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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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Common Lantana 1
Lantana camara
Common Oleander 2
Nerium oleander
Spanish Broom 3
Spartium junceum
Lilac Chaste Tree 4
Vitex agnus-castus
Tree of Heaven 5
Ailanthus altissima
Russian Olive 6
Elaeagnus angustifolia
Tree Tobacco 7
Nicotiana glauca
Saltcedar 8
Tamarix ramosissima
Athel 9
Tamarix aphylla
Russian Knapweed 10
Acroptilon repens
Fivehorn smotherweed 11
Bassia hyssopifolia
Summer-cypress 12
Bassia scoparia
Saharan Mustard
Brassica tournefortii
Heart-podded Hoary Cress 13
Lepidium draba
Musk Thistle 14
Carduus nutans
Maltese Star-thistle 15
Centaurea melitensis
Yellow Starthistle 16
Centaurea solstitialis
Spotted Knapweed 17
Centaurea stoebe micranthos
Canada thistle 18
Cirsium arvense
Bull Thistle 19
Cirsium vulgare
Field Bindweed 19
Convolvulus arvensis
Redstem Filaree 20
Erodium cicutarium
Arugula 21
Eruca vesicaria sativa
leafy spurge 22
Euphorbia esula
Saltlover 22
Halogeton glomeratus
Prickly Lettuce 23
Lactuca serriola
broadleaved pepperweed 24
Lepidium latifolium
Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
African Adder's-mouth
Malcolmia africana
Cotton Thistle 25
Onopordum acanthium
Russian Thistle 26
Salsola tragus
tumble mustard 22
Sisymbrium altissimum
London Rocket 27
Sisymbrium irio
Eastern Rocket 28
Sisymbrium orientale
common sowthistle 29
Sonchus oleraceus
Puncture Vine 30
Tribulus terrestris

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