ANNUAL REPORT OF INTRODUCED BENEFICIAL ORGANISMS RELEASED IN THE UNITED STATES AND TERRITORIES - 1982 

 SECTION II - INTRODUCED WEED CONTROL AGENTS RELEASED IN U.S. AND TERRITORIES - 1982 



PART B - Target Host Arranged Alphabetically by Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species with Alphabetical List of Introduced 

 Beneficial Species Released Against It; Target Host Arranged Alphabetically by Common Name 



Common Name 



alligatorweed 

 bull thistle 

 Canada thistle 

 common St . Johnswort 

 cypress spurge 

 Dalmatian toadflax 

 diffuse knapweed 

 leafy spurge 

 Mediterranean sage 

 milk thistle 

 musk thistle 

 plumeless thistle 

 punct ure vine 

 rush skeletonweed 

 Russian thistle 

 spotted knapweed 

 tansy ragwort 

 waterhyacinth 



Genus-species 



Alternanthera philoxeroides 

 Cirsium vulgare 

 Cirsium arvense 

 Hypericum perforatum 

 Euphorbia cyparissias 

 Linaria dalmatica 

 Centaurea diffusa 

 Euphorbia esula 

 Salvia aethiopis 

 Silybum marianum 

 Carduus nutans 

 Carduus acanthoides 

 Tribulus terrestris 

 Chondrilla juncea 

 Salsola australis 

 Centaurea maculosa 

 Senecio jacobaea 

 Eichhornia crassipes 



Order : Family 



Caryophyllales : Amaranthaceae 

 Asterales : Asteraceae 

 Asterales : Asteraceae 

 Theales : Clusiaceae 

 Euphorbiales : Euphorbiaceae 

 Scrophulariales : Scrophulariaceae 

 Asterales : Asteraceae 

 Euphorbiales : Euphorbiaceae 

 Lamiales : Lamiaceae 

 Asterales : Asteraceae 

 Asterales :Asteraceae 

 Asterales : Asteraceae 

 Sapindales : Zygophyllaceae 

 Asterales : Asteraceae 

 Caryophyllales : Chenopodiaceae 

 Asterales : Asteraceae 

 Asterales : Asteraceae 

 Liliales : Pont ederiaceae 



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