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South Dakota

Welcome to the Midwest Invasive Species Information Network’s South Dakota page! Here you will find contact information and invasive species resources for the state.

Resources

State Contacts

Ron Moehring

State Weed and Pest Supervisor
ron.moehring@state.sd.us
Ph: 605-773-3796

Dennie Mann

Regional Land Supervisor
downtoearth15@rap.midco.net
Ph: 605-394-2391

Top Reported Species

  • Brown marmorated stink bug: 3
  • Narrow-leaved cat-tail: 2
  • Creeping bentgrass: 1
  • Bull thistle: 1
  • Crack willow: 1

Recent Observations

Priority Species

Asian clam
Bighead carp
Black carp
Brittle Naiad
Common carp
Common Crupina
Curlyleaf Pondweed
Didymo
Dye’s Woad
Eurasian watermilfoil
European Rudd
Grass carp
Grecian Foxglove
Medusahead Rye
New Zealand mud snail
Orange Hawkweed
Palmer Amaranth
Quagga mussels
Red Bartsia
Red-rimmed Melania
Rush Skeletonweed
Rusty Crayfish
Silver carp
Snakeheads
Viper’s Bugloss
Viral Hemorraghic Septicemia
Whirling Disease
Zebra Mussels

Non-Native Plant Quarantine

Canada thistle
Common crupina (Crupina vulgaris)
Dalmation toadflax
Diffuse knapweed
Dodder (Cuscuta spp.)
Eurasian water milfoil
Field bindweed
Hoary cress
Johnsongrass
Leafy spurge
Multiflora rose
Musk / Nodding thistle
Perennial pepperweed
Perennial sow thistle
Plumeless thistle
Purple loosestrife
Rush skeletonweed (Chondrilla juncea)
Russian knapweed
Spotted knapweed
St. Johnswort
Yellow starthistle
Yellow toadflax

Noxious Weeds

Absinth wormwood
Black henbane
Bull thistle
Canada thistle
Chicory (Cichorium intybus)
Common Burdock
Common mullein
Common tansy
Dalmatian toadflax
Diffuse knapweed
Field Bindweed
Giant Knotweed
Hoary cress
Houndstongue
Leafy spurge
Musk thistle
Ox Eye Daisy
Perennial sow thistle
Phragmites
Plumeless thistle
Poison Hemlock
Puncturevine
Purple loosestrife
Russian knapweed
Salt cedar
Scotch thistle
Spotted knapweed
St. Johnswort
Sulfur cinquifoil
Yellow toadflax