Table 1 Exotic plants that have been or are being eliminated alpha by Genus species Common Name Family Aira caryophyllea Hairgrass Poaceae Anagallis arvensis Scarlet Pimpernal Myrsinaceae Avena barbata Slender Wild Oat, Wild Oats Poaceae Avena fatua Slender Wild Oat, Wild Oats Poaceae Briza minor Little Rattlesnake Grass Poaceae Bromus diandrus Ripgut Brome Poaceae Bromus madritensis ssp. madritensis Spanish Brome Poaceae Bromus madritensis ssp. rubes Red Foxtail Brome Poaceae Cards pycnocephalus Italian Thistle Asteraceae Cichorium intybus Chicory Asteraceae Cirsium vulgare Bull Thistle Asteraceae Conium maculatum Hemlock Apiaceae Cortaderia jubata/selloana Andean Pampus/Pampas grass Poaceae Cotoneaster pannosus Cotoneaster Rosaceae Cynara cardunculus Artichoke Thistle Asteraceae Cynosurus echinatus Dogtail grass Poaceae Digitalis purpurea 'Alba' foxglove "Alba" Plantaginaceae Digitaria sanguinalis Crabgrass Poaceae Duchesnea indica mock strawberry, Indian strawberry Rosaceae Echinochloa crus-gallic Barnyard grass Poaceae Ehrharta erecta Panic Veldt grass Poaceae Epipactis helleborine Helleborine Orchid Orchidaceae Euphorbia peplus Petty Spurge Euphorbiaceae Festuca myuros Foxtail Fescue Poaceae Festuca perennis Italian Rye Poaceae Foeniculum vulgare Fennel Apiaceae Fumaria parviflora Fineleaf fumitory Papaveraceae Geranium disesteem Cutleaf Geranium Geraniaceae Geranium molle Dove's-foot Geranium, Woodland Geranium Geraniaceae Helminthotheca echioides Bristly Ox-Tongue Asteraceae Hordeum murinum ssp. leporinum Foxtail, Farmers Foxtail Poaceae Lactuca serriola Prickly Wild Lettuce Asteraceae Lactuca virosa Bitter Lettuce, Poison Wild-lettuce Asteraceae Ligustrum ovalifolium Privet Oleaceae Linaria ? vulgaris Purple Toadflax Plantaginaceae Malva parviflora Cheese Weed Malvaceae Medicago polymorphia California Burrclover Fabaceae Oxalis corniculata Creeping Wood Sorrel Oxalidaceae Oxalis pes-caprae Bermuda Buttercup Oxalidaceae Panicum capillare Witch Grass Poaceae Phalaris aquatica Harding grass Poaceae Poa annua Annual Bluegrass Poaceae Polypogon monspeliensis Rabbitfoot Grass Poaceae Portulaca oleracea Common Purslane Portulacaceae Prunus sp Plum Rosaceae Rubus armeniacus Himalayan Blackberry Rosaceae Rumex crispus Curly Dock Polygonaceae Senecio vulgaris Old man of spring, common groundsel Asteraceae Silybum marianum Milk thistle Asteraceae Sonchus oleraceus Common Sow thistle Asteraceae Stellaria media Common Chickweed Caryophyllaceae Taraxacum officinale Dandelion Asteraceae Torillis arvensis Spreading Hedge Parsley Apiaceae Tragopogon porrifolius Purple salsify Asteraceae Verbena bonariensis Purple top vervain, Purpletop vervain Verbenaceae Vicia Vetch, Pea Fabaceae Mustard Family Brassicaceae

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