Index / Search / Cirsium arvense
§1 Plant
Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.
vernacular Canada thistle — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Cirsium
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Introduced
- GL Greenland Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 309 counties across 18 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 309 counties across 18 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 23 I ▾
- Bell 21013
- Boone 21015
- Bourbon 21017
- Boyd 21019
- Bracken 21023
- Carroll 21041
- Clark 21049
- Fayette 21067
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Laurel 21125
- Lewis 21135
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- McCreary 21147
- Owsley 21189
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Woodford 21239
Maine view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 56 I ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Deer Lodge 30023
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Granite 30039
- Hill 30041
- Jefferson 30043
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Liberty 30051
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Meagher 30059
- Mineral 30061
- Missoula 30063
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Pondera 30073
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Prairie 30079
- Ravalli 30081
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Sanders 30089
- Sheridan 30091
- Silver Bow 30093
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Treasure 30103
- Valley 30105
- Wheatland 30107
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 34 I ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Greene 36039
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Schenectady 36093
- Schoharie 36095
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 61 I ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 32 I ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bland 51021
- Carroll 51035
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Frederick 51069
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Henrico 51087
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Montgomery 51121
- Northampton 51131
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Stafford 51179
- Tazewell 51185
- Washington 51191
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 20 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CIAR4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3113414 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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