List of invasive plant species in New Mexico
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (February 2024) |
Numerous plants have been introduced to New Mexico in the United States, and many of them have become invasive species. The following are some of these species:
Picture | Scientific Name | Common Name |
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![]() | Artemisia biennis | biennial wormwood |
![]() | Arundo donax | giant cane |
![]() | Atriplex suberecta | sprawling saltbush |
![]() | Bromus diandrus | great brome |
![]() | Bromus sterilis | barren brome |
![]() | Carduus acanthoides | spiny plumeless thistle |
![]() | Carduus nutans[1] | musk thistle |
![]() | Centaurea solstitialis | yellow star-thistle |
![]() | Cuscuta californica | chaparral dodder |
![]() | Cirsium vulgare[1] | spear thistle |
![]() | Hedypnois cretica | cretanweed |
![]() | Eragrostis cilianensis | stinkgrass |
![]() | Kali tragus | prickly Russian thistle |
![]() | Puccinellia distans | weeping alkaligrass |
Rubus armeniacus | Himalayan blackberry | |
![]() | Salix × fragilis | crack willow |
![]() | Solanum elaeagnifolium | silverleaf nightshade |
Tamarix chinensis | five-stamen tamarisk | |
![]() | Tamarix gallica | French tamarisk |
![]() | Tamarix parviflora | smallflower tamarisk |
![]() | Tamarix ramosissima[1] | saltcedar |
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External links[edit]
- USDA PLANTS Database USDA database showing county distribution of plant species in the US
- InvasiveSpecies.gov Information from the US National Invasive Species Council