Pennsylvania Noxious Weeds

Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. 2017. Noxious weeds. Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.

https://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Plants_Land_Water/PlantIndustry/NIPPP/Pages/default.aspx

Common Name Scientific Name
kudzu Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S. Almeida
cogongrass Imperata cylindrica (L.) Beauv.
Canada thistle Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.
tree-of-heaven Ailanthus altissima (P. Mill.) Swingle
garlic mustard Alliaria petiolata (Bieb.) Cavara & Grande
Japanese barberry Berberis thunbergii DC.
musk thistle, nodding thistle Carduus nutans L.
round leaf bittersweet Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb.
Brazilian waterweed, Brazilian elodea Egeria densa Planch.
winged burning bush Euonymus alatus (Thunb.) Sieb.
hydrilla Hydrilla verticillata (L. f.) Royle
Japanese privet Ligustrum japonicum Thunb.
Chinese privet Ligustrum sinense Lour.
European privet Ligustrum vulgare L.
Amur honeysuckle Lonicera maackii (Rupr.) Herder
Morrow's honeysuckle Lonicera morrowii Gray
Tatarian honeysuckle Lonicera tatarica L.
purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria L.
Japanese stiltgrass Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus
parrotfeather Myriophyllum aquaticum (Vell.) Verdc.
Eurasian watermilfoil Myriophyllum spicatum L.
mile-a-minute vine, Asiatic tearthumb Persicaria perfoliata (L.) H. Gross
lesser celandine, fig buttercup Ficaria verna Huds.
common buckthorn, European buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica L.
multiflora rose Rosa multiflora Thunb.
johnsongrass Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.
bull thistle Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten.
black dog-strangling vine, black swallowwort Vincetoxicum nigrum (L.) Moench
European water chestnut Trapa natans L.
dog-strangling vine, European swallowwort, pale swallow-wort Vincetoxicum rossicum (Kleopov) Barbarich
poison hemlock Conium maculatum L.
goatsrue Galega officinalis L.
giant hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier
broomrape Orobanche L.
sterile oat Avena sterilis Linnaeus
dodder Cuscuta L.
Palmer amaranth Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats.
common waterhemp Amaranthus rudis Sauer
waterhemp Amaranthus tuberculatus (Moq.) Sauer
wild chervil Anthriscus sylvestris (L.) Hoffmann
mugwort Artemisia vulgaris L.
glossy buckthorn Frangula alnus Mill.
showy fly honeysuckle, Bell's honeysuckle Lonicera x bella Zabel [morrowii × tatarica]
European wand loosestrife Lythrum virgatum L.
wild parsnip Pastinaca sativa L.
sorghum (type unspecified) Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench
water soldier Stratiotes aloides L.
border privet Ligustrum obtusifolium Sieb. & Zucc.
Standish's honeysuckle Lonicera standishii Jacques
chocolate vine Akebia quinata (Houtt.) Dcne.
hooked hair hops Humulus japonicus Siebold & Zucc.
Callery pear (Bradford pear) Pyrus calleryana Decne.
Japanese angelica tree Aralia elata (Miq.) Seem
European frog-bit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae L.
yellow floating heart Nymphoides peltata (S.G. Gmel.) Kuntze
water primrose Ludwigia grandiflora ssp. hexapetala (Hook. & Arn.) Nesom & Kartesz
Japanese knotweed Reynoutria japonica Sieb. & Zucc.
giant knotweed Reynoutria sachalinensis F. Schmidt ex Maxim.
Bohemian knotweed, Hybrid Japanese knotweed Reynoutria x bohemica Chrtek & Chrtková
ravennagrass Tripidium ravennae (L.) H. Scholz
starry stonewort Nitellopsis obtusa (N.A.Desvaux) J.Groves, 1919