Resources

Fire Effects Information System - USDA Forest Service
Weed of the Week - USDA Forest Service

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1148067 Russian thistle Salsola kali Plant(s) USDA APHIS PPQ Archive	1148072 Russian thistle Salsola kali Plant(s) USDA APHIS PPQ Archive	5405753 Russian thistle Salsola kali Plant(s) Bonnie Million	5405755 Russian thistle Salsola kali Foliage Bonnie Million
5405754 Russian thistle Salsola kali Foliage Bonnie Million	1148073 Russian thistle Salsola kali Flower(s) USDA APHIS PPQ Archive	1391516 Russian thistle Salsola kali Seedling(s) John D. Byrd	5364562 Russian thistle Salsola kali Research Howard F. Schwartz
5376784 Russian thistle Salsola kali Fruit(s) Julia Scher	5376785 Russian thistle Salsola kali Fruit(s) Julia Scher	5405737 Russian thistle Salsola kali Flower(s) Bonnie Million	5405740 Russian thistle Salsola kali Flower(s) Bonnie Million

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

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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

Taxonomic Rank

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: Caryophyllidae

Order: Caryophyllales

Family: Chenopodiaceae

Genus: Salsola

Synonyms and Other Names

Other Common Names:
common saltwort, prickly Russian thistle, tumbleweed

References

Common Name Reference:	Weed Science Society of America Common Names List
Scientific Name Reference:	USDA, NRCS. 2010. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.