Invasive Plants of California's Wildlands

Plants listed by common name

Tamarix spp.	*Ailanthus altissima* ailanthus; tree-of-heaven
*Aptenia cordifolia* apple, baby sun rose, heartleaf iceplant, dew plant	*Cynara cardunculus* artichoke thistle, cardoon, desert artichoke, wild artichoke
*Atriplex semibaccata* Australian saltbush	*Bassia hyssopifolia* bassia, five-hook bassia, thorn orache, five-horn smotherweed
*Robinia pseudoacacia* black locust	*Eucalyptus globulus* blue gum, Tasmanian blue gum, common eucalyptus
*Schinus terebinthifolius* Brazilian pepper tree, Christmas-berry tree, Christmasberry, Florida holly	*Retama monosperma* bridal veil broom
*Cirsium vulgare* bull thistle, spear thistle	*Alhagi pseudalhagi* camelthorn, camels thorn, camel-thorn, Caspian manna, Persian manna
*Cirsium arvense* Canada thistle, California thistle, creeping thistle, corn thistle, perennial thistle, field thistle	*Arctotheca calendula* capeweed, South African capeweed, cape dandelion, cape gold
*Ricinus communis* castor bean	*Bromus tectorum* cheatgrass, downy brome, downy cheat, downy chess, early chess, drooping brome, cheatgrass brome, wild oats, military grass
*Spartina anglica* common cordgrass	*Verbascum thapsus* common mullein, wooly mullein, great mullein, mullein, Jacob’s staff, flannel leaf, velvet plant, candlewick plant, lung wort, felt wort
Cotoneaster spp. cotoneaster, silverleaf cotoneaster, rockspray cotoneaster	*Mesembryanthemum crystallinum* crystalline iceplant, common iceplant
Erechtites spp. cutleaf fireweed, cutleaf burnweed, New Zealand fireweed, Australian burnweed; Australian fireweed, little fireweed, coastal burnweed, Australian burnweed	*Spartina densiflora* dense-flowered cordgrass
*Ficus carica* edible fig, common fig	*Egeria densa* egeria, leafy elodea, dense waterweed, Brazilian waterweed, anacharis, Brazilian elodea
*Hedera helix* English ivy	*Ageratina adenophora* eupatory, Crofton weed, sticky snakeroot, catweed, hemp agrimony, sticky agrimony, sticky eupatorium
*Myriophyllum spicatum* Eurasian watermilfoil, spike watermilfoil	*Ammophila arenaria* European beachgrass
*Foeniculum vulgare* fennel, anise, sweet fennel, aniseed, sweet anise, sweet fennel	*Pennisetum setaceum* fountain grass, crimson fountaingrass
*Digitalis purpurea* foxglove, purple foxglove	**Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens** foxtail chess; red brome, compact brome, Spanish brome
*Genista monspessulana* French broom, soft broom, canary broom, Montpellier broom	*Tamarix gallica* French tamarisk
*Delairea odorata* German ivy	*Arundo donax* giant reed, giant cane
*Ulex europaea* gorse, common gorse	*Halogeton glomeratus* halogeton
*Phalaris aquatica* Harding grass	*Helichrysum petiolare* helichrysum, licorice plant
*Carpobrotus edulis* highway iceplant, Hottentot fig, iceplant	*Rubus discolor* Himalayan blackberry, Himalayaberry
*Hydrilla verticillata* hydrilla, water thyme, Florida elodea	*Carduus pycnocephalus* Italian thistle, slender thistle, shore thistle, Italian plumeless thistle
*Cortaderia jubata* jubata grass, pampas grass, Andes grass, selloa pampas grass, cortaderia, pink pampas grass, purple pampas grass	*Euphorbia esula* leafy spurge, wolf's milk
*Cardaria chalepensis* lens-podded hoary cress	Schismus spp. Mediterranean grass, Arabian schismus, schismus, split grass
*Bellardia trixago* Mediterranean linseed, garden bellardia	*Taeniatherum caput-medusae* medusahead
*Myoporum laetum* myoporum, ngaio tree (New Zealand)	*Conicosia pugioniformis* narrow-leafed iceplant, false iceplant, conicosia
*Tamarix chinensis* none	*Leucanthemum vulgare* ox-eye daisy, marguerite, moon daisy, dog daisy
*Cortaderia selloana* pampas grass, Uruguayan pampas grass	*Myriophyllum aquaticum* parrot’s feather, parrot feather watermilfoil, Brazilian water milfoil
*Mentha pulegium* pennyroyal	*Lepidium latifolium* perennial pepperweed; tall white top, broadleaved pepperweed
Ehrharta spp. perennial veldt grass; ehrharta, panic veldt grass; annual veldt grass	*Vinca major* periwinkle, bigleaf periwinkle
*Conium maculatum* poison hemlock, carrot fern, poison parsley, spotted hemlock	*Cytisus striatus* Portuguese broom
*Lythrum salicaria* purple loosestrife	*Centaurea calcitrapa* purple starthistle, red star thistle, red starthistle, St. Barnaby’s thistle, golden starthistle
*Elaeagnus angustifolia* Russian olive, oleaster	*Brassica tournefortii* Sahara mustard, Asian mustard
*Spartina patens* salt-meadow cordgrass	*Cytisus scoparius* Scotch broom, English broom, common broom
*Crataegus monogyna* single-seed hawthorn, whitethorn	*Tamarix parviflora* smallflower tamarisk, tamarisk, four-stamen tamarisk
*Spartina alterniflora* smooth cordgrass	*Spartium junceum* Spanish broom, gorse, weaver’s broom
*Tamarix ramosissima* tamarisk, saltcedar	*Senecio jacobaea* tansy ragwort, stinking willie
*Centaurea melitensis* tocolote, Maltese star thistle, Napa star thistle, Malta starthistle	*Eichhornia crassipes* water hyacinth, common water hyacinth
*Cardaria draba* white top, perennial pepper-grass, heart-podded hoary cress, pepperwort, white-top, pepperweed whitetop, hoary cress, whitetop, white weed	*Lupinus arboreus* yellow bush lupine, coastal bush lupine
*Centaurea solstitialis* yellow starthistle

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