Nebraska Invasive Species



			Monitoring, Mapping, Risk, and Management

Invasive Plant Species of Nebraska

Species	Common Name	Family	Physiog	Invasive	Potentially Invasive	Likely Invasive

ACER GINNALA	Amur maple	ACERACEAE	TREE			X
ACROPTILON REPENS (Centaurea repens)	Russian Knapweed	ASTERACEAE	P-FORB			X
AGROPYRON CRISTATUM	Crested Wheatgrass	POACEAE	P-GRASS			X
AGROSTIS GIGANTEA (A. stolonifera var. major)	Redtop	POACEAE	P-GRASS	X
AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA	Tree-of-heaven	SIMAROUBACEAE	TREE			X
ALLIARIA PETIOLATA	Garlic Mustard	BRASSICACEAE	B-FORB	X
ALOPECURUS ARUNDINACEUS	Garrison Creeping-foxtail	POACEAE	P-GRASS	X
ARCTIUM MINUS	Common Burdock	ASTERACEAE	B-FORB			X
ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM	Absinthe Wormwood	ASTERACEAE	P-FORB			X
BERBERIS THUNBERGII	Japanese Barberry	BERBERIDACEAE	SHRUB			X
BOTHRIOCHLOA BLADHII (Andropogon bladhii)	Australian Beard Grass	POACEAE	P-GRASS			X
BOTHRIOCHLOA ISCHAEMUM var. SONGARICA (A. ischaemum)	Turkestan Beard Grass	POACEAE	P-GRASS		X
BROMUS INERMIS	Smooth Brome	POACEAE	P-GRASS	X
BROMUS JAPONICUS	Japenese Brome	POACEAE	A-GRASS	X
BROMUS SQUARROSUS	Nodding Cheat	POACEAE	A-GRASS			X
BROMUS TECTORUM	Downy Brome	POACEAE	A-GRASS	X
BUTOMUS UMBELLATUS	Flowering-rush	BUTOMACEAE	P-FORB		X
CARAGANA ARBORESCENS	Siberian Peashrub	FABACEAE	SHRUB		X
CARDUUS ACANTHOIDES	Plumeless Thistle	ASTERACEAE	B-FORB			X
CARDUUS NUTANS	Musk Thistle	ASTERACEAE	B-FORB			X
CENTAUREA DIFFUSA	Diffuse Knapweed	ASTERACEAE	B-FORB			X
CENTAUREA STOEBE ssp. MICRANTHOS (C. maculosa, misapplied)	Spotted Knapweed	ASTERACEAE	B-FORB			X
CIRSIUM ARVENSE	Canada Thistle	ASTERACEAE	P-FORB	X
CIRSIUM VULGARE	Bull Thistle	ASTERACEAE	B-FORB			X
CONIUM MACULATUM	Poison-hemlock	APIACEAE	B-FORB			X
CYNOGLOSSUM OFFICINALE	Hound's Tongue	BORAGINACEAE	B-FORB			X
DACTYLIS GLOMERATA	Orchard Grass	POACEAE	P-GRASS			X
DIGITALIS LANATA	Grecian Foxglove	PLANTAGINACEAE	P-FORB		X
DIPSACUS FULLONUM	Common Teasel	DIPSACACEAE	B-FORB		X
DIPSACUS LACINIATUS	Cutleaf Teasel	DIPSACACEAE	B-FORB			X
ECHINOCHLOA CRUS-GALLI	Large Barnyard Grass	POACEAE	A-GRASS			X
ELAEAGNUS ANGUSTIFOLIA	Russian Olive	ELAEAGNACEAE	TREE	X
ELAEAGNUS UMBELLATA	Autumn Olive	ELAEAGNACEAE	SHRUB			X
ELYMUS HISPIDUS (Agropyron intermedium)	Intermediate Wheatgrass	POACEAE	P-GRASS	X		X
ELYMUS REPENS (Agropyron repens)	Quackgrass	POACEAE	P-GRASS			X
EUONYMUS ALATUS	Winged Spindletree	CELASTRACEAE	SHRUB		X
EUONYMUS HEDERACEUS (E. fortunei)	Chinese Spindletree	CELASTRACEAE	W-VINE		X
EUPHORBIA ESULA (including E. Xpseudovirigata)	Leafy Spurge	EUPHORBIACEAE	P-FORB	X
FALCARIA VULGARIS	Sickleweed	APIACEAE	P-FORB		X
FALLOPIA JAPONICA var. JAPONICA (Polygonum cuspidatum)	Japanese Knotweed	POLYGONACEAE	P-FORB		X
FRANGULA ALNUS (Rhamnus frangula)	European Alder-buckthorn	RHAMNACEAE	SHRUB			X
GALIUM VERUM	Yellow Bedstraw	RUBIACEAE	P-FORB			X
GLECHOMA HEDERACEA	Ground-ivy	LAMIACEAE	P-FORB			X
HALOGETON GLOMERATUS	Common Halogeton	CHENOPODIACEAE	A-FORB			X
HESPERIS MATRONALIS	Dame's Rocket	BRASSICACEAE	B-FORB			X
HUMULUS JAPONICUS	Japanese Hop	CANNABACEAE	A-VINE			X
HYPERICUM PERFORATUM	Common St. John's-wort	HYPERICACEAE	P-FORB	X
IRIS PSEUDACORUS	Yellow Water Iris	IRIDACEAE	P-FORB			X
LEPIDIUM LATIFOLIUM	Broadleaf Pepperwort	BRASSICACEAE	P-FORB			X
LESPEDEZA CUNEATA	Chinese Bush-clover	FABACEAE	P-FORB	X
LEUCANTHEMUM VULGARE (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum)	Ox-eye Daisy	ASTERACEAE	P-FORB			X
LIGUSTRUM OBTUSIFOLIUM	Border Privet	OLEACEAE	SHRUB			X
LIGUSTRUM VULGARE	European Privet	OLEACEAE	SHRUB			X
LINARIA DALMATICA ssp. DALMATICA	Dalmatian Toadflax	PLANTAGINACEAE	P-FORB			X
LINARIA VULGARIS	Yellow Toadflax	PLANTAGINACEAE	P-FORB		X
LONICERA JAPONICA	Japanese Honeysuckle	CAPRIFOLIACEAE	W-VINE		X
LONICERA MAACKII	Amur Honeysuckle	CAPRIFOLIACEAE	SHRUB			X
LONICERA MORROWII	Morrow Honeysuckle	CAPRIFOLIACEAE	SHRUB		X
LONICERA TATARICA (including hybrids)	Tatarian Honeysuckle	CAPRIFOLIACEAE	SHRUB			X
LOTUS CORNICULATUS	Bird's-foot Trefoil	FABACEAE	P-FORB		X
LOTUS TENUIS	Narrow-leaf Trefoil	FABACEAE	P-FORB			X
LYSIMACHIA NUMMULARIA	Moneywort	MYRSINACEAE	P-FORB			X
LYTHRUM SALICARIA	Purple Loosestrife	LYTHRACEAE	P-FORB	X
MACLURA POMIFERA	Osage Orange	MORACEAE	TREE			X
MARRUBIUM VULGARE	Horehound	LAMIACEAE	P-FORB			X
MELILOTUS ALBUS	White Sweet-clover	FABACEAE	B-FORB	X
MELILOTUS OFFICINALIS	Yellow Sweet-clover	FABACEAE	B-FORB	X
MORUS ALBA	White Mulberry	MORACEAE	TREE	X
MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM	Eurasian Water Milfoil	HALORAGACEAE	P-FORB			X
NASTURTIUM MICROPHYLLUM	Small Watercress	BRASSICACEAE	P-FORB			X
NASTURTIUM OFFICINALE	Common Watercress	BRASSICACEAE	P-FORB	X
ONOPORDUM ACANTHIUM	Scotch-thistle	ASTERACEAE	B-FORB			X
PERSICARIA MINOR	Small Water-pepper	POLYGONACEAE	A-FORB			X
Phalaris arundinacea	Reed Canary Grass	POACEAE	P-GRASS	X
PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS ssp. AUSTRALIS	Common Reed	POACEAE	P-GRASS	X
POA COMPRESSA	Canada Bluegrass	POACEAE	P-GRASS			X
POA PRATENSIS	Kentucky Bluegrass	POACEAE	P-GRASS	X
POTAMOGETON CRISPUS	Curly Pondweed	POTAMOGETONACEAE	P-FORB			X
POTENTILLA RECTA	Sulfur Cinquefoil	ROSACEAE	P-FORB			X
RHAMNUS CATHARTICA	Common Buckthorn	RHAMNACEAE	SHRUB	X
RHAMNUS DAVURICA	Dahurian Buckthorn	RHAMNACEAE	SHRUB			X
RHUS TYPHINA	Staghorn Sumac	ANACARDIACEAE	SHRUB			X
ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA	Black Locust	FABACEAE	TREE			X
RORIPPA SYLVESTRIS	Creeping Yellowcress	BRASSICACEAE	P-FORB			X
ROSA MULTIFLORA	Multiflora Rose	ROSACEAE	SHRUB	X
SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS (Festuca arundinacea)	Tall Fescue	POACEAE	P-GRASS			X
SCHEDONORUS PRATENSIS (Festuca pratensis)	Meadow Fescue	POACEAE	P-GRASS			X
SECURIGERA VARIA (Coronilla varia)	Crown Vetch	FABACEAE	P-FORB			X
SIDERITIS MONTANA	Mountain Ironwort	LAMIACEAE	A-FORB		X
SONCHUS ARVENSIS var. GLABRESCENS (S. arvensis ssp. uliginosus)	Field Sow Thistle	ASTERACEAE	P-FORB	X		X
TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA	Salt-cedar	TAMARICACEAE	SHRUB			X
TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA	Narrowleaf Cattail	TYPHACEAE	P-FORB	X
ULMUS PUMILA (including hybrids)	Siberian Elm	ULMACEAE	TREE			X
VERONICA HEDERIFOLIA	Ivy-leaf Speedwell	PLANTAGINACEAE	A-FORB			X
VIBURNUM OPULUS var. OPULUS	European Highbush Cranberry	ADOXACEAE	SHRUB		X
VINCETOXICUM NIGRUM (Cynanchum nigrum)	Black Swallow-wort	ASCLEPIADACEAE	P-VINE		X