List of invasive plant species in New Mexico

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
	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

See also

• Invasive species in the United States

References

1. Schiebout, Michael H.; Hazlett, Donald L.; Snow, Neil (2008). "A Floristic Survey of Vascular Plants Over Parts of Northeastern New Mexico". Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas. 2 (2): 1407–1447. ISSN 1934-5259.

External links

• USDA PLANTS Database USDA database showing county distribution of plant species in the US
• InvasiveSpecies.gov Information from the US National Invasive Species Council