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Last Updated 1/2023
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|---|
| aeginetia | Aeginetia spp. |
| African boxthorn | Lycium ferrocissimum |
| African couch grass | Digitaria abyssinica; D. scalarum |
| African feathergrass | Pennisetum macrourum |
| alectra | Alectra spp. |
| alfombrilla | Drymaria arenarioides |
| ambulia | Limnophila sessiliflora |
| Amur cork-tree | Phellodendron amurense |
| Amur honeysuckle | Lonicera maackii |
| anchored water hyacinth | Eichhornia azurea |
| animated oat | Avena sterilis |
| Argentine screwbean | Prosopis strombulifera |
| arrowhead | Sagittaria sagittifolia |
| Asian sprangletop | Leptochloa chinensis |
| Asiatic bittersweet | Celastrus orbiculatus |
| autumn olive | Elaeagnus umbellata |
| Bell's honeysuckle | Lonicera x bella [L. morrowii x L. tatarica] |
| Benghal dayflower | Commelina benghalensis |
| Bishop's weed; goutweed | Aegopodium podagraria |
| black locust | Robinia pseudoacacia |
| black swallow-wort; Louise's swallow-wort | Cynanchum louiseae |
| border privet | Ligustrum obtusifolium |
| borreria | Spermacoce alata |
| Brazilian satintail | Imperata brasiliensis |
| Brazilian waterweed; anacharis; Brazilian elodea | Egeria densa; Elodea densa; Anacharis densa |
| brittle water-nymph; lesser naiad | Najas minor |
| broad-leafed pepperweed; tall pepperweed | Lepidium latifolium |
| broomrape | Non-native Orobanche spp. |
| brownbeard rice; red rice | Oryza rufipogon |
| burning bush; winged euonymus | Euonymus alatus |
| bushy rock-cress; narrowleaf bittercress | Cardamine impatiens |
| Cape tulip | Homeria spp.; Moraea spp. |
| Carolina fanwort; fanwort | Cabomba caroliniana |
| catclaw mimosa | Mimosa pigra |
| cattail grass; yellow foxtail | Setaria pallidifusca; S. pallidefusca; S. pumila |
| caulerpa | Caulerpa taxifolia |
| coat buttons | Tridax procumbens |
| coltsfoot | Tussilago farfara |
| common barberry; European barberry | Berberis vulgaris |
| common buckthorn | Rhamnus cathartica |
| common crupina | Crupina vulgaris |
| common reed | Phragmites australis |
| creeping buttercup | Ranunculus repens |
| creeping Jenny; moneywort | Lysimachia nummularia |
| crisped pondweed; curly pondweed | Potamogeton crispus |
| crofton weed | Ageratina adenophora |
| Cypress spurge | Euphorbia cyparissias |
| dame's rocket | Hesperis matronalis |
| devil's thorn | Emex spinosa |
| dodder | Non-native Cuscuta spp. |
| duck-lettuce | Ottelia alismoides |
| Eurasian or European water-milfoil; Spike water-milfoil | Myriophyllum spicatum |
| European buckthorn; glossy buckthorn | Frangula alnus; Rhamnus frangula |
| exotic bur-reed | Sparganium erectum |
| flowering rush | Butomus umbellatus |
| forget-me-not | Myosotis scorpioides |
| garlic mustard | Alliaria petiolata |
| giant false sensitive plant; false sensitive plant | Mimosa diplotricha; M. invisa |
| giant hogweed | Heracleum mantegazzianum |
| giant salvinia; eared watermoss | Salvinia auriculata |
| giant salvinia; kariba-weed | Salvinia molesta |
| giant salvinia | Salvinia biloba |
| giant salvinia | Salvinia herzogii |
| goatsrue | Galega officinalis |
| gray willow, rusty willow | Salix cinerea, Salix cinerea ssp.oleifolia |
| hair fescue; fineleaf sheep fescue | Festuca filiformis |
| hairy joint grass; jointhead; small carpetgrass | Arthraxon hispidus |
| hairy willow-herb; codlins and cream | Epilobium hirsutum |
| horned poppy; sea poppy; yellow hornpoppy | Glaucium flavum |
| hydrilla; water-thyme; Florida elodea | Hydrilla verticillata |
| itchgrass | Rottboellia cochinchinensis |
| Japanese barberry | Berberis thunbergii |
| Japanese black pine* | Pinus thunbergii* |
| Japanese honeysuckle | Lonicera japonica |
| Japanese hops | Humulus japonicus |
| Japanese knotweed | Fallopia japonica; Polygonum cuspidatum; Reynoutria japonica |
| Japanese sedge; Asiatic sand sedge | Carex kobomugi |
| Japanese stiltgrass; Nepalese browntop | Microstegium vimineum |
| jointed prickly pear | Opuntia aurantiaca |
| kiawe | Prosopis pallida |
| kikuyugrass | Pennisetum clandestinum |
| Kodo-millet | Paspalum scrobiculatum |
| kudzu; Japanese arrowroot | Pueraria montana |
| Kyasuma grass | Pennisetum pedicellatum |
| large gray willow | Salix atrocinerea, Salix cinerea ssp. oleifolia |
| leafy spurge; wolf's milk | Euphorbia esula |
| lesser celandine; fig buttercup | Ranunculus ficaria; Ficaria verna |
| liverseed grass | Urochloa panicoides |
| longstamen rice; red rice | Oryza longistaminata |
| Malabar melastome | Melastoma malabathricum |
| melaleuca | Melaleuca quinquenervia |
| mile-a-minute vine or weed; Asiatic tearthumb | Polygonum perfoliatum, Persicaria perfoliata |
| mile-a-minute; bittervine | Mikania micrantha |
| mile-a-minute; heartleaf hempvine | Mikania cordata |
| Miramar weed | Hygrophila polysperma |
| missiongrass | Pennisetum polystachyon; P. polystachion |
| monochoria | Monochoria hastata |
| Morrow's honeysuckle | Lonicera morrowii |
| mosquito fern | Azolla pinnata |
| multiflora rose | Rosa multiflora |
| murain-grass | Ischaemum rugosum |
| Norway maple | Acer platanoides |
| onion weed | Asphodelus fistulosus |
| oxygen weed | Lagarosiphon major |
| pale swallow-wort | Cynanchum rossicum |
| parrot-feather; water-feather; Brazilian water-milfoil | Myriophyllum aquaticum |
| pickerel weed | Monochoria vaginalis |
| pilipiliula | Chrysopogon aciculatus |
| plume grass; Amur silvergrass | Miscanthus sacchariflorus (also covers Miscanthus x giganteus, a hybrid of M. sacchariflorus and M. sinensis) |
| porcelain-berry; Amur peppervine | Ampelopsis brevipedunculata |
| purple loosestrife | Lythrum salicaria |
| red rice | Oryza punctata |
| reed canary-grass, ribbon grass | Phalaris arundinacea |
| Scotch broom* | Cytisus scoparius* |
| serrated tussock | Nassella trichotoma |
| sessile joyweed | Alternanthera sessilis |
| spotted knapweed | Centaurea biebersteinii; C. stoebe ssp. micranthos |
| sycamore maple | Acer pseudoplatanus |
| tall mannagrass; reed mannagrass | Glyceria maxima |
| tansy ragwort; stinking Willie | Senecio jacobaea |
| Tatarian honeysuckle | Lonicera tatarica |
| three-cornered jack | Emex australis |
| tornillo | Prosopis reptans |
| tree of heaven | Ailanthus altissima |
| tropical soda apple | Solanum viarum |
| turkeyberry | Solanum torvum |
| variable water-milfoil; two-leaved water-milfoil | Myriophyllum heterophyllum |
| velvet fingergrass | Digitaria velutina |
| velvet mesquite | Prosopis velutina |
| water yellowcress; great yellowcress | Rorippa amphibia |
| water chestnut | Trapa natans |
|
water spinach |
Ipomoea aquatica |
| weeping lovegrass* | Eragrostis curvula* |
| wetland nightshade | Solanum tampicense |
| wild blackberry complex | Rubus fruticosus |
| wild blackberry | Rubus moluccanus |
| wild chervil | Anthriscus sylvestris |
| wild safflower; jeweled distaff thistle | Carthamus oxyacanthus; C. oxycantha |
| wild sugarcane | Saccharum spontaneum |
| wineberry; Japanese wineberry; wine raspberry | Rubus phoenicolasius |
| witchweed | Striga spp. |
| wormleaf salsola | Salsola vermiculata |
| yellow floating heart | Nymphoides peltata |
| yellow Iris | Iris pseudacorus |
*Phase-out period for newly listed prohibited species:
As of 12/31/2022, nursery agents/growers may no longer receive or begin propagation of the following species: Cytisus scoparius (Scotch broom), Eragrostis curvula (Weeping Lovegrass), and Pinus thunbergii (Japanese Black Pine). Existing stock received or propagated before this date may be sold according to the following schedule:
- Cytisus scoparius (Scotch broom): No sales permitted after 12/31/2024
- Eragrostis curvula (Weeping Lovegrass): No sales permitted after 12/31/2023
- Pinus thunbergii (Japanese Black Pine): No sales permitted after 12/31/2025