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Brassicaceae (Mustard Family)

The number of invasive mustards is truly depressing. Some, like Sisymbrium altissimum and Chorispora Tenella, are worse than others. You will see them everywhere in the West, occupying disturbed ground, whether roadsides, wasted pastures, or logged forests.

• Alyssum
• Alyssum alyssoides (Yellow Alyssum)
• Arabis (Rockcress)
  • Arabis hirsuta (Rockcress)
• Barbarea (Wintercress)
  • Barbarea vulgaris (Wintercress)
• Camelina (Smallseed Falseflax)
  • Camelina microcarpa (Smallseed Falseflax)
• Capsella (Shepherd's Purse)
  • Capsella bursa-pastoris (Shepherd's Purse)
• Chorispora (Purple Mustard)
  • Chorispora tenella (Purple Mustard)
• Descurainia (Flixweed)
  • Descurainia sophia (Flixweed)
• Draba (Whitlow Wort)
  • Draba nemarosa (Whitlowwort)
• Lepidium (Peppergrass)
  • Lepidium latifolium (Peppergrass)
• Neolepia (Fieldcress)
  • Neolepia campestre (Fieldcress)
• Sisymbrium (Jim Hill Mustard)
  • Sisymbrium altissimum (Jim Hill Mustard, Tumble Mustard)
• Thlaspi (Pennycress)
  • Thlaspi arvense (Pennycress)