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Cirsium vulgare
(Asteraceae)
Scotch thistle, black thistle, bull thistle, plume thistle, spear thistle

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Species description or overview

Cirsium vulgare information from PIER
Information on Cirsium vulgare as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Cirsium vulgare description and ecology from GISD (ISSG)
A species description and information about the ecology of Cirsium vulgare as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

ITIS nomenclature info for Cirsium vulgare
Nomenclatural information about Cirsium vulgare is provided by ITIS.

Impacts

Cirsium vulgare (Asteraceae): species information from GCW
Information on Cirsium vulgare as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Cirsium vulgare impact information from GISD (ISSG)
Impact information regarding Cirsium vulgare as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Control methods

Cirsium vulgare management information from GISD (ISSG)
Management information for Cirsium vulgare as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Images

Images of Cirsium vulgare (Asteraceae) (bull thistle, pua kala)
Links to high-resolution free images of Cirsium vulgare (Asteraceae) (bull thistle, pua kala) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Cirsium vulgare information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands  new posting 
Information about Cirsium vulgare in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Cirsium vulgare images from PIER
Images of Cirsium vulgare provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Distribution

Cirsium vulgare information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands  new posting 
Information about Cirsium vulgare in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy (2000) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
The status of invasive plants, vertebrates, arthropods, molluscs, and crustaceans, and options for a regional invasive species strategy for the South Pacific are presented in this series of articles from the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2000.

Cirsium vulgare worldwide distribution from GISD (ISSG)
Worldwide distribution information about Cirsium vulgare is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Where to see this species

Kahoolawe (Kanaloa): natural areas of Hawaii  new posting 
Forest and Kim Starr provide information about the island of Kahoolawe as a natural area in Hawaii. Links to additional resources are provided, as well as links to images of plant species found on Kahoolawe.

Books

Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.

Invasive plants of California's wildlands
Bossard, Carla C., John M. Randall, and Marc C. Hoshovsky (eds.) . 2000. Invasive plants of California's wildlands. University of California Press. 360 pp. illus. ISBN: 0-520-22547-3.

Weeds of the West
Whitson, Tom D., Larry C. Burrill, Steven A. Dewey, David W. Cudney, B.E. Nelson, Richard D. Lee, and Robert Parker. Whitson, Tom D. (ed.) . 2001. Weeds of the West. 9th ed. Laramie: University of Wyoming. ISBN: 0-941570-13-4.

Hawaii's butterflies & moths: an identification guide to easily observed species
Jamieson, Dean and Jim Denny. 2001. Hawaii's butterflies & moths: an identification guide to easily observed species. A Hawaii Biological Survey Handbook. Mutual Publishing.

Full-text articles

Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research
Stone, Charles P., Clifford W. Smith, and J. Timothy Tunison (eds.) . 1992. Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit. ISBN: 0-8248-1474-6.

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy
South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP). Sherley, Greg (ed.) . 2000. Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy. Apia, Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. ISBN: 982-04-0214-X.

Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives)
Veitch, C.R. and M.N. Clout (eds.) . 2002. Turning the tide: The eradication of invasive species (proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives). IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vii + 414pp. ISBN: 2-8317-0682-3.

Bibliography

References for Cirsium vulgare
Bibliographic references for Cirsium vulgare are provided by HEAR.

Experts

Cirsium vulgare contacts from GISD (ISSG)
Contact information for experts on Cirsium vulgare as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

Other resources

Cirsium vulgare references from GISD (ISSG)
References regarding Cirsium vulgare as an invasive species is provided from the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD). GISD was created and is maintained by IUCN's Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG).

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