Guide to Invasive Plants of the Central Kootenays

Invasive plants on the CKISS plant priority list for 2022
See www.ckiss.ca for more information.

African rue 1
Peganum harmala
Annual sow thistle 2
Sonchus oleraceus
Baby’s breath 3
Gypsophila paniculata
Bachelor's button 4
Centaurea cyanus
Black henbane 5
Hyoscyamus niger
Black locust 6
Robinia pseudoacacia
Blueweed 7
Echium vulgare
Buffalobur 8
Solanum rostratum
Bull thistle 9
Cirsium vulgare
Bur chervil 10
Anthriscus caucalis
Burdock 11
Arctium minus
Butterfly Bush 12
Buddleja davidii
Camel thorn 13
Alhagi maurorum
Canada thistle 14
Cirsium arvense
Caraway 15
Carum carvi
Carpet burweed 16
Soliva sessilis
Chicory 17
Cichorium intybus
Chilean tarweed 18
Madia sativa
Clary sage 19
Salvia sclarea
Coltsfoot 20
Tussilago farfara
Common bugloss 21
Anchusa officinalis
Common comfrey 22
Symphytum officinale
Common crupina 23
Crupina vulgaris
Common tansy 25
Tanacetum vulgare
Cordgrass/Common 26
Sporobolus anglicus
Cordgrass/Dense-flower 27
Sporobolus montevidensis
Cordgrass/Salt Meadow 28
Sporobolus pumilus
Cordgrass/Smooth 29
Sporobolus alterniflorus
Curled dock 30
Rumex crispus
Cutleaf blackberry 31
Rubus laciniatus
Cypress spurge 26
Euphorbia cyparissias
Dalmatian toadflax 32
Linaria dalmatica
Dame's rocket 33
Hesperis matronalis
Dodder 34
Cuscuta
Dyer's woad 35
Isatis tinctoria
Eggleaf spurge 36
Euphorbia oblongata
English Ivy 37
Hedera helix
Field bindweed 38
Convolvulus arvensis
Field scabious 39
Knautia arvensis
Flat peavine 40
Lathyrus sylvestris
Flowering rush 41
Butomus umbellatus
Foxtail 42
Alopecurus myosuroides
Garden sorrel 44
Rumex thyrsiflorus
Garlic mustard 45
Alliaria petiolata
Giant hogweed 46
Heracleum mantegazzianum
Giant reed 47
Arundo donax
Goatsrue 48
Galega officinalis
Gorse 49
Ulex europaeus
Goutweed 50
Aegopodium podagraria
Greater celandine 51
Chelidonium majus
Greater knapweed 52
Centaurea scabiosa
Halogen/Saltover 53
Halogeton glomeratus
Mouse-ear Hawkweed 54
Hieracium pilosella
Hawkweed/Orange 55
Pilosella aurantiaca
Hawkweed/Whiplash 56
Pilosella flagellaris
Himalayan blackberry 57
Rubus armeniacus
Hoary alyssum 58
Berteroa incana
Hoary cress 59
Lepidium draba
Hound’s tongue 60
Cynoglossum officinale
Iberian starthistle 61
Centaurea iberica
Italian thistle 62
Carduus pycnocephalus
Johnsongrass 64
Sorghum halepense
Jointed goatgrass 65
Aegilops cylindrica
Knapweed/Bighead 25
Centaurea macrocephala
Knapweed/Black 66
Centaurea nigra
Knapweed/Brown 67
Centaurea jacea
Knapweed/Diffuse 68
Centaurea diffusa
Knapweed/Meadow 69
Centaurea thuillieri
Knapweed/Russian 70
Leuzea repens
Knapweed/Spotted 71
Centaurea stoebe
Knapweed/Squarrose 27
Centaurea virgata squarrosa
Knotweed/Giant 72
Reynoutria sachalinensis
Knotweed/Himalayan 73
Persicaria wallichii
Japanese and Bohemian Knotweed 74
Reynoutria japonica/ x Bohemica
Kudzu 35
Pueraria montana lobata
Leafy spurge 35
Euphorbia esula
Longspine sandbur 75
Cenchrus longispinus
Maltese star thistle 76
Centaurea melitensis
Marsh plume thistle 77
Cirsium palustre
Meadow clary 26
Salvia pratensis
Meadow salsify 78
Tragopogon pratensis
Mediterranean sage 79
Salvia aethiopis
Medusahead 35
Taeniatherum caput-medusae
Mountain bluet 80
Centaurea montana
Mullein 81
Verbascum thapsus
Nodding thistle 82
Carduus nutans
North African Grass 27
Ventenata dubia
Oxeye daisy 83
Leucanthemum vulgare
Perennial sow thistle 84
Sonchus arvensis
Perrenial Pepperweed 85
Lepidium latifolium
Plumeless thistle 86
Carduus acanthoides
Poison hemlock 87
Conium maculatum
Puncturevine 89
Tribulus terrestris
Purple loosestrife 60
Lythrum salicaria
Purple nutsedge 90
Cyperus rotundus
Purple starthistle 91
Centaurea calcitrapa

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