04.1282CS18R0001_CO_noxious-weed-species.pdf

The lists of Colorado's Noxious Weeds are located in the below table. To view more about a specific weed click on the name in blue text. If a plant name does not have a link this is because a plant plan or assessment has not been completed. Noxious Weed List .

List A Species in Colorado that are designated by the Commissioner for eradication.

List B Species are species for which the Commissioner, in consultation with the state noxious weed advisory committee, local governments, and other interested parties, develops and implements state noxious weed management plans designed to stop the continued spread of these species.

List C Species are species for which the Commissioner, in consultation with the state noxious weed advisory committee, local governments, and other interested parties, will develop and implement state noxious weed management plans designed to support the efforts of local governing bodies to facilitate more effective integrated weed management on private and public lands. The goal of such plans will not be to stop the continued spread of these species but to provide additional education, research, and biological control resources to jurisdictions that choose to require management of List C species.

Watch List Species that have been determined to pose a potential threat to the agricultural productivity and environmental values of the lands of the state. The Watch List is intended to serve advisory and educational purposes only. Its purpose is to encourage the identification and reporting of these species to the Commissioner in order to facilitate the collection of information to assist the Commissioner in determining which species should be designated as noxious weeds. Printable Colorado Watch List .

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List A Species

Not Known In Colorado | Less Than 10 Known Populations | More Than 10 Populations in

Colorado

Noxious Weed Species

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Camelthorn

Alhagi pseudalhagi

Common crupina

Crupina vulgaris

Flowering rush

Butomus umbellatus

Giant salvinia

Salvinia molesta

Hydrilla

Hydrilla verticillata

Medusahead

Taeniatherum caput-medusae

Parrotfeather

Myriophyllum aquaticum

Squarrose knapweed

Centaurea virgata

Not Known In Colorado

Less Than 10 Known Populations

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African rue

Peganum harmala

Dyer's woad

Isatis tinctoria

Elongated mustard

Brassica elongata

Meadow knapweed

Centaurea pratensis

Rush skeletonweed

Chondrilla juncea

Tansy ragwort

Senecio jacobaea

Yellow starthistle

Centaurea solstitialis

More Than 10 Populations in Colorado

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Cypress spurge

Euphorbia cyparissias

Giant reed

Arundo donax

Hairy willow-herb

Epilobium hirsutum

Knotweeds

Japanese, Giant, and Bohemian

Mediterranean sage

Salvia aethiopis

Myrtle spurge

Euphorbia myrsinites

Orange hawkweed

Hieracium aurantiacum

Purple loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria

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Absinth wormwood

Artemisia absinthium

Black henbane

Hyoscyamus niger

Bouncingbet

Saponaria officinalis

Bull thistle

Cirsium vulgare

Canada thistle

Cirsium arvense

Chinese clematis

Clematis orientalis

Common tansy

Tanacetum vulgare

Common teasel

Dipsacus fullonum

List B Species

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Corn chamomile

Anthemis arvensis

Cutleaf teasel

Dipsacus laciniatus

Dalmatian toadflax

Linaria dalmatica & genistifolia

Dame's rocket

Hesperis matronalis

Diffuse knapweed

Centaurea diffusa

Eurasian watermilfoil

Myriophyllum spicatum

Hoary cress

Cardaria draba

Houndstongue

Cynoglossum officinale

Hybrid knapweed

Centaurea x psammogena = C. stoebe x

C. diffusa

Hybrid toadflax

Linaria vulgaris x L. dalmatica

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Jointed goatgrass

Aegilops cylindrica

Leafy spurge

Euphorbia esula

Mayweed chamomile

Anthemis cotula

Moth mullein

Verbascum blattaria

Musk thistle

Carduus nutans

Oxeye daisy

Chrysanthemum leucanthemum

Perennial pepperweed

Lepidium latifolium

Plumeless thistle

Carduus acanthoides

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Russian knapweed

Acroptilon repens

Russian-olive

Elaeagnus angustifolia

Salt cedar

Tamarix chinensis, T. parviflora, and

T. ramosissima

Scentless chamomile

Matricaria perforata

Scotch thistle

Onopordum acanthium

Spotted knapweed

Centaurea stoebe

Sulfur cinquefoil

Potentilla recta

Wild caraway

Carum carvi

Yellow nutsedge

Cyperus esculentus

Yellow toadflax

Linaria vulgaris

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Bulbous bluegrass

Poa bulbosa

Chicory

Cichorium intybus

Common burdock

Arctium minus

Common mullein

Verbascum thapsus

Common St. Johnswort

Hypericum perforatum

Downy brome

Bromus tectorum

Field bindweed

Convolvulus arvensis

Halogeton

Halogeton glomeratus

List C Species

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Johnsongrass

Sorghum halepense

Perennial sowthistle

Sonchus arvensis

Poison hemlock

Conium maculatum

Puncturevine

Tribulus terrestris

Quackgrass

Elytrigia repens

Redstem filaree

Erodium cicutarium

Velvetleaf

Abutilon theophrasti

Wild-proso millet

Panicum miliaceum

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Asian mustard

Brassica tournefortii

Baby's breath

Gypsophila paniculata

Bathurst burr /

Spiney cocklebur

Xanthium spinosum

Brazilian elodea

Egeria densa

Common bugloss

Anchusa officinalis

Common reed

Phragmites australis

Garlic mustard

Alliaria petiolata

Garden loosestrife

Lysimachia vulgaris

Watch List Species

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Himalayan blackberry

Rubus armeniacus

Hoary alyssum

Berteroa incana

Japanese blood grass/

Cogongrass

Imperata cylindrical

Meadow hawkweed

Hieracium caespitosum

Onionweed

Asphodelus fistulosus

Purple pampasgrass

Cortideria jubata

Scotch broom

Cytisus scoparius

Sericea lespedeza

Lespedeza cuneata

Swainsonpea

Sphaerophysa salsula

Syrian beancaper

Zygophyllum fabago

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Water hyacinth

Eichhornia crassipes

Water lettuce

Pistia stratiotes

White bryony

Bryonia alba

Woolly distaff thistle

Carthamus lanatus

Yellow flag iris

Iris pseudacorus

Yellow floatingheart

Nymphoides peltata

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