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Bull Thistle

Scientific Name:

Cirsium vulgare

Type:

Herbaceous Plant

Habitat:

Rangeland, along roadsides, edges of fields, burned areas, and other disturbed or mismanaged sites

Range:

Native to Europe, western Asia, and northern Africa; widespread across the United States

Status:

No listed status

This species is

INVASIVE

to the Truckee Meadows.