Noxious Weed List
POLICY STATEMENT REGARDING NOXIOUS WEED ABATEMENT
STATUTES NRS 555.005-201 (pdf)
NAC 555.010
(Amendment was officially filed March 24, 2005)
DEFINITIONS
Category ”A”: Weeds not found or limited in
distribution throughout the state; actively excluded
from the state and actively eradicated wherever
found; actively eradicated from nursery stock dealer
premises; control required by the state in all
infestations
Category "B": Weeds established in scattered
populations in some counties of the state; actively
excluded where possible, actively eradicated from
nursery stock dealer premises; control required by
the state in areas where populations are not well
established or previously unknown to occur
Category "C": Weeds currently established and
generally widespread in many counties of the state;
actively eradicated from nursery stock dealer
premises; abatement at the discretion of the state
quarantine officer
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
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Category A Weeds: |
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African Rue |
Peganum harmala |
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Austrian fieldcress |
Rorippa austriaca |
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Austrian peaweed |
Sphaerophysa salsula / Swainsona salsula |
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Camelthorn |
Alhagi camelorum |
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Common crupina |
Crupina vulgaris |
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Dalmation Toadflax |
Linaria dalmatica |
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Dyer’s woad |
Isatis tinctoria |
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Eurasian water-milfoil |
Myriophyllum spicatum |
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Giant Reed |
Arundo donax |
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Giant Salvinia |
Salvinia molesta |
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Goats rue |
Galega officinalis |
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Houndstongue |
Cynoglossum officinale |
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Hydrilla |
Hydrilla verticillata |
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Iberian Star thistle |
Centaurea iberica |
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Klamath weed |
Hypericum perforatum |
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Leafy spurge |
Euphorbia esula |
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Malta Star thistle |
Centaurea melitensis |
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Mayweed chamomile |
Anthemis cotula |
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Mediterranean sage |
Salvia aethiopis |
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Purple loosestrife |
Lythrum salicaria, L.virgatum and their cultivars |
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Purple Star thistle |
Centaurea calcitrapa |
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Rush skeletonweed |
Chondrilla juncea |
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Sow Thistle |
Sonchus arvensis |
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Spotted Knapweed |
Centaurea masculosa |
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Squarrose star thistle |
Centaurea virgata Lam. Var. squarrose |
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Sulfur cinquefoil |
Potentilla recta |
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Syrian Bean Caper |
Zygophyllum fabago |
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Yellow Starthistle |
Centaurea solstiltialis |
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Yellow Toadflax |
Linaria vulgaris |
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Category B Weeds: |
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Carolina Horse-nettle |
Solanum carolinense |
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Diffuse Knapweed |
Centaurea diffusa |
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Medusahead |
Taeniatherum caput-medusae |
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Musk Thistle |
Carduus nutans |
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Russian Knapweed |
Acroptilon repens |
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Sahara Mustard |
Brassica tournefortii |
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Scotch Thistle |
Onopordum acanthium |
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White Horse-nettle
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Solanum elaeagnifolium |
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Category C Weeds: |
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Black henbane |
Hyoscyamus niger |
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Canada Thistle |
Cirsium arvense |
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Green Fountain grass |
Pennisetum setaceum |
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Hoary cress |
Cardaria draba |
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Johnson grass |
Sorghum halepense |
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Perennial pepperweed |
Lepidium latifolium |
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Poison Hemlock |
Conium maculatum |
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Puncture vine |
Tribulus terrestris |
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Salt cedar (tamarisk) |
Tamarix spp |
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Water Hemlock |
Cicuta maculata |
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[Dep't of Agriculture, No. 55.11,
eff.5-25-62; A 5-1-68]--(NAC A by St. Quarantine Officer, 8-9-94; R191-99,
8-7-2000; R097-01m 5-1-2002; R003-03, 9-24-2003) |
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