Invasive & Non-Native Plants in Nevada
These non-native plants are among the most commonly recorded spreading in Nevada. Many crowd out the plants local wildlife depends on. The good news: there's a native you can plant instead.
Cheatgrass
1,540 sightingsBromus tectorum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: California brome, Smooth brome, Mountain brome (native Bromus)
Asian mustard
1,269 sightingsBrassica tournefortii · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Nevada native that fits the same spot.
Redstem stork's bill
1,035 sightingsErodium cicutarium · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Texas stork's bill (native Erodium)
Saltlover
993 sightingsHalogeton glomeratus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Nevada native that fits the same spot.
Bull thistle
818 sightingsCirsium vulgare · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Prairie thistle, Mojave thistle, New Mexico thistle (native Cirsium)
Scotch cottonthistle
783 sightingsOnopordum acanthium · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Nevada native that fits the same spot.
Saltcedar
730 sightingsTamarix ramosissima · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Nevada native that fits the same spot.
Common mullein
659 sightingsVerbascum thapsus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Nevada native that fits the same spot.
Horehound
604 sightingsMarrubium vulgare · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Nevada native that fits the same spot.
Crossflower
589 sightingsChorispora tenella · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Nevada native that fits the same spot.
Prickly Russian thistle
588 sightingsSalsola tragus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Nevada native that fits the same spot.
Red brome
584 sightingsBromus rubens · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: California brome, Smooth brome, Mountain brome (native Bromus)
Russian olive
578 sightingsElaeagnus angustifolia · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Nevada native that fits the same spot.
Clasping pepperweed
577 sightingsLepidium perfoliatum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Desert pepperweed, Mountain pepperweed, Shaggyfruit pepperweed (native Lepidium)
Broadleaved pepperweed
553 sightingsLepidium latifolium · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Desert pepperweed, Mountain pepperweed, Shaggyfruit pepperweed (native Lepidium)