Nebraska Invasive Species Project

Monitoring Mapping Risk and Management


Below are the lists of Priority and Established invasive plants found in eco-region2: the sandhills

The eco-regions are based on the Nebraska Natural Legacy Project developed by Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

 

sandhills

Invasive Plants of eco-region 2: Sandhills

Black knapweed (Centaurea moncktonii)

  USDA, Invasive.org

Yellow bedstraw (Galium verum)

  Invasive.org, USDA

Broadleaf pepperwort/Perennial pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium)

  Invasive.org, USDA

Eurasian water-milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)

  USGS, USDA
 
Category 3: Established Invasive Plants

Crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum and hybrids)

  USFS, Invasive.org

Redtop (Agrostis gigantean)

  Invasive.org, ISSG.org

Garrison creeping foxtail (Alopecurus arundinaceus)

  USDA

Smooth brome (Bromus inermis)

  Invasive.org, ISSG.org

Japanese brome (Bromus japonicas)

  USCA, CA-IPC,

Downy brome (Bromus tectorum)

  USDA, ISSG.org

Hound's tongue (Cynoglossum officinale)

  USDA, ISSG.org

Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia)

  NPS, USDA

Intermediate wheatgrass (Elymus hispidus)

  USDA

Quackgrass (Elymus repens)

  USDA, Invasive.org

Common St. John's-wort (Hypericum perforatum)

  USDA, USFS

Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)

  Invasive.org, IPA

Tatarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica and hybrids)

  Invasive.org, USDA

Black medick (Medicago lupulina)

  NDDA, USDA

White sweetclover (Melilotus albus)

  ISSG.org, WI DNR

Yellow sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis)

  Invasive.org, UNL DC

White mulberry (Morus alba)

  Invasive.org, USDA

Common watercress (Nasturtium officinale)

  Invasive.org, USDA

Reed canary-grass (Phalaris arundinacea)

  USDA, ISSG.org

Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis)

  Invasive.org, USDA

Common (European), Dahurian buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica, davurica)

  USDA, NPS

Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia)

  NPS, USDA

Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)

  NPS, USDA

Tall fescue (Schedonorus arundinaceus)

  Invasive.org, USDA

Crown vetch (Securigera varia)

  Invasive.org, ISSG.org

Field sow-thistle (Sonchus arvensis var. glabrescens)

  USDA, USFS

Tall wheatgrass (Thinopyrum ponticum, Elymus elongatus var. ponticus)

  Invasive.org, USDA

Narrow-leaf cattail (Typha angustifolia and hybrids)

  Invasive.org, USDA

Siberian elm (Ulmus pumila)

  NPS, Invasive.org

Hairy vetch (Vicia villosa)

  USFS, USDA
     
Noxious Weeds of Nebraska (visit Nebraska Department of Agriculture)

Plumeless thistle (Carduus acanthoides)

plumless thistle

  IANR Publication

Musk thistle (Carduus nutans)

musk thistle

  IANR Publication

Diffuse and Spotted knapweed (Centaurea diffusa, Centaurea stoebe spp. micranthos)

knapweed

  IANR Publication

Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Canada Thistle

  IANR Publication

Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula)

leafy spurge

  IANR Publication

Japanese knotweed, Giant knotweed (Fallopia japonica, F. sachalinenis, and thier cultivars and hybrids)

knotweed

Photo: Mitch Coffin

 

Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria, L. virgatum)

loosestrife

  IANR Publication

Common reed (Phragmites australis ssp. australis)

phragmites

  IANR Publication

Saltcedar (Tamarix ramosissima and hybrids)

saltcedar

  IANR Publication