This field guide is designed to help you identify Montana’s 35 state listed noxious weeds and regulated plants. Each plant review includes the photos and the 10 characteristics defined to your right.
If you believe you have found a noxious weed, please contact your county weed district or tribal area office. They can help you with a management plan, offer best practices on control and eradication and, in some counties, they provide cost-share programs to assist you with management.
Click on photos for plant details …
( Echium vulgare )
( Egeria densa )
( Cirsium arvense )
( Bromous tectorum )
( Rhamnus cathartica L )
( Phragmites australis )
( Tanacetum vulgare )
( Potamogeton crispus )
( Linaria dalmatica )
( Centaurea diffusa )
( Isatis tinctoria )
( Myriophyllum spicatum )
( Convolvulus arvensis )
( Butomus umbellatus )
( Berteroa incana )
( Cynoglossum officinale )
( Hydrilla verticillata )
( Reynoutria japonica+ )
( Euphorbia esula )
( Hieracium caespitosum )
( Taeniatherum caput-medusa )
( Hieracium aurantiacum )
( Leuconthemum vulgare )
( Myriophyllum aquaticum )
( Lepidium latifolium )
( Lythrum salicaria )
( Chondrilla juncea )
( Acroptilon repens, Rhaponticum repens )
( Elaeagnus angustfolia )
( Tamarix ramosissima, T. chinensis )
( Cytisus scoparius )
( Centaurea stoebe )
( Hypericum perforatum )
( Potentilla recta )
( Ranunculus acris )
( Senecio jacobaea, Jacobaea vulgaris )
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( Cardaria draba, Lepidiuim draba )
( Centaurea solstitialis )
( Linaria vulgaris )
( Iris pseudacorus )
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