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Utah State Noxious Weed Guide

This list of 54 noxious weeds is adapted from the State Weed Committee.

The plant species on this list are not native to Utah, are highly invasive, and are able to spread like wildfire throughout our ecosystems. Outside of their native origins, noxious weeds become oppressors with no ...more ↓

Donkey Tail 1
Euphorbia myrsinites
camel thorn 2
Alhagi maurorum
creeping thistle 3
Cirsium arvense
dame's rocket 4
Hesperis matronalis
bearded creeper 5
Crupina vulgaris
diffuse knapweed 6
Centaurea diffusa
common milkpea 7
Galega officinalis
hound's-tongue 8
Cynoglossum officinale
musk thistle 9
Carduus nutans
Broad-winged Thistle 10
Carduus acanthoides
purple loosestrife 8
Lythrum salicaria
purple star-thistle 11
Centaurea calcitrapa
Russian knapweed 12
Leuzea repens
cotton thistle 13
Onopordum acanthium
small bugloss 14
Anchusa arvensis
spotted knapweed 15
Centaurea stoebe
Centaurea virgata 16
saltcedar 17
Tamarix ramosissima
viper's-bugloss 18
Echium vulgare
harmel 19
Peganum harmala
field bindweed 20
Convolvulus arvensis
black henbane 21
Hyoscyamus niger
garlic mustard 22
Alliaria petiolata
heart-podded hoary cress 23
Lepidium draba
Japanese knotweed 24
Reynoutria japonica
Mediterranean sage 25
Salvia aethiopis
oxeye daisy 26
Leucanthemum vulgare
broadleaved pepperweed 27
Lepidium latifolium
poison hemlock 28
Conium maculatum
Syrian bean-caper
Zygophyllum fabago
Saharan mustard 29
Brassica tournefortii
Mediterranean Serpent-root 30
Scorzonera laciniata
Balkan toadflax 31
Linaria dalmatica
woad 32
Isatis tinctoria
Long-stalked Rape
Brassica elongata
leafy spurge 32
Euphorbia esula
Maltese star-thistle 33
Centaurea melitensis
puncture vine 34
Tribulus terrestris
Rush Skeletonweed 35
Chondrilla juncea
Russian olive 36
Elaeagnus angustifolia
common broom 37
Cytisus scoparius
common St. John's-wort 38
Hypericum perforatum
Yellow Starthistle 39
Centaurea solstitialis
common toadflax 40
Linaria vulgaris
Bermuda grass 41
Cynodon dactylon
Cogon Grass 42
Imperata cylindrica
giant reed 43
Arundo donax
jointed goat grass 44
Aegilops cylindrica
medusa head 32
Taeniatherum caput-medusae
North Africa Grass
Ventenata dubia
Johnson grass 45
Sorghum halepense
Columbus grass
Sorghum bicolor × halepense
common reed 46
Phragmites australis
Quack Grass
Elymus repens
Early Millet 47
Milium vernale

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