Plant Industry - Noxious Weeds List
Class A Noxious Weeds (Federally-listed species)
Other Class A Noxious Weeds
- Crassula helmsii (Swamp Stonecrop)
- Lagarosiphon spp. (African Elodea)
- Nymphoides cristata (Floating Heart, Crested)
- Nymphoides indica (Water snowflake)
- Nymphoides peltata (Floating Heart, Yello
- Salvinia spp. (all except S. minima) (Water Fern)
- Trapa spp. (Water-Chestnut)
Class B Noxious Weeds
- Carduus acanthoides L. (Plumeless Thistle)
- Carduus nutans L. (Musk Thistle)
- Cayratia japonica (Thunb.) Gagnep. (Bushkiller)
- Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. (Canada Thistle)
- Ludwigia hexapetala (Hook & Arn.) Zardini, Gu & Raven (Uruguay Waterprimrose)
- Lythrum spp.(Any Lythrum spp. not native to North Carolina)
- Myriophyllum spicatum L. (Eurasian Watermilfoil)
- Persicaria perfoliata (Mile-a-Minute Weed)
- Rorippa sylvestris (L.) Bess. (Yellow Fieldcress)
- Tribulus terrestris L. (Puncturevine)
- Vitex rotundifolia L.f. (Beach Vitex)
Class C Noxious Weeds