West Virginia Noxious Weeds

West Virginia Department of Agriculture. 2006. Rules Dealing with Noxious Weeds. West Virginia Department of Agriculture.

Common Name	Scientific Name
kudzu	Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S. Almeida
tree-of-heaven	Ailanthus altissima (P. Mill.) Swingle
musk thistle, nodding thistle	Carduus nutans L.
autumn olive	Elaeagnus umbellata Thunb.
Morrow's honeysuckle	Lonicera morrowii Gray
Tatarian honeysuckle	Lonicera tatarica L.
purple loosestrife	Lythrum salicaria L.
Japanese stiltgrass	Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus
mile-a-minute vine, Asiatic tearthumb	Persicaria perfoliata (L.) H. Gross
multiflora rose	Rosa multiflora Thunb.
johnsongrass	Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.
spiny plumeless thistle, plumeless thistle	Carduus acanthoides L.
poison hemlock	Conium maculatum L.
curly plumeless thistle	Carduus crispus L.
hemp/marijuana (sativa)	Cannabis sativa L
opium poppy	Papaver somniferum L.
Japanese knotweed	Reynoutria japonica Sieb. & Zucc.

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