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Invasive Plant Guide for National Parks in the Mojave Desert Network

Welcome to our guide to some of the most important invasive plants found in the National Parks of the Mojave Desert Network including Mojave Preserve, Joshua Tree, Death Valley, Manzanar, Lake Mead, Parashant Wilderness, and Great Basin.
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cape ricegrass 1
Stipa capensis
Giant Reed 2
Arundo donax
wild oat 3
Avena fatua
ripgut brome 4
Bromus diandrus
Red Brome 5
Bromus rubens
Cheat Grass 6
Bromus tectorum
Pampas Grass 7
Cortaderia selloana
Bermuda Grass 8
Cynodon dactylon
barley and allies 4
Hordeum
fountain grass 9
Pennisetum setaceum
Annual Beard Grass 10
Polypogon monspeliensis
ravenna grass
Saccharum ravennae
Schismus 11
Johnson grass 12
Sorghum halepense
Common Lantana 13
Lantana camara
Common Oleander 14
Nerium oleander
Spanish Broom 15
Spartium junceum
Lilac Chaste Tree 16
Vitex agnus-castus
Tree of Heaven 17
Ailanthus altissima
Russian Olive 18
Elaeagnus angustifolia
Tree Tobacco 19
Nicotiana glauca
Date Palm 20
Phoenix dactylifera
Saltcedar 21
Tamarix ramosissima
Athel 22
Tamarix aphylla
California Fan Palm 23
Washingtonia filifera
Russian Knapweed 24
Acroptilon repens
Fivehorn smotherweed 11
Bassia hyssopifolia
Summer-cypress 25
Bassia scoparia
Saharan Mustard
Brassica tournefortii
Heart-podded Hoary Cress 26
Lepidium draba
Musk Thistle 27
Carduus nutans
Maltese Star-thistle 5
Centaurea melitensis
Yellow Starthistle 28
Centaurea solstitialis
Spotted Knapweed 29
Centaurea stoebe micranthos
Canada thistle 30
Cirsium arvense
Bull Thistle 31
Cirsium vulgare
Field Bindweed 31
Convolvulus arvensis
Redstem Filaree 32
Erodium cicutarium
Arugula 33
Eruca vesicaria sativa
leafy spurge 4
Euphorbia esula
Saltlover 4
Halogeton glomeratus
Prickly Lettuce 34
Lactuca serriola
broadleaved pepperweed 35
Lepidium latifolium
Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
African Adder's-mouth
Malcolmia africana
Cotton Thistle 36
Onopordum acanthium
Russian Thistle 37
Salsola tragus
tumble mustard 4
Sisymbrium altissimum
London Rocket 38
Sisymbrium irio
Eastern Rocket 39
Sisymbrium orientale
common sowthistle 40
Sonchus oleraceus
Puncture Vine 41
Tribulus terrestris

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