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Cirsium arvense
field thistle
Monocacy National Battlefield
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Non-native
Abundance:	Rare

Scientific Name with Authority:		Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		field thistle
Park Synonyms:

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


Management Tags:
Management Priority


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		MD: SNA
Evidence:		4 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 4 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
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Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site	Anacostia Park
Antietam National Battlefield	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Appalachian National Scenic Trail	Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Aztec Ruins National Monument	Badlands National Park
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site	Big Hole National Battlefield
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area	Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Bryce Canyon National Park	Canyonlands National Park
Cape Cod National Seashore	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
City Of Rocks National Reserve	Colonial National Historical Park
Crater Lake National Park	Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Devils Tower National Monument	Dinosaur National Monument
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve	Effigy Mounds National Monument
Eisenhower National Historic Site	Fire Island National Seashore
First State National Historical Park	Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Fort Laramie National Historic Site	Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Pulaski National Monument	Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site	Fossil Butte National Monument
Friendship Hill National Historic Site	Gateway National Recreation Area
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	George Washington Memorial Parkway
Gettysburg National Military Park	Glacier National Park
Golden Gate National Recreation Area	Golden Spike National Historical Park
Grand Canyon National Park	Grand Portage National Monument
Grand Teton National Park	Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
Great Falls Park	Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site	Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Hovenweep National Monument	Indiana Dunes National Park
Isle Royale National Park	Jewel Cave National Monument
Johnstown Flood National Memorial	Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site	Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
Lava Beds National Monument	Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument	Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site	Mesa Verde National Park
Minute Man National Historical Park	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Missouri National Recreational River	Morristown National Historical Park
Mount Rainier National Park	Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Natural Bridges National Monument	Nez Perce National Historical Park
Niobrara National Scenic River	North Cascades National Park
Olympic National Park	Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Pipestone National Monument	Piscataway Park
Prince William Forest Park	Redwood National Park
Rock Creek Park	Rocky Mountain National Park
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	San Juan Island National Historical Park
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Shenandoah National Park
Sitka National Historical Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Valles Caldera National Preserve
Valley Forge National Historical Park	Voyageurs National Park
Whitman Mission National Historic Site	Wind Cave National Park
Yellowstone National Park	Yucca House National Monument


Last Modified Date:	4/1/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/7/2025 6:53:58 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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