Nebraska Invasive Species Project

Monitoring Mapping Risk and Management


Below are the lists of Priority and Established invasive plants found in eco-region4: Tallgrass Prairie

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

tallgrass

Invasive Plants of eco-region 4: Tallgrass Prairie

Amur maple (Acer Ginnala)

amur maple USDA, USFS

Russian knapweed (Acroptilon repens (Centaurea repens))

  USDA 1, USDA 2

Australian beardgrass (Caucasian bluestem) (Bothriochola bladhii)

  USDA

Yellow Bluestem (Bothriochola ischaemum)

  USDA 1, USDA 2

Black knapweed (Centaurea moncktonii)

  USDA, Invasive.org

Yellow star-thistle (Centaurea solstitalis)

  USCAE, USFS

Sweet autumn virgin's-bower (Clematis terniflora)

  USDA, ISSG.org

Cutleaf teasel (Dipsacus laciniatus)

  Invasive.org, WI DNR

Sickleweed (Falcaria vulgaris)

  USDA, USFS

Goat's-rue (Galega officinalis) *Federal Noxious Weed

  USDA, USFS

Yellow bedstraw (Galium verum)

  Invasive.org, USDA

Japanese (Morrow, Showy Fly) honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica, L morrowii, L. morrowii x tatarica)

  USDA, NPS

Eurasian water-milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)

  USGS, USDA

Kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata)

  USDA, USFS
 
Category 3: Established Invasive Plants

Crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum and hybrids)

  USFS, Invasive.org

Redtop (Agrostis gigantean)

  Invasive.org, ISSG.org

Tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima)

  USDA, NPS

Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

  USDA, NPS

Field Garlic (Allium vineale)

  USDA, Invasive.org

Garrison creeping foxtail (Alopecurus arundinaceus)

  USDA

Absinthe wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)

  USDA, Invasive.org

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

Common teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)

  USDA, Invasive.org

Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia)

  NPS, USDA

Autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellate)

  USDA, ISSG.org

Intermediate wheatgrass (Elymus hispidus)

  USDA

Quackgrass (Elymus repens)

  USDA, Invasive.org

Japanese Hops (Humulus japonicas)

  NPS, MIPN

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

  USDA, USFS

Globe-pod, lens-pod, heart-pod hoary cress (Lepidium (Cardaria) draba, appelianum, chalepense)

  USDA, USFS

Chinese bush-clover (Lespedeza cuneata)

  NPS, Invasive.org

Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)

  Invasive.org, IPA

Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii)

  Invasive.org, NPS

Tatarian honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica and hybrids)

  Invasive.org, USDA

Osage-orange (Maclura pomifera)

  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