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Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)

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Cirsium Vulgare, or more commonly know as Bull Thistle, is a forb/herb (a forb/herb is a non-woody plant that is not a grass) of the genus Cirsium. Its duration is biennial or bi-annual which means it can grow or bloom twice, in the first year and the following year. Cirsium Vulgare or Bull Thistle's floral region is North America US Lower 48, Alaska and Hawaii, specifically in the states of Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Cirsium
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Order: Asterales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Biennial
  • Growth Habit: Forb/herb
  • Native Status: L48 (I) AK (I) HI (I) CAN (I) SPM (I)
  • State Noxious Status: CO (BW) MD (NW) MN (PNW) NM (CBW) OR (BDW Q) PA (NW) WA (CCW)
  • State Noxious Common Name: CO (bull thistle) MD (bull thistle) MN (bull thistle) NM (bull thistle) OR (bull thistle) PA (bull thistle spear thistle) WA (bull thistle)
  • PLANTS Invasive Status: Cal-IPC N'EAST NE&GP SEEPPC STATE SWSS WSWS
  • National Wetland Indicator Status: UPL FAC
  • Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(FACU-) 2(FAC) 3(FACU-) 4(UPL) 5(UPL) 6(FACU) 7(FACU) 8(FAC) 9(FACU) 0(FACU) A(NI) H(NI)


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