Invasive Species: Plants
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Chapter NR 40 Classification Key: P=Prohibited; R=Restricted
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Everlasting pea |
Lathyrus latifolius |
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Big-leaf Lupine |
Lupinus polyphyllus |
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Yellow iris |
Iris pseudacorus |
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Burning bush (CV) |
Euonymus alata |
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White poplar |
Populus alba |
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White mulberry |
Morus alba |
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Wayfaring tree |
Viburnum lantana |
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Tall fescue |
Festuca arundinacea |
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Star-of-Bethlehem |
Ornithogalum umbellatum |
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Ox-eye daisy |
Leucanthemum vulgare |
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Scotch pine |
Pinus sylvestris |
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Canada bluegrass |
Poa compressa |
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Periwinkle |
Vinca minor |
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Orange hawkweed |
Hieracium aurantiacum |
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Norway maple (CV) |
Acer platanoides |
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Bishop's gout-weed |
Aegopodium podagraria |
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Johnson grass |
Sorghum halepense |
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Hoary alyssum |
Berteroa incana |
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Garden-heliotrope |
Valeriana officinalis |
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Field bindweed |
Convolvulus arvensis |
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Wild/European Privet |
Ligustrum vulgare |
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Black (European) alder |
Alnus glutinosa |
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English ivy |
Hedera helix |
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Dalmation toadflax |
Linaria dalmatica |
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Common St. John's-wort |
Hypericum perforatum |
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Mullein |
Verbascum thapsus |
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Burdock |
Arctium minus |
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European barberry |
Berberis vulgaris |
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Chinese silvergrass, Eulalia |
Miscanthus sinensis |
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Chinese elm |
Ulmus parvifolia |
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Butter & Eggs |
Linaria vulgaris |
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Brown knapweed |
Centaurea jacea |
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Deadly, woody nightshade |
Solanum dulcamara |
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Amur maple (CV) |
Acer ginnala |
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Field, sheep sorrel |
Rumex acetosella |
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Red osier dogwood (N) |
Cornus stolinifera |
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Grey dogwood (N) |
Cornus racemosa |
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Eastern cottonwood (N) |
Populus deltoides |
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Boxelder (N) |
Acer negundo |
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Bull thistle |
Cirsium vulgare |
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Staghorn sumac (N) |
Rhus typhina |
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Smooth sumac (N) |
Rhus glabra |
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Pond water-starwort |
Callitriche stagnalis |
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Reed canary grass (N) |
Phalaris arundinacea |
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Eastern red-cedar (N) |
Juniperus virginiana |
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Callery pear |
Pyrus calleryana |
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Poison ivy (N) |
Toxicodendron radicans |
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Bird's-foot trefoil |
Lotus corniculata |
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Siberian elm |
Ulmus pumila |
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Crown vetch |
Coronilla varia |
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Yellow sweet-clover |
Melilotus officinalis |
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White sweet-clover |
Melilotus alba |
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Kentucky bluegrass |
Poa pratensis |
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Black locust |
Robinia pseudoacacia |
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Japanese barberry (CV) |
Berberis thunbergii |
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Baby's breath |
Gypsophila paniculata |
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Quaking aspen (N) |
Populus tremuloides |
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Big-tooth, Large-toothed aspen (N) |
Populus grandidentata |
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Giant ragweed (N) |
Ambrosia trifida |
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Siberian pea shrub |
Caragana arborescens |
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Russian knapweed |
Centaurea repens |
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Lily-of-the-valley |
Convallaria majalis |
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Queen Anne's-lace |
Daucus carota |
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Grecian foxglove |
Digitalis lanata |
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Quackgrass |
Elytrigia repens |
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Climbing euonymus, winter creeper |
Euonymus fortunei |
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White snakeroot (N) |
Ageratina altissima |
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Queen-of-the-meadow |
Filipendula ulmaria |
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Creeping charlie |
Glechoma hederacea |
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Orange daylily |
Hemerocallis fulva |
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Virgina or Eastern waterleaf (N) |
Hydrophyllum virginianum |
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Wood nettle (N) |
Laportea canadensis |
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Nipplewort |
Lapsana communis |
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Moneywort |
Lysimachia nummularia |
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Aquatic forget-me-not |
Myosotis scorpioides |
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Garden forget-me-not |
Myosotis sylvatica |
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Watercress |
Nasturtium officinale |
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Lesser celandine |
Ranunculus ficaria |
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Curly dock |
Rumex crispus |
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Bouncing-bet |
Saponaria officinalis |
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Bladder campion |
Silene vulgaris |
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Tall, Canada goldenrod (N) |
Solidago canadensis |
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Red clover |
Trifolium pratense |
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White clover |
Trifolium repens |
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Prickly ash (N) |
Zanthoxylum americanum |
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Bird, cow vetch |
Vicia cracca |
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Blackberries & Raspberries (N) |
Rubus sp. |
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Blackberry lilly |
Belamcanda chinensis |
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Burnett saxifrage |
Pimpinella saxifraga |
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Chicory |
Cichorium intybus |
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Dodder (N) |
Cuscuta gronovii |
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European cranberry bush, European highbush |
Viburnum opulus |
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Grapes (N) |
Vitis sp. |
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Ground nut (N) |
Apios americana |
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Horsetail (N) |
Equisetum sp. |
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Motherwort |
Leonurus cardiaca |
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Smooth brome |
Bromus inermis |
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Stinging Nettle (N) |
Urtica dioica |
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Viola (N) |
Viola sp. |
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Water hyacinth |
Eichhornia crassipes |
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Water lettuce |
Pistia stratiotes |
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Water shamrock or European waterclover |
Marsilea quadrifolia |
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Willows (N) |
Salix spp. |
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Woodland or Garden yellow loosestrife |
Lysmachia vulgaris |
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Yellow bedstraw |
Galium verum |
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Mosquito fern, water velvet |
Azolla pinnata |
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East Indian hygrophila |
Hygrophila polysperma |
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Water spinach, swamp morning-glory |
Ipomoea aquatica |
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Dotted duckweed |
Landoltia punctata |
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Frog's-bit, American spongeplant |
Limnobium spongia |
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Limnophila, Asian marshweed |
Limnophila sessiliflora |
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Duck lettuce |
Ottelia alismoides |
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Salvinia species |
Salvinia spp. |
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Water soldiers |
Stratiotes aloides |
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Common ragweed |
Ambrosia artemisiifolia |
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Cheat grass, downy brome |
Bromus tectorum |
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Hemp, marijuana |
Cannabis sativa |
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red-twig dogwood |
Cornus stolinifera |
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Hawk's beard |
Crepis tectorum |
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common hound's tongue |
Cynoglossum officinale |
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Orchard grass |
Dactylis glomerata |
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chinese yam |
Dioscorea sp. |
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Quick-weed |
Galinsoga quadriradiata |
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Honey locust |
Gleditsia triacanthos |
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Tall hawkweed |
Hieracium piloselloides |
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tall hawkweed |
Hieracium sp. |
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Balfour's touch-me-not |
Impatiens balfourii |
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Tuberous sweet pea |
Lathyrus tuberosus |
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honeysuckle |
Lonicera spp. |
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Spearmint |
Mentha spicata |
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Black bindweed |
Polygonum convolvulus |
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Bracken fern |
Pteridium aquilinum |
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buckthorn |
Rhamnus spp. |
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Black jet-bead |
Rhodotypos scandens |
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raspberry |
Rubus occidentalis |
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Yellow sedum |
Sedum acre |
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White campion |
Silene latifolia |
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European mountain ash |
Sorbus acuparia |
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Common comfrey |
Symphytum officinale |
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Thyme-leaved speedwell |
Veronica serpyllifolia |
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Sweet violet |
Viola odorata |
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Perennial pepperweed |
Lepidium latifolium |
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Sericea lespedeza |
Lespedeza cuneata |
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Scotch broom |
Cytisus scoparius |
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Princess tree |
Paulownia tomentosa |
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Giant knotweed |
Polygonum sachalinense |
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Yellow star thistle |
Centaurea solstitialis |
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Yellow floating heart |
Nymphoides peltata |
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Wineberry |
Rubus phoenicolasius |
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Water chestnut |
Trapa natans |
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Pale swallow-wort |
Vincetoxicum rossicum |
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Porcelain berry |
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata |
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Parrot feather |
Myriophyllum aquaticum |
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Mile-a-minute vine |
Polygonum perfoliatum |
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Kudzu |
Pueraria lobata |
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Japanese stilt grass |
Microstegium vimineum |
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Japanese honeysuckle |
Lonicera japonica |
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Hydrilla |
Hydrilla verticillata |
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Giant hogweed |
Heracleum mantegazzianum |
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Spreading hedge parsley |
Torilis arvensis |
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European frog-bit |
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae |
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Fanwort, Carolina Fanwort |
Cabomba caroliniana |
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Chinese yam |
Dioscorea oppositifolia |
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Brazilian waterweed |
Egeria densa |
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Australian swamp crop |
Crassula helmsii |
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Brittle waternymph |
Najas minor |
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Oxygen-weed, African elodea |
Lagarosiphon major |
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Sawtooth oak |
Quercus acutissima |
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Celandine |
Chelidonium majus |
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Wild chervil |
Anthriscus sylvestris |
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European marsh thistle |
Cirsium palustre |
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Black swallow-wort |
Vincetoxicum nigrum |
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Poison hemlock |
Conium maculatum |
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Lyme grass or sand ryegrass |
Leymus arenarius |
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Japanese hedge-parsley |
Torilis japonica |
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Japanese hops |
Humulus japonicus |
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Hill mustard |
Bunias orientalis |
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Amur honeysuckle |
Lonicera maackii |
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Hairy willow herb |
Epilobium hirsutum |
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Tall or Reed manna grass |
Glyceria maxima |
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Cattail hybrid |
Typha x glauca |
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Hemp nettle, brittlestem hemp nettle |
Galeopsis tetrahit |
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Helleborine orchid |
Epipactis helleborine |
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Russian olive |
Elaeagnus angustifolia |
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Hound's tongue |
Cynoglossum officinale |
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Creeping bellflower |
Campanula rapunculoides |
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Cypress spurge |
Euphorbia cyparissias |
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Phragmites, Common reed |
Phragmites australis |
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Autumn olive |
Elaeagnus umbellata |
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Tree-of-heaven |
Ailanthus altissima |
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Plumeless thistle |
Carduus acanthoides |
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Musk thistle |
Carduus nutans |
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Cut-leaved teasel |
Dipsacus laciniatus |
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Common teasel |
Dipsacus fullonum subsp. sylvestris |
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Tansy (CV) |
Tanacetum vulgare |
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Leafy spurge |
Euphorbia esula |
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Flowering rush |
Butomus umbellatus |
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Multiflora rose |
Rosa multiflora |
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Spotted knapweed |
Centaurea biebersteinii, c. stoebe |
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Wild parnsip |
Pastinaca sativa |
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Oriental bittersweet |
Celastrus orbiculatus |
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Narrow-leaf cattail |
Typha angustifolia |
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Eurasian water milfoil |
Myriophyllum spicatum |
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Purple loosestrife |
Lythrum salicaria |
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Japanese knotweed |
Polygonum cuspidatum |
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Tartarian honeysuckle |
Lonicera tatarica |
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Morrow's honeysuckle |
Lonicera morrowii |
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Bells honeysuckle |
Lonicera x bella |
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Garlic mustard |
Alliaria petiolata |
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Dame's rocket |
Hesperis matronalis |
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Curly-leaf pondweed |
Potamogeton crispus |
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Canada thistle |
Cirsium arvense |
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Glossy buckthorn (CV) |
Frangula alnus |
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Common buckthorn |
Rhamnus cathartica |
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Last Revised: November 9, 2009
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