COCONINO NATIONAL FOREST
INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES LIST 2005
(acres not updated since 2002)
(Click on scientific name for USDA link and/or photos)
SCIENTIFIC NAME
COMMON NAME
Acroptilon repens
Russian knapweed
Eradicate/Control
100
Aegilops cylindrica
jointed goatgrass
Contain/Control
60+
Ailanthus altissima
tree of heaven
100+
Alhagi pseudoalhagi
camelthorn
10
Arundo donax
reed grass
7
Asphodelous fistulosus
onion weed
Prevent/Eradicate
2
Avena fatua
wild oats
220
Brassica tournefortii
Saharan mustard
20
Bromus catharticus Vahl.
rescuegrass
Bromus rigidus
ripgut
Bromus rubens
red brome
Contain
1000++
Bromus tectorum
cheatgrass
Cardaria chalepensis
lens-podded whitetop
Potential
Cardaria draba
whitetop or hoary cress
25
Cardaria pubescens
hairy whitetop
Carduus nutans
nodding plumeless thistle
50
Centaurea calcitrapa
red starthistle
Centaurea diffusa
white knapweed
880
Centaurea maculosa
spotted knapweed
65
Centaurea melitensis
Malta starthistle
Eradicate
Centaurea solstitialis
yellow starthistle
175
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
oxeye daisy
Cirsium arvense
Canada thistle
Near
Cirsium vulgare
bull thistle
22500
Convolvulus arvensis
field bindweed
Inventory/Control
Cynodon dactylon
Bermudagrass
Cynoglossum officinale
gypsy flower
Dipsacus sylvestris
teasel
Unsurveyed
Drymaria arenarioides
sandwort drymary
Eichhornia azurea
anchored waterhyacinth
Elaeagnus angustifolia
Russian olive
Eragrostis lehmanniana
Lehmann lovegrass
Euphorbia esula
leafy spurge
3200
Euryops subcarnosus
hawk's eye
Halogeton glomeratus
saltlover
Hedera helix
English ivy
Hordeum murinum ssp. leporinum
leporinum barley
Hydrilla verticillata
waterthyme
Hyoscyamus niger
black henbane
Hypericum perforatum
common St. Johnswort
Isatis tinctoria
dyer's woad
Kochia scoparia
Mexican fireweed
Linaria dalmatica
Dalmatian toadflax
155,000++
Linaria vulgaris
butter and eggs
Ludwigia peploides ssp.
floating primrose-willow
Lythrum salicaria
purple loosestrife
Medicago polymorpha
bur clover
Myriophyllum spicata
spike water milfoil
5
Onopordum acanthium
Scotch thistle
325
Paspalum dilatatum Poir.
dallisgrass
Peganum harmala
harmal peganum
Pennisetum setaceum
crimson fountain grass
Phalaris arundinacea
reed canary grass
Polypogon monspeliensis
rabbitfoot grass
Potamogeton crispus