North Carolina Noxious Weeds

North Carolina Department of Agriculture. 2017. Regulations for state noxious weeds. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.

Common Name	Scientific Name
Canada thistle	Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.
musk thistle, nodding thistle	Carduus nutans L.
round leaf bittersweet	Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.
Eurasian watermilfoil	Myriophyllum spicatum L.
mile-a-minute vine, Asiatic tearthumb	Persicaria perfoliata (L.) H. Gross
spiny plumeless thistle, plumeless thistle	Carduus acanthoides L.
puncturevine	Tribulus terrestris L.
swamp stonecrop	Crassula helmsii A. Berger
yellow fieldcress	Rorippa sylvestris (L.) Bess.
beach vitex	Vitex rotundifolia L. f.
watermoss	Salvinia Séguier
crested floating heart	Nymphoides cristata (Roxb.) O. Ktze.
yellow floating heart	Nymphoides peltata (S.G. Gmel.) Kuntze
bushkiller	Cayratia japonica (Thunb.) Gagnepain
water chestnut	Trapa L.
water primrose	Ludwigia grandiflora ssp. hexapetala (Hook. & Arn.) Nesom & Kartesz
water snowflake	Nymphoides indica (L.) Kuntze
loosestrife	Lythrum L.
oxygen-weed	Lagarosiphon

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