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NRCS Invasive Species policy
Invasive Species Executive Order 13112
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US Federal Noxious Weed List
STATE State noxious weed lists for 35 states
CalEPPC California Exotic Pest Plant Council, Exotic pest plant list
FLEPPC Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council, Invasive plant list
HEAR Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Information index for selected alien plants in Hawaii
KY Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: A field guide
NE&GP Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains
N'EAST Weeds of the Northeast
SEEPPC Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council, Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee
SWSS Southern Weed Science Society, Weeds of the United States and Canada
WI Wisconsin manual of control recommendations for ecologically invasive plants
WSWS Weeds of the West
Symbol Scientific Name Nativity
in US*		 US STATE CalEPPC FLEPPC HEAR KY NE&GP N'EAST SEEPPC SWSS WI WSWS
Common Name
LAFL Lactuca floridana N SWSS
woodland lettuce
LASE Lactuca serriola I KY NE&GP; N'EAST SWSS WSWS
prickly lettuce
China lettuce
wild lettuce
LATAP Lactuca tatarica var. pulchella N
LAPU Lactuca pulchella STATE NE&GP; WSWS
blue lettuce
LAGAR Lagarosiphon STATE
African elodea
LAMA15 Lagarosiphon major XU US STATE
African elodea
South African oxygen weed
oxygen weed
LAMO5 Lagascea mollis I STATE
acuate
LAAM Lamium amplexicaule I KY NE&GP; N'EAST SWSS WSWS
henbit
LAPU2 Lamium purpureum I WSWS
purple deadnettle
red deadnettle
LAPUI Lamium purpureum var. incisum I SWSS
hybrid deadnettle
purple deadnettle
red deadnettle
LACA2 Lantana camara N FLEPPC HEAR
lantana
LAOC3 Lappula occidentalis N NE&GP; WSWS
western sticktight
flatspine stickseed
LACO3 Lapsana communis I WSWS
nipplewort
common nipplewort
LATR2 Larrea tridentata N WSWS
creosotebush
LALA4 Lathyrus latifolius I SWSS WSWS
everlasting peavine
perennial peavine
perennial pea
LECA2 Leonurus cardiaca I NE&GP;
motherwort
common motherwort
LEAU3 Lepidium austrinum N SWSS
southern pepperwort
LECA5 Lepidium campestre I KY N'EAST
field pepperweed
LEDE Lepidium densiflorum N NE&GP;
greenflower pepperweed
peppergrass
common pepperweed
LELA2 Lepidium latifolium I STATE CalEPPC WSWS
perennial pepperweed
broadleaved peppergrass
tall whitetop
Virginia pepperweed
LEPE2 Lepidium perfoliatum I WSWS
clasping pepperweed
LEVI3 Lepidium virginicum N N'EAST SWSS
Virginia pepperweed
poorman's pepper
peppergrass
Virginian peppercress
LECH2 Leptochloa chinensis XU US STATE
Asian sprangletop
LEFUF Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis N SWSS
bearded sprangletop
LEFA Leptochloa fascicularis NE&GP;
bearded sprangletop
sprangletop
LEFUU Leptochloa fusca ssp. uninervia N
LEUN2 Leptochloa uninervia WSWS
Mexican sprangletop
LEPA3 Leptochloa panicoides N SWSS
Amazon sprangletop
LESC2 Leptospermum scoparium I HEAR
New Zealand tea
LEHO7 Lepyrodiclis holosteoides I STATE
lepyrodiclis
LEBI2 Lespedeza bicolor I SEEPPC
bicolor lespedeza
LECU Lespedeza cuneata I STATE SEEPPC
Chinese lespedeza
sericea lespedeza
LELE10 Leucaena leucocephala N FLEPPC HEAR
lead tree
koa haole
LEVU Leucanthemum vulgare I STATE CalEPPC
oxeye daisy
CHLE80 Chrysanthemum leucanthemum STATE SEEPPC WSWS
oxeye daisy
CHLEP Chrysanthemum leucanthemum var. pinnatifidum STATE KY N'EAST SWSS WI
oxeye daisy
marguerite
LILU2 Ligustrum lucidum I FLEPPC
glossy privet
tree privet
LIOB Ligustrum obtusifolium I STATE
blunt-leaved privet
LISI Ligustrum sinense I FLEPPC SEEPPC
Chinese privet
LIVU Ligustrum vulgare I SEEPPC WI
European privet
wild privet
common privet
LISP2 Limnobium spongia N STATE
spongeplant
LIFL5 Limnocharis flava XU STATE
Sawah flowering rush
LIIN5 Limnophila indica I STATE
ambulia
LISE3 Limnophila sessiliflora I US STATE
Asian marshweed
limnophila
ambulia
LIDA Linaria dalmatica I STATE
Dalmatian toadflax
LIDAD Linaria dalmatica ssp. dalmatica I STATE
Dalmatian toadflax
LIGED Linaria genistifolia ssp. dalmatica STATE WSWS
Dalmatian toadflax
LIGE Linaria genistifolia I STATE
narrow-leaved Dalmatian toadflax
LIVU2 Linaria vulgaris I STATE NE&GP; N'EAST WSWS
yellow toadflax
butter and eggs
ramsted
flaxweed
wild snapdragon
Jacob's ladder
LICH3 Livistona chinensis I FLEPPC
Chinese fan palm
fountain palm
LOAR10 Lolium arundinaceum I
FEAR3 Festuca arundinacea CalEPPC NE&GP; N'EAST SWSS WSWS
tall fescue
Alta fescue
reed fescue
coarse fescue
LOPEM2 Lolium perenne ssp. multiflorum I CalEPPC N'EAST SWSS
Italian ryegrass
annual ryegrass
LOMU Lolium multiflorum WSWS
Italian ryegrass
annual ryegrass
LOPR7 Lolium pratense I
FEPR Festuca pratensis SEEPPC
tall fescue
LOTE2 Lolium temulentum I STATE
darnel
LOBE Lonicera �bella I STATE WI
bella honeysuckle
whitebell honesuckle
LOFR Lonicera fragrantissima I SEEPPC
January jasmine
sweet breath-of-spring
LOJA Lonicera japonica I STATE FLEPPC HEAR N'EAST SEEPPC SWSS WI
Japanese honeysuckle
Chinese honeysuckle
LOMA6 Lonicera maackii I STATE SEEPPC WI
Amur bush honeysuckle
LOMO2 Lonicera morrowii I STATE SEEPPC WI
Morrow's honeysuckle
Morrow's bush honeysuckle
LOTA Lonicera tatarica I STATE N'EAST WI
Tartarian honeysuckle
bush honeysuckle
LOCO9 Lophostemon confertus I HEAR
vinegartree
LOCO6 Lotus corniculatus I NE&GP; N'EAST
birdfoot deervetch
birdsfoot trefoil
bloomfell
cat's clover
crowtoes
ground honeysuckle
LUDE4 Ludwigia decurrens N SWSS
wingleaf primrose-willow
LUPE5 Ludwigia peploides N KY SWSS
creeping waterprimrose
floating primrose-willow
LUUR Ludwigia uruguayensis I STATE SEEPPC
Uruguay waterprimrose
hairy water-primrose
LUHE5 Ludwigia hexapetala STATE
Uraguay waterprimrose
LUCR5 Lunularia cruciata ? N'EAST
liverwort
LUAR Lupinus arboreus N CalEPPC
yellow bush lupine
LUPE3 Lupinus perennis N SWSS
sundial lupine
LUPL Lupinus plattensis N NE&GP;
Platte lupine
Nebraska lupine
LUPU Lupinus pusillus N NE&GP;
low lupine
rusty lupine
small lupine
LUWY Lupinus wyethii N WSWS
Wyeth lupine
LYBA4 Lycium barbarum I
LYHA Lycium halimifolium NE&GP;
matrimony vine
LYFE3 Lycium ferrocissimum XU US STATE
African boxthorn
boxthorn
LYAM Lycopus americanus N NE&GP;
American bugleweed
water horehound
American water horehound
LYJU Lygodesmia juncea N NE&GP; WSWS
skeletonweed
rush skeletonplant
rush skeletonweed
LYJA Lygodium japonicum I STATE FLEPPC
Japanese climbing fern
LYMI Lygodium microphyllum I STATE FLEPPC
small leaf climbing fern
Old World climbing fern
LYNU Lysimachia nummularia I N'EAST SEEPPC WI
moneywort
creeping jenny
LYVU Lysimachia vulgaris I STATE
garden loosestrife
LYTHR Lythrum STATE
purple loosestrife
LYSA2 Lythrum salicaria I STATE CalEPPC NE&GP; N'EAST SEEPPC SWSS WI WSWS
purple loosestrife
spiked loosestrife
rainbow weed
salicaire
purple lythrum
LYVI3 Lythrum virgatum I
*N =Native, N? =probably native, NI=some populations native, some introduced, I =Introduced, I? =probably introduced, XU = Not in US or cultivated, ? =unknown.
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