Wasatch-Cache Noxious Weeds

Just as important as our native plants on the Wasatch-Cache National Forest, are the impacts that noxious weeds have on both native and agricultural lands.  Knowing your weeds and what you can do to help control them is a part of our mission here on the Wasatch-Cache.  Weeds that we know occur on this forest include, not only those currently listed on the State noxious weed lists (Utah and Wyoming), but also some newly invading species.  All these know species are in the following table: 
 

Utah's Noxious Weeds

 
Common Name
Bermuda Grass 
Bindweed (Morning Glory) 
Broadleaved Peppergrass 
Dyer's Woad
Johnson Grass
Knapweed, Diffuse
Knapweed, Russian
Knapweed, Squarrose
Knapweed, Spotted
Leafy Spurge
Quackgrass
Thistle, Canada
Thistle, Musk
Thistle, Scotch
Whitetop
Yellow Starthistle
Medusahead Rye
 
 
Invading Species
Of Concern
 
Black Henbane
Camel Thorn
Dalmation Toadflax 
Goatsrue 
Jointed Goatgrass 
Poison Hemlock
Purple Loosestrife
Purple Starthistle
St. Johns Wort 
Silverleaf Nightshade
Squarrose Knapweed
 
 You may want to check out the University of Wyoming's website on noxious weeds for a great set of distribution maps (where the weeds occur in Wyoming by county) and for photos and descriptions of many of the weeds of Wyoming).  
 
 
 
 

 

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January 7, 2002