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Centaurea virgata (Asteraceae)

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Presented here is summary information about the species Centaurea virgata from the Global Compendium of Weeds, and citations of references to this species as a weed. Definitions of terms are available in the GCW introduction View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format. For further information--or to report corrections or concerns--contact webmaster@hear.org.

Synonyms/other Latin names: [ see GRIN ]

Status(es) (compiled for below "Data sources"): agricultural weed, environmental weed, naturalised, noxious weed, weed [for definitions, see the GCW introduction View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format.]

Origin (native to where): [no info]


Data sources:

100 Most Dangerous Invaders. Threatening Oregon in 2002. Oregon Department of Agriculture.

Darbyshire, S.J. (2003). Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Ottawa, Ontario.

Exotic Plant Records in the Northwest United States 1950-1996: an Ecological Assessment; Toney, C.J., Rice, P.M, & Forcella, F. 1998 weed

Faith T. Campbell; American Lands Alliance; "Worst" Invasive Plant Species in the conterminous United States: weed

G.R.I.N. TAXON Database http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/tax/index.html GRIN synonyms [ online info ]

Germplasm Resources Information Network G.R.I.N. GRIN

Heil, K.D. (2000) Four Corners Invasive and Poisonous Plant Field Guide. San Juan College, Bureau of Land Management (weed)

Introduced (Naturalised) Species to the United States [USDA, NRCS 1999. The PLANTS database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. ]

Noxious weeds in the US and Canada. This web site provides a searchable database of the noxious weed lists for all U.S. states and six southern provinces of Canada. The database can be searched by plant name, state name, or by clicking on a map. This portion of the INVADERS web site is supported by the USDA Agricultural Research Service. Principal investigators: Dr. Kerri Skinner, University of Nebraska - Kearny, NE Dr. Lincoln Smith, USDA-ARS Western Region Research Center, Albany, CA Peter Rice, University of Montana - Missoula, MT

Pacific Northwest Exotic Pest Plant Council (Weed) (weed)

RAPID. Common Weeds and Poisonous Plants of North America: University of Idaho, College of Agriculture - [RAPID = Random Access Plant IDentification]

Sheley, R.L. and Petroff, J.K. (Eds) (1999). Biology and Management of Noxious Rangeland Weeds. Oregon State University Press Oregon (agricultural weed)

State Noxious Weeds of the USA. - State and Federal Composite List of All U.S. Noxious Weeds. USDA, NRCS 1999. The PLANTS database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Whitson, T.D. (ed.), Burrill, L.C., Dewey, S.A., Cudney, D.W., Nelson, B.E., Richard, D.L. and Parker, R.P. (1996) Weeds of the West. The Western Society of Weed Science, Newark. (weed)



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This page was created on 13 September 2007 by PT, and was last updated on 04 October 2007 by PT based on data from Rod Randall's Global Compendium of Weeds database dated 24 January 2007. Valid HTML 4.01!