Alaska Noxious Weeds

Division of Agriculture. 2010. State of Alaska prohibited and restricted noxious weeds. Alaska Department of Natural Resources.

Common Name	Scientific Name
Canada thistle	Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.
purple loosestrife	Lythrum salicaria L.
yellow toadflax	Linaria vulgaris P. Mill.
field bindweed	Convolvulus arvensis L.
Russian knapweed	Rhaponticum repens (L.) Hidalgo
wild oat	Avena fatua L.
hoary cress	Lepidium draba (L.) Desv
quackgrass	Elymus repens (L.) Gould
blue lettuce	Lactuca tatarica var. pulchella (Pursh) Breitung
perennial pepperweed	Lepidium latifolium L.
buckhorn plantain	Plantago lanceolata L.
annual bluegrass	Poa annua L.
wild radish	Raphanus raphanistrum L.
Austrian fieldcress	Rorippa austriaca (Crantz) Bess.
wild mustard	Sinapis arvensis L.
horsenettle	Solanum carolinense L.
smallflower galinsoga	Galinsoga parviflora Cav.
common hempnettle	Galeopsis tetrahit L.
bird vetch	Vicia cracca L.
European sticktight	Lappula squarrosa (Retz.) Dumort.
hairy whitetop	Lepidium appelianum Al-Shehbaz
leafy spurge	Euphorbia virgata Waldst. & Kit.
orange hawkweed	Pilosella aurantiaca (L.) F. W. Schultz & Sch. Bip.

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