Invasive & Non-Native Plants in Utah
These non-native plants are among the most commonly recorded spreading in Utah. Many crowd out the plants local wildlife depends on. The good news: there's a native you can plant instead.
Scotch cottonthistle
3,234 sightingsOnopordum acanthium · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Utah native that fits the same spot.
Redstem stork's bill
2,151 sightingsErodium cicutarium · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Texas stork's bill (native Erodium)
Russian olive
1,792 sightingsElaeagnus angustifolia · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Silverberry (native Elaeagnus)
Gypsyflower
1,442 sightingsCynoglossum officinale · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Utah native that fits the same spot.
Common mullein
1,404 sightingsVerbascum thapsus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Utah native that fits the same spot.
Cheatgrass
1,263 sightingsBromus tectorum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Smooth brome, California brome, Fringed brome (native Bromus)
Alfalfa
1,157 sightingsMedicago sativa · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Utah native that fits the same spot.
Saltlover
1,125 sightingsHalogeton glomeratus · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Utah native that fits the same spot.
Crossflower
1,082 sightingsChorispora tenella · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Utah native that fits the same spot.
Field bindweed
1,072 sightingsConvolvulus arvensis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Texas bindweed (native Convolvulus)
Sweetclover
973 sightingsMelilotus officinalis · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Utah native that fits the same spot.
Yellow salsify
892 sightingsTragopogon dubius · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Remarkable goatsbeard (native Tragopogon)
Myrtle spurge
891 sightingsEuphorbia myrsinites · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: Paria spurge, Horned spurge, Warty spurge (native Euphorbia)
Crested wheatgrass
868 sightingsAgropyron cristatum · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Utah native that fits the same spot.
Dyer's woad
843 sightingsIsatis tinctoria · non-native to the U.S.
Plant instead: a Utah native that fits the same spot.