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Introduced, Invasive, and Noxious Plants

NRCS Invasive Species Policy
Invasive Species Executive Order 13112

Vermont State-listed Noxious Weeds
143 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.

Vermont Department of Agriculture, Food and Markets. 2003. Quarantine #3 - noxious weeds (20 October 2003). Vermont Department of Agriculture, Food and Markets.

Symbol	Scientific Name	Noxious Common Name	State Noxious Status †	Native Status *
AEGIN	Aeginetia L.		CAW
AEPO	Aegopodium podagraria L.	goutweed	CBW	L48 (I), CAN (I), SPM (I)
AGAD2	Ageratina adenophora (Spreng.) R.M. King & H. Rob.	crofton weed	CAW	L48 (I), HI (I)
AIAL	Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle	tree-of-heaven	CBW	L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I)
ALECT2	Alectra Thunb.		CAW	(I)
ALPE4	Alliaria petiolata (M. Bieb.) Cavara & Grande	garlic mustard	CBW	L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I)
ALSE4	Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R. Br. ex DC.	sessile joyweed	CAW	(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N)
ASFI2	Asphodelus fistulosus L.	onionweed	CAW	L48 (I)
AVST	Avena sterilis L.	animated oat	CAW	L48 (I), CAN (W)
AZPI	Azolla pinnata R. Br.	mosquito fern	CAW	L48 (I)
BUUM	Butomus umbellatus L.	flowering rush	CBW	L48 (I), CAN (I)
CACA	Cabomba caroliniana A. Gray	fanwort	CAW	L48 (N), CAN (N)
CAOX6	Carthamus oxyacanthus M. Bieb.			L48 (I)
CAOX2	Carthamus oxyacantha M. Bieb., orth. var.	wild safflower	CAW
CATA5	Caulerpa taxifolia (Vahl) C. Agardh 1		CAW	L48 (I)
CEOR7	Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.	Oriental bittersweet	CBW	L48 (I), CAN (I)
CHAC	Chrysopogon aciculatus (Retz.) Trin.	pilipiliula	CAW	(N), L48 (I), HI (I)
COBE2	Commelina benghalensis L.	Benghal dayflower	CAW	(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I)
CRVU2	Crupina vulgaris Cass.	common crupina	CAW	L48 (I)
CUSCU	Cuscuta L.2	dodder	CAW	(I,N), L48 (I,N)
CYLO11	Cynanchum louiseae Kartesz & Gandhi			L48 (I), CAN (I)
VINI3	Vincetoxicum nigrum (L.) Moench	black swallow-wort	CBW
CYVI3	Cynanchum vincetoxicum (L.) Pers.			L48 (I), CAN (I)
VIHI3	Vincetoxicum hirundinaria Medik.	pale swallow-wort	CAW
DIAB	Digitaria abyssinica (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Stapf			HI (I)
DISC5	Digitaria scalarum (Schweinf.) Chiov.	African couch grass	CAW
DIVE2	Digitaria velutina (Forssk.) P. Beauv.	velvet fingergrass	CAW	L48 (I)
DRAR7	Drymaria arenarioides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult. [excluded]	alfombrilla	CAW
EGDE	Egeria densa Planch.	Brazilian elodea	CAW	L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (W)
EIAZ2	Eichhornia azurea (Sw.) Kunth	anchored waterhyacinth	CAW	L48 (I), PR (I)
EMAU	Emex australis Steinh.	three-cornered jack	CAW	L48 (I)
EMSP	Emex spinosa (L.) Campd.	devil's thorn	CAW	L48 (I), HI (I)
FRAL4	Frangula alnus Mill.			L48 (I), CAN (I)
RHFR	Rhamnus frangula L.	glossy buckthorn	CBW
GAOF	Galega officinalis L.	goatsrue	CAW	L48 (I), CAN (I)
HEMA17	Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier	giant hogweed	CAW	L48 (I), CAN (I)
HYMO6	Hydrocharis morsus-ranae L.	frogbit	CBW	L48 (I), CAN (I)
HYPO3	Hygrophila polysperma (Roxb.) T. Anderson	East Indian hygrophila	CAW	L48 (I)
HYVE3	Hydrilla verticillata (L. f.) Royle	hydrilla	CAW	L48 (I)
IMBR	Imperata brasiliensis Trin.	Brazilian satintail	CAW	L48 (I), PR (I)
IMCY	Imperata cylindrica (L.) P. Beauv.	cogongrass	CAW	(NI), L48 (I)
IPAQ	Ipomoea aquatica Forssk.	Chinese waterspinach	CAW	(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I)
ISRU	Ischaemum rugosum Salisb.	murain-grass	CAW	(N), L48 (I)
LAMA15	Lagarosiphon major (Ridley) Moss	oxygen weed	CAW
LECH2	Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees [excluded]	Asian sprangletop	CAW
LISE3	Limnophila sessiliflora (Vahl) Blume	ambulia	CAW	L48 (I)
LOBE	Lonicera ×bella Zabel [morrowii × tatarica]	Bell honeysuckle	CBW	L48 (I), CAN (I)
LOJA	Lonicera japonica Thunb.	Japanese honeysuckle	CBW	L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), CAN (I)
LOMA6	Lonicera maackii (Rupr.) Herder	Amur honeysuckle	CBW	L48 (I), CAN (I)
LOMO2	Lonicera morrowii A. Gray	Morrow honeysuckle	CBW	L48 (I), CAN (I)
LOTA	Lonicera tatarica L.	Tartarian honeysuckle	CBW	L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I)
LYFE4	Lycium ferocissimum Miers			L48 (I)
LYFE3	Lycium ferrocissimum Miers, orth. var.	African boxthorn	CAW
LYSA2	Lythrum salicaria L.	purple loosestrife	CBW	L48 (I), CAN (I), SPM (I)
MEMA	Melastoma malabathricum L.		CAW	(N), HI (I)
MEQU	Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.F. Blake	melaleuca	CAW	(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I)
MICO16	Mikania cordata (Burm. f.) B.L. Rob. [excluded]	mile-a-minute	CAW
MIDI8	Mimosa diplotricha C. Wright			(I), HI (I), PR (I)
MIIN80	Mimosa invisa Mart., non Mart. ex Colla	giant sensitive plant	CAW
MIMI5	Mikania micrantha Kunth	mile-a-minute	CAW	L48 (I), PR (N)
MIPE2	Mimosa pellita Kunth ex Willd.			L48 (N), PR (N)
MIPI	Mimosa pigra auct. non L.	catclaw mimosa	CAW
MOCO8	Moraea collina Thunb.			L48 (I)
HOCO6	Homeria collina (Thunb.) Salisb.	Cape tulip	CAW
MOFL2	Moraea flaccida (Sweet) Steud.
HOFL4	Homeria flaccida Sweet	Cape tulip	CAW
MOHA2	Monochoria hastata (L.) Solms [excluded]	monochoria	CAW
MOOC2	Moraea ochroleuca (Salisb.) Drapiez
HOOC	Homeria ochroleuca Salisb.	Cape tulip	CAW
MOPA8	Moraea pallida (Baker) Goldblatt
HOPA11	Homeria pallida Baker	Cape tulip	CAW
MORAE	Moraea Mill.			L48 (I)
HOMER	Homeria Vent.	Cape tulip	CAW
MOVA	Monochoria vaginalis (Burm. f.) C. Presl ex Kunth	pickerel weed	CAW	L48 (I), HI (I)
MYAQ2	Myriophyllum aquaticum (Vell.) Verdc.	parrot feather	CAW	L48 (I), HI (I), CAN (I)
MYHE2	Myriophyllum heterophyllum Michx.	variable-leaved milfoil	CAW	L48 (N), CAN (N)
MYSP2	Myriophyllum spicatum L.	Eurasian watermilfoil	CBW	L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I)
NATR3	Nassella trichotoma (Nees) Hack.	serrated tussock	CAW	L48 (I)
NYPE	Nymphoides peltata (S.G. Gmel.) Kuntze	yellow floating heart	CBW	L48 (I), CAN (I)
OPAU10	Opuntia aurantiaca Lindl.	jointed prickly pear	CAW
ORLO3	Oryza longistaminata A. Chev. & Roehr.	red rice	CAW
OROBA	Orobanche L.2	broomrape	CAW	(N), L48 (I,N)
ORPU13	Oryza punctata Kotzchy ex Steud.	red rice	CAW
ORRU	Oryza rufipogon Griffiths	red rice	CAW	L48 (I)
OTAL	Ottelia alismoides (L.) Pers.	duck-lettuce	CAW	L48 (I)
PASC6	Paspalum scrobiculatum L.	Kodo-millet	CAW	(NI), L48 (I), HI (I)
PECL2	Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst. ex Chiov.	kikuyugrass	CAW	L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I)
PEMA80	Pennisetum macrourum Trin.	African feathergrass	CAW	L48 (I), HI (I)
PEPE24	Pennisetum pedicellatum Trin.	kyasuma-grass	CAW	L48 (I)
PEPO14	Pennisetum polystachion (L.) Schult.			(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I)
PEPO4	Pennisetum polystachyon (L.) Schult., orth. var.	missiongrass	CAW
PHAU7	Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.	common reed	CBW	(I,N), L48 (N), HI (I), CAN (N)
POCR3	Potamogeton crispus L.	curly leaf pondweed	CBW	L48 (I), CAN (I)
POCU6	Polygonum cuspidatum Siebold & Zucc.			L48 (I), AK (I), CAN (I), SPM (I)
FAJA2	Fallopia japonica (Houtt.) Ronse Decr.	Japanese knotweed	CBW
PRAL11	Prosopis alpataco Phil.	mesquite	CAW
PRAR6	Prosopis argentina Burkart	mesquite	CAW
PRBU2	Prosopis burkartii Muñoz	mesquite	CAW
PRCA10	Prosopis calingastana Burkart	mesquite	CAW
PRCA11	Prosopis campestris Griseb.	mesquite	CAW
PRCA12	Prosopis castellanosii Burkart	mesquite	CAW
PRCA9	Prosopis caldenia Burkart	mesquite	CAW
PRDE4	Prosopis denudans Benth.	mesquite	CAW
PREL5	Prosopis elata (Burkart) Burkart	mesquite	CAW
PRFA2	Prosopis farcta (Banks & Sol.) J.F. Macbr.	Syrian mesquite	CAW	L48 (I)
PRFE2	Prosopis ferox Griseb.	mesquite	CAW
PRFI4	Prosopis fiebrigii Harms	mesquite	CAW
PRHA4	Prosopis hassleri Harms ex Hassler	mesquite	CAW
PRHU3	Prosopis humilis Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.	mesquite	CAW
PRKU2	Prosopis kuntzei Harms ex Hassler	mesquite	CAW
PRPA10	Prosopis palmeri S. Watson	mesquite	CAW
PRPA4	Prosopis pallida (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Kunth	kiawe	CAW	(I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I)
PRRE2	Prosopis reptans Benth.	tornillo	CAW	L48 (N)
PRRO4	Prosopis rojasiana Burkart	mesquite	CAW
PRRU4	Prosopis ruizlealii Burkart	mesquite	CAW
PRRU5	Prosopis ruscifolia Griseb.	mesquite	CAW
PRSE5	Prosopis sericantha Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.	mesquite	CAW
PRST3	Prosopis strombulifera (Lam.) Benth.	Argentine screwbean	CAW	L48 (I)
PRTO3	Prosopis torquata DC.	mesquite	CAW
PRVE	Prosopis velutina Wooton			L48 (N), HI (I)
PRAR4	Prosopis articulata S. Watson	velvet mesquite	CAW
RHCA3	Rhamnus cathartica L.	common buckthorn	CBW	L48 (I), CAN (I)
ROCO6	Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) W.D. Clayton	itchgrass	CAW	L48 (I), PR (I)
RUFR80	Rubus fruticosus L. [excluded]	wild blackberry complex	CAW
RUMO4	Rubus moluccanus L. [excluded]	wild blackberry	CAW
SAAU	Salvinia auriculata Aubl.	giant salvinia	CAW	PR (I)
SABI9	Salvinia biloba Raddi	giant salvinia	CAW
SAHE7	Salvinia herzogii de la Sota	giant salvinia	CAW
SAMO5	Salvinia molesta Mitchell	giant salvinia	CAW	L48 (I), HI (I)
SASA7	Sagittaria sagittifolia L. [excluded]	arrowhead	CAW
SASP	Saccharum spontaneum L.	wild sugarcane	CAW	(N), HI (I), PR (I)
SAVE6	Salsola vermiculata L.	wormleaf salsola	CAW	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	CAW
SOTA3	Solanum tampicense Dunal	wetland nightshade	CAW	L48 (I)
SOTO4	Solanum torvum Sw.	turkeyberry	CAW	(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I)
SOVI2	Solanum viarum Dunal	tropical soda apple	CAW	L48 (I)
SPAL3	Spermacoce alata Aubl. [excluded]	borreria	CAW
SPER	Sparganium erectum L.	exotic bur-reed	CAW	L48 (I)
STRIG	Striga Lour.	witchweed	CAW	(N), L48 (I)
TRNA	Trapa natans L.	water chestnut	CBW	L48 (I), CAN (I)
TRPR5	Tridax procumbens L.	coat buttons	CAW	(I), L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I)
URPA	Urochloa panicoides P. Beauv.	liverseed grass	CAW	L48 (I)

†Code	Noxious Status
CAW	Class A noxious weed
CBW	Class B 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
SPM	St. Pierre and Miquelon

1 Mediterranean clone
2 other than native or widely distributed species

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