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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 Common Name Nativity
in US*
US STATE CalEPPC FLEPPC HEAR KY NE&GP N'EAST SEEPPC SWSS WI WSWS
Scientific Name

yam-leaved clematis
CLTE4 Clematis terniflora I SEEPPC
yellow alyssum
ALAL3 Alyssum alyssoides I WSWS
yellow bluestem
ANVI2 Andropogon virginicus N STATE HEAR KY N'EAST SWSS
yellow bristlegrass
PEGL2 Pennisetum glaucum I
SEGL2 Setaria glauca STATE NE&GP; N'EAST SWSS WSWS
yellow bristlegrass
SEPUP Setaria pumila ssp. pallidifusca I
SEPA82 Setaria pallidifusca US STATE
yellow bush lupine
LUAR Lupinus arboreus N CalEPPC
yellow dock
RUCR Rumex crispus I STATE KY NE&GP; N'EAST SWSS WSWS
yellow fieldcress
ROSY Rorippa sylvestris I STATE
yellow flag
IRPS Iris pseudacorus I STATE CalEPPC
yellow floating heart
NYPE Nymphoides peltata I STATE
yellow foxtail
PEGL2 Pennisetum glaucum I
SEGL2 Setaria glauca STATE NE&GP; N'EAST SWSS WSWS
yellow ginger
HEFL5 Hedychium flavescens I HEAR
yellow goat's beard
TRDU Tragopogon dubius I KY NE&GP; N'EAST SEEPPC SWSS WSWS
yellow hawkweed
HICA10 Hieracium caespitosum I STATE
HIPR Hieracium pratense STATE N'EAST
yellow hawkweed
HICA3 Hieracium canadense N WI
yellow Himalayan raspberry
RUELO Rubus ellipticus var. obcordatus I STATE HEAR N'EAST
yellow kingdevil
HICA10 Hieracium caespitosum I STATE
HIPR Hieracium pratense STATE N'EAST
yellow locust
ROPS Robinia pseudoacacia N CalEPPC N'EAST
yellow nutgrass
CYES Cyperus esculentus NI STATE KY NE&GP; N'EAST SWSS WSWS
yellow nutsedge
CYES Cyperus esculentus NI STATE KY NE&GP; N'EAST SWSS WSWS
yellow oxalis
OXCO Oxalis corniculata N WSWS
yellow passionflower
PALU2 Passiflora lutea N SWSS
yellow passionfruit
PALI8 Passiflora ligularis I HEAR
yellow rabbitbrush
CHVI8 Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus N WSWS
yellow rocket
BAVU Barbarea vulgaris I KY NE&GP; N'EAST SWSS
yellow starthistle
CESO3 Centaurea solstitialis I STATE CalEPPC SWSS WSWS
yellow sweetclover
MEOF Melilotus officinalis I NE&GP; SEEPPC WI WSWS
yellow thistle
CIHO2 Cirsium horridulum N SWSS
yellow toadflax
LIVU2 Linaria vulgaris I STATE NE&GP; N'EAST WSWS
yellow top
GUSA2 Gutierrezia sarothrae N NE&GP; WSWS
yellow trefoil
MELU Medicago lupulina I KY NE&GP; N'EAST SWSS WSWS
yellow watercress
ROPA2 Rorippa palustris N NE&GP; N'EAST
yellow weed
RABU Ranunculus bulbosus I N'EAST
yellow wood sorrel
OXCO Oxalis corniculata N WSWS
yellow woodsorrel
OXST Oxalis stricta N KY NE&GP; N'EAST SWSS
yellowdicks
HEAM Helenium amarum N KY SWSS
yelloweye forget-me-not
MYSC Myosotis scorpioides I WI
yellowspine thistle
CIOC2 Cirsium ochrocentrum N STATE NE&GP; WSWS
yerba de caballo
ELMO5 Elephantopus mollis N STATE
yerba de tago
ECPR Eclipta prostrata N KY N'EAST SWSS
yerba parda
HECI Helianthus ciliaris N STATE SWSS WSWS
Yorkshire fog
HOLA Holcus lanatus I CalEPPC HEAR N'EAST WSWS
yucca
YUGL Yucca glauca N NE&GP; WSWS

*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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