Noxious Weeds

All noxious weeds are non-native species and a plant is named by the State weed advisory board as a noxious weed when it meets one or more of the following criteria:

Aggressively invades or is detrimental to economic crops or native plant communities.

The direct or indirect effect of the presence of this plant is detrimental environmentally to natural or agricultural ecosystems.

All noxious weeds are invasive due to the lack of natural insects and disease to keep their populations in check.

Leafy Spurge	Can cause severe irritation of the mouth and digestive tract in cattle which may cause death.
Canada thistle	A colony forming perennial from deep and extensive horizontal roots. Difficult to control; breaking up roots by plowing only increases the number of plants.
Dalmatian toadflax	Can easily crowd out desired forage.
Diffuse knapweed	Threaten pastures and rangelands.
Field bindweed	Difficult to eradicate because of the long, deep taproot which can penetrate the soil to a depth of 10 feet and which gives rise to numerous long lateral roots.
Musk thistle	Invades pasture, range and forest lands along with roadsides, waste areas, ditch banks, stream banks and grain fields.
Purple loosestrife	Infestations can impede water flow and reduce habitat for wildlife.
Russian knapweed	Widely established in the western US.
Spotted knapweed	Western states are experiencing a reduction in desirable plant communities as this species is allowed to spread.
Yellow toadflax	This creeping perennial is an aggressive invader of rangelands, displacing desirable grasses.