ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
TITLE 17: CONSERVATION
CHAPTER I: DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER c: ENDANGERED SPECIES
PART 1100 REGULATIONS FOR EXOTIC WEEDS
SECTION 1100.30 OFFICIAL LIST OF EXOTIC WEEDS


 

Section 1100.30  Official List of Exotic Weeds

 

Name of plant species vary for the same species and can change.  Updates of nomenclature do not remove the exotic weed designation of a species.

 

COMMON NAME

SCIENTIFIC NAME

tree of heaven

Ailanthus altissima

garlic mustard

Alliaria petiolata

Oriental bittersweet

Celastrus orbiculatus

poison hemlock

Conium maculatum

teasels

Dipsacus spp.

Russian olive

Elaeagnus angustifolia

thorny olive

Elaeagnus pungens

autumn olive

Elaeagnus umbellata

leafy spurge

Euphorbia virgata

lesser celandine

Ficaria verna

glossy buckthorn

Frangula alnus

giant hogweed

Heracleum mantegazzianum

sericea lespedeza

Lespedeza cuneata

winter honeysuckle

Lonicera fragrantissima

Japanese honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica

Amur honeysuckle

Lonicera maackii

Morrow's honeysuckle

Lonicera morrowii

Tatarian honeysuckle

Lonicera tatarica

purple loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria

Japanese stiltgrass

Microstegium vimineum

Amur corktree

Phellodendron amurense

kudzu

Pueraria montana

Japanese knotweed

Reynoutria japonica

giant knotweed

Reynoutria sachalinensis

Bohemian knotweed

Reynoutria x bohemica

saw-toothed buckthorn

Rhamnus arguta

common buckthorn

Rhamnus cathartica

Dahurian buckthorn

Rhamnus davurica

Japanese buckthorn

Rhamnus japonica

Chinese buckthorn

Rhamnus utilis

multiflora rose

Rosa multiflora

salt cedars

Tamarix spp.

black swallow-wort

Vincetoxicum nigrum

pale swallow-wort

Vincetoxicum rossicum

 

 

The following shall be included as exotic weeds starting January 1, 2028.

callery pear

Pyrus calleryana