Know Your Nebraska Noxious Weeds

 ^{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)