Know Your Nebraska Noxious Weeds

Musk vs plumeless Musk thistle flower (left)  Plumeless thistle flower (right)

Click on each link to learn more about Nebraska's Noxious Weeds

How did they get here?      What do they look like?      What's the risk if I do nothing?      How do they spread?      Are they beneficial?     Is there a biological control option?     How do I control them?

Canada thistle - 1873

Musk thistle - 1959

Leafy spurge - 1962

Plumeless thistle - 1967

Diffuse knapweed - 1992

Spotted knapweed - 1992

Purple loosestrife - 2001

Saltcedar - 2005

Phragmites - 2008

Giant knotweed - 2011

Japanese knotweed - 2011

Sericea lespedeza - 2013

Know Your Nebraska Noxious Weeds (Complete Set)