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Sonchus oleraceus
common sow-thistle
Arches National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Non-native
Abundance:	Uncommon

Scientific Name with Authority:		Sonchus oleraceus L.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		common sow-thistle
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Asterales, Family Asteraceae, Genus Sonchus, Species Sonchus oleraceus


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		GNR
NatureServe State Rank:		UT: SNA
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 1 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
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Assateague Island National Seashore	Aztec Ruins National Monument
Big Bend National Park	Big Thicket National Preserve
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area	Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Cabrillo National Monument	Canaveral National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Carlsbad Caverns National Park	Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
Castillo De San Marcos National Monument	Chamizal National Memorial
Channel Islands National Park	Chiricahua National Monument
Coronado National Memorial	Cowpens National Battlefield
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Death Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
DeSoto National Memorial	Dry Tortugas National Park
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve	Everglades National Park
Fort Bowie National Historic Site	Fort Caroline National Memorial
Fort Frederica National Monument	Fort Matanzas National Monument
Fort Point National Historic Site	Fort Sumter National Historical Park
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site	Gateway National Recreation Area
Golden Gate National Recreation Area	Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Teton National Park	Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Guadalupe Mountains National Park	Gulf Islands National Seashore
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument	Haleakala National Park
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park	Hot Springs National Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Jimmy Carter National Historical Park	John Muir National Historic Site
Kalaupapa National Historical Park	Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park	Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Lewis and Clark National Historical Park	Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Mojave National Preserve
Mount Rainier National Park	Muir Woods National Monument
Natchez Trace Parkway	Natural Bridges National Monument
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve	North Cascades National Park
Olympic National Park	Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Padre Island National Seashore	Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
Pinnacles National Park	Pipe Spring National Monument
Point Reyes National Seashore	Presidio of San Francisco
Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site	Redwood National Park
Rock Creek Park	Saguaro National Park
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park	San Juan Island National Historical Park
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	Saratoga National Historical Park
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
Shenandoah National Park	Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Tonto National Monument
Tumacacori National Historical Park	Virgin Islands National Park
Yosemite National Park	Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	9/1/2009

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/9/2025 12:41:10 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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