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Noxious Weeds in Summit County

Click on the common name of the noxious weed below and you will be directed to the Colorado Department of Agriculture's description of that species.  

List “A” Species

Myrtle Spurge (Euphorbia myrsinites)          

Orange hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum)             

List “B” Species

Absinth wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) 

Black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger

Bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare)

Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense

Chamomile Daisy: Scentless and Mayweed  (Tripleurospermum perforatum and Anthemis cotula)

Chinese clematis (Clematis orientalis)

Common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) 

Dalmatian toadflax (Linaria dalmatica

Dame’s rocket (Hesperis matronalis) 

Diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa

Hoary cress/Whitetop (Cardaria draba) 

Houndstongue (Cynoglossum officinale) 

Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula

Musk thistle (Carduus nutans

Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare

Perennial pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium) 

Plumeless thistle (Carduus acanthoides

Russian knapweed (Acroptilon repens

Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) 

Scotch thistle (Onopordum acanthium, tauricum

Spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe

Sulfur cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) 

Tamarisk/Salt Cedar (Tamarix ramosissima) 

Wild caraway (Carum carvi) 

Yellow toadflax (Linaria vulgaris

List “C” Species

Cheatgrass/Downy brome (Bromus tectorum)  

Common mullein (Verbascum thapsus)         

Field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)

Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum)          

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