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Class A Noxious Weeds

Class A noxious weeds are non-native species whose distribution in Washington State is still limited. 

  • Eradicating existing infestations and preventing new infestations are the highest priorities.

  • Eradication of all Class A plants is required by law.

a picture of a buffalobur flower

picture of common crupina

a picture of common cordgrass

a picture of denseflower cordgrass

picture of salt meadow cordgrass

buffalobur
Solanum rostratum 

common crupina
Crupina vulgaris

cordgrass, common
Spartina anglica

cordgrass, dense flower
Spartina densiflora

cordgrass, salt meadow
Spartina patens

a picture of dyers woad

a picture of eggleaf spurge

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a picture of garlic mustard

a picture of a giant hogweed flowerhead

dyers woad
Isatis tinctoria

eggleaf spurge
Euphorbia oblongata

floating
primrose-willow
Ludwigia peploides

garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata

giant hogweed 
Heracleum mantegazzianum

a picture of goatsrue

a picture of yellow devil hawkweed

a picture of the aquatic weed hydrilla

a picture of johnson grass

goatsrue
Galega officinalis

hawkweed, European
Hieracium sabaudum 

NEW LISTING 2008

hawkweed, yellow devil
Hieracium floribundum

hydrilla
Hydrilla verticillata

johnsongrass
Sorghum halepense

a picture of a bighead knapeed flower

a picture of a vochin knapweed flower

a picture of kudzu flowers and leaves

a picture of a clary meadow flowerhead

picture of a purple starthistle flower

knapweed, bighead
Centaurea macrocephala

knapweed, Vochin
Centaurea nigrescens

kudzu
Pueraria montana var. lobata

meadow clary
Salvia pratensis

purple starthistle
Centaurea calcitrapa

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a picture of clary sage

a picture of Mediterranean sage

a picture of a silverleaf nightshade flower

reed sweetgrass
Glyceria maxima

 

ricefield bulrush
Schoenoplectus mucronatus

sage, clary
Salvia sclarea 

sage, Mediterranean
Salvia aethiopis

silverleaf nightshade
Solanum elaeagnifolium

a picture of Spanish broom

a close-up picture of spurge flax

a picture of syrian bean-caper

a picture of a texas blueweed flower

a picture of an Italian thistle flower

Spanish broom
Spartium junceum

spurge flax
Thymelaea passerina

Syrian bean-caper
Zygophyllum fabago

Texas blueweed,
Helianthus ciliaris

thistle, Italian
Carduus pycnocephalus

a picture of a milk thistle flower

a picture of slenderflower thistle flowers

variable-leaf milfoil

a picture of a velvetleaf flower

picture of wild four o'clock flowers

thistle, milk
Silybum marianum

thistle, slenderflower
Carduus tenuiflorus

variable-leaf milfoil
Myriophyllum heterophyllum

velvetleaf
Abutilon theophrasti

wild four o'clock 
Mirabilis nyctaginea

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