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

Subject Name Scientific Name Family Order
kudzu Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S. Almeida Fabaceae Fabales
Canada thistle Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. Asteraceae Asterales
tree-of-heaven Ailanthus altissima (P. Mill.) Swingle Simaroubaceae Sapindales
musk thistle, nodding thistle Carduus nutans L. Asteraceae Asterales
hydrilla Hydrilla verticillata (L. f.) Royle Hydrocharitaceae Hydrocharitales
purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria L. Lythraceae Myrtales
mile-a-minute vine, Asiatic tearthumb Persicaria perfoliata (L.) H. Gross Polygonaceae Polygonales
multiflora rose Rosa multiflora Thunb. Rosaceae Rosales
johnsongrass Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers. Poaceae Cyperales
bull thistle Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten. Asteraceae Asterales
European water chestnut Trapa natans L. Trapaceae Myrtales
poison hemlock Conium maculatum L. Apiaceae Apiales
goatsrue Galega officinalis L. Fabaceae Fabales
giant hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier Apiaceae Apiales
broomrape Orobanche spp. L. Orobanchaceae Scrophulariales
sterile oat Avena sterilis Linnaeus Poaceae Cyperales
dodder Cuscuta L. Cuscutaceae Solanales
Palmer amaranth Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats. Amaranthaceae Caryophyllales
common waterhemp Amaranthus rudis Sauer Amaranthaceae Caryophyllales
waterhemp Amaranthus tuberculatus (Moq.) Sauer Amaranthaceae Caryophyllales
sorghum (type unspecified) Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench Poaceae Cyperales
European frog-bit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae L. Hydrocharitaceae Hydrocharitales
bristle basketgrass Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) Beauv. Poaceae Cyperales
water primrose Ludwigia grandiflora ssp. hexapetala (Hook. & Arn.) Nesom & Kartesz Onagraceae Myrtales