Iowa Noxious Weeds

The Iowa Legislature. 2017. Chapter 317.1A Noxious weeds. Iowa Department of Agriculture & land Stewardship.

Common Name	Scientific Name
Canada thistle	Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.
multiflora rose	Rosa multiflora Thunb.
bull thistle	Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten.
spiny plumeless thistle, plumeless thistle	Carduus acanthoides L.
puncturevine	Tribulus terrestris L.
field bindweed	Convolvulus arvensis L.
poison hemlock	Conium maculatum L.
Russian knapweed	Rhaponticum repens (L.) Hidalgo
teasel	Dipsacus L.
velvetleaf	Abutilon theophrasti Medik
Palmer amaranth	Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats.
hoary cress	Lepidium draba (L.) Desv
wild carrot	Daucus carota ssp. carota L.
quackgrass	Elymus repens (L.) Gould
common sunflower	Helianthus annuus L.
buckhorn plantain	Plantago lanceolata L.
red sorrel	Rumex acetosella L.
pale dock	Rumex altissimus Wood
curly dock	Rumex crispus L.
wild mustard	Sinapis arvensis L.
perennial sowthistle	Sonchus arvensis L.
sorghum (type unspecified)	Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench
horsenettle	Solanum carolinense L.
common cocklebur	Xanthium strumarium L.
buckthorn	Rhamnus L.
leafy spurge	Euphorbia virgata Waldst. & Kit.

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