Harms	mesquite	PNW
PRHA4	Prosopis hassleri Harms ex Hassler	mesquite	PNW
PRHU3	Prosopis humilis Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.	mesquite	PNW
PRKU2	Prosopis kuntzei Harms ex Hassler	mesquite	PNW
PRPA10	Prosopis palmeri S. Watson	mesquite	PNW
PRPA4	Prosopis pallida (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Kunth	kiawe	PNW	(I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I)
PRRE2	Prosopis reptans Benth.	tornillo	PNW	L48 (N)
PRRO4	Prosopis rojasiana Burkart	mesquite	PNW
PRRU4	Prosopis ruizlealii Burkart	mesquite	PNW
PRRU5	Prosopis ruscifolia Griseb.	mesquite	PNW
PRSE5	Prosopis sericantha Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.	mesquite	PNW
PRST3	Prosopis strombulifera (Lam.) Benth.	Argentine screwbean	PNW	L48 (I)
PRTO3	Prosopis torquata DC.	mesquite	PNW
PRVE	Prosopis velutina Wooton			L48 (N), HI (I)
PRAR4	Prosopis articulata S. Watson	velvet mesquite	PNW
RHCA3	Rhamnus cathartica L.	common buckthorn, European buckthorn	RNW	L48 (I), CAN (I)
ROCO6	Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) W.D. Clayton	itchgrass	PNW	L48 (I), PR (I)
RUFR80	Rubus fruticosus L. [excluded]	wild blackberry complex	PNW
RUMO4	Rubus moluccanus L. [excluded]	wild blackberry	PNW
SASP	Saccharum spontaneum L.	wild sugarcane	PNW	(N), HI (I), PR (I)
SAVE6	Salsola vermiculata L.	wormleaf salsola	PNW	L48 (I)
SEPUP3	Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. ssp. pallidefusca (Schumach.) B.K. Simon			L48 (I)
SEPA82	Setaria pallidifusca (Schumach.) Stapf & C.E. Hubbard, orth. var.	cattail grass	PNW
SOAR2	Sonchus arvensis L.	sowthistle	PNW	L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I), SPM (I)
SOTO4	Solanum torvum Sw.	turkeyberry	PNW	(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I)
SOVI2	Solanum viarum Dunal	tropical soda apple	PNW	L48 (I)
SPAL3	Spermacoce alata Aubl. [excluded]	borreria	PNW
STRIG	Striga Lour.	witchweed	PNW	(N), L48 (I)
TORA2	Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze	poison ivy	PNW	L48 (N), CAN (N)
TRPR5	Tridax procumbens L.	coat buttons	PNW	(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I)
URPA	Urochloa panicoides P. Beauv.	liverseed grass	PNW	L48 (I)

†Code	Noxious Status
PNW	Prohibited noxious weed
Q	Quarantine
RNW	Restricted noxious weed

*Code	Native Status
I	Introduced
I,N	None
N	Native
W	Waif

*Code	Native Status Jursdiction
	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 other than native or widely distributed species

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Time Generated: 01/18/2021 11:28 AM CST