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Invasive Plants

Yukon now has over 20 invasive plants on our watchlist. Please report new sightings of the following plants. These invasive plants move in on new habitats where they never existed before. They threaten biodiversity by displacing native plants and animals.

Photo Credits

1- Utah State University, bugwood.org 
2- Andrea Altherr
3- Ohio State Weed Lab, bugwoord.org
4- Andrea Altherr
5- Bruce Bennett, YG
6- Stefan Gottermann, YG
7- Steve Dewey, bugwood.org
8- Matt Ball, YG
9- Bruce Bennett, YG
10- Stefan Gottermann, YG
11- Andrea Altherr
12- Andrea Altherr
13- Bruce Bennett, YG
14- Andrea Altherr
15- Michael Rasy, bugwood.org
16- Andrea Altherr
17- Andrea Altherr
18- Andrea Altherr
19- Andrea Altherr
20- Michael Shephard, USDA Forest Service, bugwood.org
  21- Marc Schuffert

Invasive Plants

1 - Dalmatica Toadflax

2 - Scentless Chamomille

3 - Smooth Brome

4 - Creeping Thistle

5 - Narrowleaf Hawksbeard

6 - Crested Wheat Grass

7 - Quackgrass

8 - Leafy Spurge

9 - Altai Wild Rye

10 - Lucerne

11 - Yellow Sweetclover

12 - White Sweetclover

13 - Reed Canary Grass

14 - Perennial Sow Thistle

15 - Spotted Knapweed

16 - Bird Vetch

17 - Oxeye Daisy

18 - Common Tansy

19 - Greater Butter and Eggs

20 - Orange Hawkweed

21 - Tall Hawkweed

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