Resources
- Plant Invaders of Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas - National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Weed of the Week - USDA Forest Service
- Element Stewardship Abstract - The Nature Conservancy
- Weeds Gone Wild: Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas - Plant Conservation Alliance
- Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council Invasive Plant Manual - SE-EPPC
- Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests - USDA Forest Service
Representative Images
0016188 sericea lespedeza Lespedeza cuneata Plant(s) James H. Miller |
0016190 sericea lespedeza Lespedeza cuneata Feature(s) James H. Miller |
1120169 sericea lespedeza Lespedeza cuneata Flower(s) James H. Miller |
1237107 sericea lespedeza Lespedeza cuneata Flower(s) Dan Tenaglia |
1330074 sericea lespedeza Lespedeza cuneata Foliage Chris Evans |
1334069 sericea lespedeza Lespedeza cuneata Infestation Chris Evans |
1334071 sericea lespedeza Lespedeza cuneata Infestation Chris Evans |
1380358 sericea lespedeza Lespedeza cuneata Seedling(s) Chris Evans |
2150058 sericea lespedeza Lespedeza cuneata Infestation Chris Evans |
2150061 sericea lespedeza Lespedeza cuneata Infestation Chris Evans |
2307243 sericea lespedeza Lespedeza cuneata Feature(s) James H. Miller |
5238024 sericea lespedeza Lespedeza cuneata Flower(s) Dan Tenaglia |
5302020 sericea lespedeza Lespedeza cuneata Infestation Chuck Bargeron |
5307079 sericea lespedeza Lespedeza cuneata Seed(s) Steve Hurst |
5392254 sericea lespedeza Lespedeza cuneata Twig(s)/Shoot(s) John M. Randall |
9005061 sericea lespedeza Lespedeza cuneata Seed(s) James H. Miller |
Maps
EDDMapS Distribution - This map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level reports made by experts, herbaria, and literature. For more information, visit www.eddmaps.org
State Regulated List - This map identifies those states that list this species on their regulated list. For more information, visit Invasive.org
Most Troublesome / Most Common Agricultural Weed List
This map identifies those states that consider this species either most troublesome or most common in at least one commodity. For more information, visit the MTMC project page.
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| No Data for this state | |
| Troublesome or Common weed in one or more crops | |
Invasive Listing Sources
- Alabama Invasive Plant Council
- Colorado Noxious Weeds
- Faith Campbell, 1998
- Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council - Category 1
- Hoffman, R. & K. Kearns, Eds. 1997. Wisconsin manual of control recommendations for ecologically invasive plants. Wisconsin Dept. Natural Resources, Bureau of Endangered Resources. Madison, Wisconsin. 102pp.
- Illinois Invasive Plant List
- Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society
- Jil M. Swearingen, Survey of invasive plants occurring on National Park Service lands, 2000-2007
- John Randall, The Nature Conservancy, Survey of TNC Preserves, 1995.
- Kansas Noxious Weeds
- Kentucky Exotic Pest Plant Council - Severe Threat
- Maryland Department of Natural Resources, 1994
- Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2005
- Missouri Department of Conservation,
- New Jersey Department of Agriculture, Division of Plant Industry, 2004
- Nonnative Invasive Species in Southern Forest and Grassland Ecosystems
- North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, 1998
- South Carolina Exotic Pest Plant Council - Significant Threat
- Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council - Severe Threat
- Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, 2009
- WeedUS - Database of Plants Invading Natural Areas in the United States
- Wisconsin's Invasive Species Identification, Classification and Control Rule
Taxonomic Rank
| Kingdom: Plantae |
| Phylum: Magnoliophyta |
| Class: Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass: Rosidae |
| Order: Fabales |
| Family: Fabaceae (Leguminosae) |
| Genus: Lespedeza |
Other System Links
Plants: LECUBayer: LESCU
GRIN: 21856
ITIS: 25898
NPDN Pest: PCQBEBA
NPDN Host: 36417
Synonyms and Other Names
Other Common Names:
Chinese lespedeza, sericea lespedeza
Related Scientific Names:
| Lespedeza sericea (Dum.-Cours.) G. Don | (Synonym) |
| Common Name Reference: | USDA, NRCS. 2010. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. |
| Scientific Name Reference: | USDA, NRCS. 2010. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. |

