Abutilon hirtum (Indian mallow) | Eaten by goats, camels, bovines, elephants, rhinos, vervet monkeys and bushbucks | |
Yes
| Achigan-Dako (2010); Wesley et al. (2013); Whitten (1988) |
Acacia angustissima (prairie acacia) | Introduced to Australia for its potential use as forage for cattle. |
Yes
| | Csurhes and Naive (2009); Pedley (1981) |
Acacia auriculiformis (northern black wattle) | Trees are browsed by cattle |
Yes
|
Yes
| Banerjee (1973) |
Adenanthera pavonina (red-bead tree) | Leaves and fruits are used as animal fodder |
Yes
|
Yes
| Orwa et al. (2009) |
Aegilops cylindrica | | |
Yes
| |
Aeschynomene americana (shyleaf) | Used as a cut-and-carry forage for animals |
Yes
|
Yes
| Cook et al. (2005) |
Agropyron cristatum (crested wheatgrass) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| Zlatnik (1999) |
Agrostis capillaris (common bent) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Albizia adinocephala (cream albizia) | Albizia adinocephala provides livestock fodder with a high crude-protein content | |
Yes
| Rico Arce et al. (2008) |
Albizia chinensis (Chinese albizia) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Albizia lebbeck (Indian siris) | Leaves and stems are used as forage |
Yes
|
Yes
| PROTA (2016) |
Albizia niopoides (silk tree) | Forage for cattle |
Yes
|
Yes
| USDA-ARS (2019) |
Albizia procera (white siris) | Leaves are used as forage and fodder |
Yes
|
Yes
| Orwa et al. (2009) |
Alocasia macrorrhizos (giant taro) | Used to feed farm animals |
Yes
|
Yes
| Hammel et al. (2003); León (1987) |
Alopecurus pratensis (meadow foxtail) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| USDA-ARS (2015) |
Alosa pseudoharengus (alewife) | For piscivorous fishes, within the USA |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Alternanthera bettzickiana (calico plant) | As a fodder for goats and rabbits. | |
Yes
| Quattrocchi (2012) |
Alysicarpus vaginalis (alyce clover) | Species cultivated as fodder and forage crop for livestock. |
Yes
|
Yes
| Duke (1981); Hanelt et al. (2001) |
Alyssum desertorum (desert madwort) | In hay | |
Yes
| Olliff et al. (2001) |
Amaranthus cruentus (red amaranth) | | |
Yes
| |
Andropogon virginicus (broomsedge) | | |
Yes
| |
Anthoxanthum odoratum (sweet vernal grass) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Aristida ternipes (spidergrass) | Forage/stock |
Yes
|
Yes
| Allred (2003) |
Arracacia xanthorrhiza (arracacha) | | |
Yes
| Hermann (1997) |
Arrhenatherum elatius (false oat-grass) | Used as hay |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Arthraxon hispidus (small carpetgrass) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Asparagus falcatus (sicklethorn) | Fruits eaten by birds and other animals. | |
Yes
| NSW Weedwise (2018) |
Atriplex argentea (silverscale saltbush) | |
Yes
| | |
Atriplex semibaccata (Australian saltbush) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Avena barbata (slender oat) | Has been introduced to N. America as a contaminant in forage seeds |
Yes
| | USDA-NRCS (2012) |
Axonopus fissifolius | |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Balanites aegyptiaca (simple-thorned torchwood) | Leaves and young shoots are used as forage | |
Yes
| Booth and Wickens (1988) |
Bambusa bambos (giant thorny bamboo) | Leaves used as forage |
Yes
|
Yes
| Duriyaprapan and Jansen (1995) |
Bambusa vulgaris (common bamboo) | Leaves consumed by goats |
Yes
|
Yes
| PROTA (2014) |
Bauhinia variegata (mountain ebony) | Leaves good fodder for sheep, goats and cattle |
Yes
|
Yes
| Orwa et al. (2009) |
Bipolaris victoriae (Victoria blight of oats) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Bothriochloa bladhii (Caucasian bluestem) | Widely used as permanent pasture on lower fertility soils. |
Yes
|
Yes
| Cook et al. (2005) |
Bothriochloa ischaemum (yellow bluestem) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| Texas Invasives (2015) |
Bothriochloa pertusa (pitted beard grass) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Brachypodium sylvaticum (slender false brome) | USA: 1970s but likely earlier too |
Yes
| | Hull AC Jr (1974) |
Brassica juncea (mustard) | | |
Yes
| Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (2008) |
Brassica rapa (field mustard) | Seeds and foliage eaten by various animals. The seeds are sold at markets in Mexico as bird food |
Yes
|
Yes
| Encyclopedia of Life (2018); Vibrans (2018) |
Bromus hordeaceus (soft brome) | Variety Blando (Reg.No. 11) |
Yes
|
Yes
| Alderson and Sharp (1993); Howard (1998); Smith (1968) |
Bunias orientalis (Turkish warty-cabbage) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| Kshnikatkina and Varlamov (2005) |
Butia capitata (coquinho-azedo) | Fruits and leaves foraged from natural populations by local communities | |
Yes
| De Lima et al. (2011) |
Calopogonium caeruleum (jicama) | Green manure in pastures |
Yes
| | Cook et al. (2005) |
Calopogonium mucunoides (calopo) | Used as forage legume, green manure, pioneer legume and cover crop |
Yes
|
Yes
| Cook et al. (2005) |
Canavalia gladiata (sword bean) | Used to feed cattle and poultry |
Yes
|
Yes
| PROTA (2019) |
Cassytha filiformis (love-vine) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Cenchrus biflorus (Indian sandbur) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Cenchrus ciliaris (Buffel grass) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| Marshall et al. (2012) |
Channa marulius (bullseye snakehead) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| Courtenay and Williams (2004); Froese and Pauly (2009) |
Chloris gayana (Rhodes grass) | Forage, pasture, hay |
Yes
|
Yes
| Cook et al. (2005) |
Chloris virgata (feather finger grass) | Forage, fodder, hay production |
Yes
|
Yes
| USDA-ARS (2015) |
Chrysopogon zizanioides (vetiver) | Forage for cattle and goats |
Yes
|
Yes
| Useful Tropical Plants (2020) |
Cissus quadrangularis (treebine) | Leaves and stems sometimes used as forage for livestock |
Yes
|
Yes
| Brink and Achigan-Dako (2012) |
Clavibacter insidiosus (bacterial lucerne wilt) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| EPPO (2010) |
Clitoria ternatea (butterfly-pea) | Planted for forage, hay and silage |
Yes
|
Yes
| Staples (1992) |
Cnidoscolus aconitifolius (chaya) | Used to feed animals | |
Yes
| Ross-Ibarra and Molina-Cruz (2002) |
Coix lacryma-jobi (Job's-tears) | Introduced and cultivated in many countries as a forage and fodder crop for livestock and poultry |
Yes
|
Yes
| Schaaffhausen (1952); FAO (2017) |
Colocasia esculenta (taro) | Corms, stems and leaves are used as animal fodder |
Yes
|
Yes
| USDA-ARS (2012) |
Cortaderia jubata (purple pampas grass) | Used as emergency feed for livestock |
Yes
|
Yes
| Pleasants and Whitehead (1977) |
Crassocephalum crepidioides (redflower ragleaf) | Used as green fodder |
Yes
|
Yes
| Denton (2004) |
Crotalaria retusa (rattleweed) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| Prota4U (2013) |
Crotalaria spectabilis (showy rattlepod) | Contaminant in forage and hay |
Yes
|
Yes
| Maddox et al. (2011) |
Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens (bacterial wilt of dry beans) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Cuscuta campestris (field dodder) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Cyanthillium cinereum (little ironweed) | Common weed in pasturelands |
Yes
|
Yes
| Holm et al. (1997) |
Cymbopogon schoenanthus (camel grass) | Sometimes used as forage |
Yes
|
Yes
| USDA-ARS (2020) |
Cynodon nlemfuensis (African Bermuda-grass) | Widely introduced in tropical regions |
Yes
|
Yes
| Cook et al. (2005) |
Cynodon plectostachyus (African stargrass) | Grazed, and used for hay and silage |
Yes
|
Yes
| Cook et al. (2005) |
Dactyloctenium aegyptium (crowfoot grass) | Used as fodder and for hay production |
Yes
|
Yes
| Heuzé et al. (2015) |
Danthonia decumbens (heath grass) | Introduced to Tasmania and Victoria from Europe as a fodder grass |
Yes
| | Alfonso (2010); Mallett (2005) |
Descurainia sophia (flixweed) | | |
Yes
| Blackshaw and Rode (1991) |
Desmodium incanum (creeping beggerweed) | Often promoted as forage |
Yes
|
Yes
| Demski et al. (1981); Schifino-Wittmann (2000); Smith (1995) |
Dichanthium annulatum (Kleberg's bluestem) | Pasture for grazing |
Yes
|
Yes
| Cook et al. (2005) |
Dichanthium aristatum (angelton bluestem) | Used as fodder/forage grass |
Yes
|
Yes
| Cook et al. (2005) |
Dichanthium caricosum (nadi blue grass) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| USDA-ARS (2015) |
Digitaria bicornis (Asian crabgrass) | | |
Yes
| Quattrocchi (2006) |
Digitaria ciliaris (southern crabgrass) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| Holm et al. (1979) |
Digitaria eriantha (pangola grass) | Forage/fodder for livestock. |
Yes
|
Yes
| Tropical Forages (2016) |
Dioscorea alata (white yam) | Tubers (yams) and bulbils are also used to feed animals |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Diplazium esculentum (vegetable fern) | It is usually foraged from the wild for food and for use as green manure | |
Yes
| Gaur and Bhatt (1994); Badola (2010); HEAR (2020) |
Drymaria arenarioides (alfombrilla) | Grazed on by livestock | |
Yes
| Allison (1977) |
Echinochloa crus-galli (barnyard grass) | Planted as a forage and fodder crop |
Yes
|
Yes
| FAO (2014) |
Echinochloa crus-pavonis (gulf cockspur grass) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| Pl@ntNet (2017) |
Echinochloa pyramidalis | | |
Yes
| |
Ehrharta calycina (perennial veldtgrass) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| Bossard et al. (2000) |
Eragrostis atrovirens (thalia lovegrass) | Use for pasture and hay |
Yes
|
Yes
| USDA-ARS (2016) |
Eragrostis japonica (pond lovegrass) | Use for pasture, forage, fodder |
Yes
|
Yes
| USDA-ARS (2016) |
Eragrostis lehmanniana (Lehmann lovegrass) | Cultivated for hay, used as a forage grass in arid areas |
Yes
|
Yes
| FAO (2015); PROTA (2015); Uchytil (1992) |
Eragrostis plana (South African lovegrass) | Used to be cultivated as a forage species in southern Brazil |
Yes
|
Yes
| Reis (1993); Kissmann (1997); Medeiros et al. (2004) |
Erythrina berteroana (coralbean) | Leaves are eaten by cattle, goats, rabbits, etc |
Yes
|
Yes
| Barrance et al. (2003) |
Festuca arundinacea (tall fescue) | Grown for fodder and hay |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Festuca pratensis (meadow fescue) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| Darbyshire (2007) |
Funtumia elastica (West African rubber tree) | Used for medicinal purposes, firewood and seeds collected to use hairs for pillows | |
Yes
| Useful Tropical Plants (2018) |
Gaultheria shallon (salal) | |
Yes
| | EPPO (2014); Pojar and Mackinnon (2004) |
Gossypium barbadense (Gallini cotton) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| PROTA (2017) |
Heracleum sosnowskyi (Sosnowskyi's hogweed) | Main cause of introduction to many countries/regions was cultivation as a fodder crop |
Yes
|
Yes
| EPPO (2008); Kabuce (2006); Nielsen et al. (2005) |
Hirschfeldia incana (shortpod mustard) | | |
Yes
| South East Natural Resources Management Board (2009) |
Hyparrhenia rufa (Jaragua grass) | Introduced to enhance livestock production |
Yes
|
Yes
| Williams and Baruch (2000) |
Imperata cylindrica (cogon grass) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Indigofera hirsuta (hairy indigo) | Introduced by the USDA as a forage plant |
Yes
|
Yes
| Wallace (1957) |
Indigofera trita (Asian indigo) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| PROTA (2014) |
Ischaemum rugosum (saramollagrass) | Used to establish permanent pastures |
Yes
|
Yes
| PROTA (2015) |
Juncus ensifolius (swordleaf rush) | Used as livestock forage by Paiute people of Oregon | |
Yes
| Mahar (1953) |
Lawsonia inermis (Egyptian privet) | Browsed by livestock |
Yes
|
Yes
| Orwa et al. (2009) |
Lemna aequinoctialis (lesser duckweed) | By birds and fish | |
Yes
| Mukhopadhyay and Dewanji (2005) |
Lemna perpusilla (duckweed) | |
Yes
| | Bouda and Chien (2005) |
Lepidium latifolium (perennial pepperweed) | | |
Yes
| |
Lepidium virginicum (Virginian peppercress) | Used as bird food and as fodder for other animals. | |
Yes
| CONABIO (2016) |
Lepomis cyanellus (green sunfish) | To Madagascar (1954), South Africa and Swaziland (1939), Zimbabwe (1940), and Brazil (1930s) |
Yes
| | Welcomme (1988) |
Lepomis macrochirus (bluegill) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Leptochloa fusca (sprangletop) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Leucanthemum vulgare (oxeye daisy) | | |
Yes
| |
Ligustrum japonicum (Japanese privet) | Fruits eaten by birds | |
Yes
| Witmer (1996); Maddox et al. (2010) |
Limnocharis flava (yellow bur-head) | | |
Yes
| |
Lupinus angustifolius (narrow-leaf lupin) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| USDA-ARS (2017) |
Lygodium flexuosum (maidenhair creeper) | The species is foraged locally for medicinal practices and to manufacture various articles. | |
Yes
| Yadav et al. (2012) |
Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) | In hay as feed |
Yes
| | Thompson et al. (1987) |
Maconellicoccus hirsutus (pink hibiscus mealybug) | | |
Yes
| |
Macroptilium atropurpureum (siratro) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| Cook et al. (2005) |
Malvaviscus penduliflorus (Turk's cap mallow) | Used as forage to feed rabbits |
Yes
|
Yes
| Phuong et al. (2013) |
Maranta arundinacea (arrowroot) | Animal forage |
Yes
|
Yes
| PROSEA (2018) |
Medicago lupulina (black medick) | Cultivated as forage for livestock |
Yes
|
Yes
| USDA-ARS (2017) |
Medicago polymorpha (bur clover) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Melilotus officinalis (yellow sweet clover) | Often planted as forage crop |
Yes
|
Yes
| USDA-NRCS (2017) |
Melinis minutiflora (molasses grass) | Planted as forage and fodder |
Yes
|
Yes
| Cook et al. (2005) |
Microstegium vimineum (Nepalese browntop) | Moderate uncertainty | |
Yes
| EPPO Executive Committee (2012); Warren et al. (2010) |
Mimosa arenosa (elegant mimosa) | Fodder for goats and cattle |
Yes
|
Yes
| Grandtner and Chevrette (2013) |
Mimosa casta (graceful mimosa) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| USDA-ARS (2012) |
Mimosa ceratonia (climbing mimosa) | Forage for goats, but according to Vélez and Overbeek (1950), this species is avoided by cattle |
Yes
|
Yes
| USDA-ARS (2012) |
Mimosa diplotricha (giant sensitive plant) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| DAF (2016); Parsons and Cuthbertson (1992) |
Monochoria hastata (hastate-leaved pondweed) | Foraged locally for food | |
Yes
| Useful Tropical Plants (2019) |
Mononychellus tanajoa (cassava green mite) | Accidental introduction, rare pathway | |
Yes
| |
Moorochloa eruciformis (sweet signal grass) | | |
Yes
| Blanca et al. (2009) |
Morinda citrifolia (Indian mulberry) | Fruits used to feed pigs |
Yes
|
Yes
| Francis (2004) |
Mucuna pruriens (velvet bean) | Cultivated as a cover crop and fodder/forage crop |
Yes
|
Yes
| Duke (1981) |
Murraya paniculata (orange jessamine) | Seeds eaten by birds and other animals | |
Yes
| Gilman (1999) |
Neonotonia wightii (perennial soybean) | Widely introduced forage crop |
Yes
|
Yes
| Cook et al. (2005) |
Nopalea cochenillifera (cochineal cactus) | Used as a fodder/forage species |
Yes
|
Yes
| Hanelt (2017) |
Orobanche ramosa (branched broomrape) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| Jacobsohn (1984) |
Oryza barthii | | |
Yes
| |
Parthenium hysterophorus (parthenium weed) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| PAG (2000) |
Paspalum conjugatum (buffalo grass) | Cultivated as forage and cut-and-carry systems |
Yes
|
Yes
| Manidool (1992) |
Paspalum dilatatum (dallisgrass) | widely introduced as forage for livestock |
Yes
|
Yes
| PIER (2017) |
Paspalum millegrana (yerba brava) | Young plants are consumed by cattle |
Yes
|
Yes
| Más and Garcia-Molinari (2006) |
Paspalum notatum (Bahia grass) | Grown in pastures |
Yes
|
Yes
| Heuzé and Tran (2016) |
Paspalum paniculatum (Russell River grass) | Sometimes used as forage |
Yes
|
Yes
| Más and Garcia-Molinari (2006) |
Paspalum urvillei (Vasey grass) | Widely introduced as a pasture grass around the world |
Yes
|
Yes
| Bowen and Hollinger (2002); Randall (2012) |
Paspalum vaginatum (seashore paspalum) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Paspalum virgatum (sword grass) | Young plants consumed by cattle |
Yes
|
Yes
| Sistachs and Leon (1987) |
Pennisetum clandestinum (Kikuyu grass) | Widely introduced as a forage crop |
Yes
| | |
Pennisetum polystachion (mission grass) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| Choubey and Bhagat (2005) |
Pennisetum purpureum (elephant grass) | P. purpureum is one of the highest yielding tropical forage grasses |
Yes
|
Yes
| FAO (2013) |
Petrea volubilis (queen's wreath) | Leaves used in Mexico to feed domestic animals | |
Yes
| Rueda (1994) |
Phalaris aquatica (bulbous canarygrass) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| Barry (2007) |
Phaseolus lunatus (lima bean) | Cultivated for its edible seeds |
Yes
|
Yes
| PROTA (2014) |
Phleum pratense (timothy grass) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Phragmites australis (common reed) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Pimephales promelas (fathead minnow) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| NatureServe (2012) |
Poa annua (annual meadowgrass) | Weed in pastures |
Yes
|
Yes
| Holm et al. (1997) |
Polygonum arenastrum (common knotweed) | Ingested by horses used to transport people in recreational trails | |
Yes
| Wells and Lauenroth (2007) |
Polypogon monspeliensis (annual beard grass) | As contaminant in hay, straw or packing material |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Polyscias guilfoylei (geranium aralia) | Leaves and young shoots used as forage |
Yes
|
Yes
| Cáceres et al. (1996) |
Potamogeton crispus (curlyleaf pondweed) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| Tomaino (2004) |
Pseudelephantopus spicatus (false elephant’s foot) | | |
Yes
| Blake (1948) |
Ptychosperma elegans (solitaire palm) | Dispersed by birds, racoons and opossums | |
Yes
| Zona (1997); PIER (2017) |
Pueraria phaseoloides (tropical kudzu) | Forage legume |
Yes
|
Yes
| Cook et al. (2005) |
Ralstonia solanacearum (bacterial wilt of potato) | | |
Yes
| |
Rottboellia cochinchinensis (itch grass) | Originally to the USA, but unlikely now |
Yes
| | Bugwood (2008) |
Rutilus rutilus (roach) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| Welcomme (1988) |
Sacciolepis indica (glen woodgrass) | | |
Yes
| Mallett and Orchard (2002) |
Salsola kali (common saltwort) | | |
Yes
| |
Salsola paulsenii (barbwire Russian thistle) | | |
Yes
| |
Salvinia biloba (giant salvinia) | Foraged by various aquatic birds | |
Yes
| Argentina Nativa (2020) |
Sander lucioperca (pike-perch) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Schismus arabicus (Arabian schismus) | Used as a forage grass |
Yes
|
Yes
| USDA-ARS (2012) |
Sechium edule (chayote) | Fruits used as fodder for pigs, poultry and cattle |
Yes
|
Yes
| PROSEA (2018) |
Securigera varia (crown vetch) | | |
Yes
| |
Senna italica (Senegal senna) | Leaves and young pods |
Yes
|
Yes
| Okeyo and Bosch (2007) |
Sesbania bispinosa (dunchi fibre) | As fodder for sheep, cattle and goats |
Yes
|
Yes
| Duke (1983); Orwa et al. (2009); Flore de La Réunion (2016) |
Sesbania sericea (silky sesban) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| Ipor and Oyen (1997) |
Sesbania sesban (sesban) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| Hanelt et al. (2001) |
Setaria palmifolia (palm grass) | |
Yes
| | |
Setaria parviflora (knotroot foxtail) | | |
Yes
| Arregui et al. (2001); Leithead et al. (1971); Muller and Via (2012) |
Setaria verticillata (bristly foxtail) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Sida acuta (sida) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| Smith (2002) |
Silene latifolia subsp. alba (white campion) | Contaminant of hay |
Yes
|
Yes
| Alberta Weed Monitoring Network (2014) |
Solanum viarum (tropical soda apple) | movement of hay, within USA |
Yes
|
Yes
| Mullahey et al. (2006) |
Sorghum halepense (Johnson grass) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Spirodela polyrrhiza (giant duckweed) | Foraged by aquatic animals | |
Yes
| Les (2020) |
Sporisorium pulverulentum (Sporisorium smut of wild Saccharum) | | |
Yes
| |
Sporobolus africanus (rat’s tail grass) | can occur in hay |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Sporobolus pyramidalis (giant rat’s tail grass) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Stictocardia tiliifolia (spottedheart) | Foraged by Iguana iguana | |
Yes
| Standley Rand et al. (1990) |
Tamarindus indica (tamarind) | Leaves used as forage and animal fodder |
Yes
|
Yes
| Orwa et al. (2009) |
Tephrosia candida (white tephrosia) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Themeda arguens (Christmas grass) | Young plants used as forage |
Yes
|
Yes
| Smith (1979) |
Tithonia diversifolia (Mexican sunflower) | Used as forage and fodder | |
Yes
| Roothaert and Paterson (1997) |
Tragus racemosus (stalker bur grass) | Occasionally foraged by animals | |
Yes
| PROTA (2020) |
Trifolium angustifolium (narrow-leaf clover) | Used in making hay as a protein source | |
Yes
| Kamalak and Canbolat (2010) |
Trifolium hybridum (alsike clover) | Cultivated as a forage crop |
Yes
| | BRC (Biological Records Centre) (2016); Clark and Malte (1913); Minnesota Wildflowers (2015); USDA-ARS (2016) |
Tripsacum dactyloides (eastern gamagrass) | Widely cultivated as forage crop |
Yes
|
Yes
| USDA-NRCS (2017) |
Tripsacum latifolium (wideleaf gamagrass) | Cultivated as fodder plant |
Yes
|
Yes
| Missouri Botanical Garden (2017) |
Ulex europaeus (gorse) | As a contaminant of hay |
Yes
|
Yes
| Tulang (1992) |
Urochloa decumbens (signal grass) | Permanent pastures and fresh feed |
Yes
|
Yes
| Weeds of Australia (2015) |
Urochloa distachya (signal grass) | Shade tolerant | |
Yes
| Schultze-Kraft (1992) |
Urochloa mutica (para grass) | Pasture grass |
Yes
|
Yes
| Cook et al. (2005) |
Urochloa reptans (sprawling signalgrass) | Cultivated as forage |
Yes
|
Yes
| Gupta (2013) |
Vachellia macracantha (porknut) | cultivated for fodder |
Yes
|
Yes
| Seigler and Ebinger (1988) |
Ventenata dubia (North Africa grass) | In harvested hay, when seeds are present |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Verbena litoralis (blue vervain) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Vulpia bromoides (squirreltail fescue) | Possibly spread in hay, straw |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Xanthomonas euvesicatoria pv. alfalfae (bacterial leaf spot of lucerne) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| |
Ziziphus spina-christi (Christ's thorn jujube) | |
Yes
|
Yes
| Orwa et al. (2009) |
Zoysia matrella (Manila grass) | Grazed in coconut plantations | |
Yes
| FAO (2015) |