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 ↓

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Bermuda grass ¹
Cynodon dactylon

Cogon Grass ²
Imperata cylindrica

giant reed ³
Arundo donax

jointed goat grass ⁴
Aegilops cylindrica

medusa head ⁵
Taeniatherum caput-medusae

North Africa Grass
Ventenata dubia

Johnson grass ⁶
Sorghum halepense

Columbus grass
Sorghum bicolor × halepense

common reed ⁷
Phragmites australis

Quack Grass
Elymus repens

Early Millet ⁸
Milium vernale

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Utah State Noxious Weed Guide

Bermuda grass 1 Cynodon dactylon

Cogon Grass 2 Imperata cylindrica

giant reed 3 Arundo donax

jointed goat grass 4 Aegilops cylindrica

medusa head 5 Taeniatherum caput-medusae

North Africa Grass Ventenata dubia

Johnson grass 6 Sorghum halepense

Columbus grass Sorghum bicolor × halepense

common reed 7 Phragmites australis

Quack Grass Elymus repens

Early Millet 8 Milium vernale