www.sare.org publications manage-weeds-on-your-farm downy-brome Downy Brome Other common names: downy brome grass, slender chess, early chess, downy chess, cheatgrass, drooping brome, wall brome, cheatgrass brome, slender brome, drooping brome grass, thatch grass Bromus tectorum L. Identification of Downy Brome Family: Grass family, Poaceae Habit: Winter annual grass, sometimes a summer annual Description: A very long (3 inches) and narrow (0.125 inch) […]
www.sare.org publications manage-weeds-on-your-farm docks Docks Other common names: Broadleaf dock, Rumex obtusifolius L. Curly dock, Rumex crispus L. Identification of Docks Family: Buckwheat family, Polygonaceae Habit: Erect, taprooted, perennial herbs with basal rosettes of large leaves Description: Young leaves of seedlings develop basal rosettes. Leaf edges unfurl outwards from underneath the leaf. Mature plants form vigorous basal rosettes. All leaves […]
www.sare.org publications manage-weeds-on-your-farm deadnettles Deadnettles Other common names: Henbit, Lamium amplexicaule L. Purple deadnettle, Lamium purpureum L. Identification of Deadnettles Family: Mint family, Lamiaceae Habit: Henbit is a winter annual or summer annual, sprawling with upward curving stems that root at the nodes. Purple deadnettle is a sprawling winter annual with stems rooting at the nodes. Description: Seedlings have stalked […]
www.sare.org publications manage-weeds-on-your-farm dandelion Dandelion Other common names: common dandelion, blowball, cankerwort, faceclock, pee-a-bed, wet-a-bed, lion’s tooth, Irish daisy Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg. Identification of Dandelions Family: Aster family, Asteraceae Habit: Rosette forming, taprooted perennial herb with leafless flowering stalks Description: Cotyledons are 0.2–0.4 inch long by 0.08–0.14 inch wide, yellow-green, hairless, untoothed, flat, and oval to upside down teardrop […]
www.sare.org publications manage-weeds-on-your-farm common-sunflower Sunflower, common Other common names: sunflower, wild sunflower Helianthus annuus L. Identification of Sunflower Family: Aster family, Asteraceae Habit: Tall, upright, branched summer annual herb Taxonomic note: The species Helianthus annuus has been classified into a cultivated subspecies (ssp. macrocarpus), a wild subspecies (ssp. lenticularis) and a weedy subspecies (ssp. annuus). Since weedy populations are often more […]
www.sare.org publications manage-weeds-on-your-farm common-ragweed Ragweed, common Other common names: Roman wormwood, hog weed, bitter weed, wild tansy, mayweed, hay fever weed, blackweed, Roman wormweed, annual ragweed, short ragweed, small ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. Identification of Ragweed Family: Aster family, Asteraceae Habit: Erect, branched, summer annual herb Description: Seedling stems are purple-spotted to purple. Cotyledons are dark green, paddle shaped, thick and […]
www.sare.org publications manage-weeds-on-your-farm common-purslane Purslane, common Other common names: pusley, purslane, pursley, wild portulaca, low pigweed, common portulaca, wild portulac, little hooweed Portulaca oleracea L. Identification of Purslane Family: Purslane family, Portulacaceae Habit: Succulent, prostrate, taprooted summer annual herb Description: Young seedling stems begin upright, reaching 0.5 inch in height, then become prostrate. Stems and cotyledons are maroon tinged and fleshy. […]
www.sare.org publications manage-weeds-on-your-farm common-milkweed Milkweed, common Other common names: silkweed, cotton weed, Virginia silk, wild cotton, silky milkweed, common silkweed, showy milkweed, swallow wort Asclepias syriaca L. Identification of Milkweed Family: Milkweed family, Asclepiadaceae Habit: Erect, unbranched, perennial herb spreading by deep thickened storage roots Description: Seedlings have light green, smooth stems. Cotyledons are 0.25–0.5 inch long, largely untapered, dull green […]
www.sare.org publications manage-weeds-on-your-farm common-lambsquarters Lambsquarters, common Other common names: white pigweed, white goosefoot, pigweed, fat hen, mealweed, frost blite, frost bite, bacon weed, lamb's quarters, lambsquarter, lambs quarter, lambs quarters, goosefoot, netseed lamb’s quarters, wild spinach, green pigweed Chenopodium album L. Identification of Lambsquarters Family: Goosefoot family, Chenopodiaceae Habit: Tall, erect, summer annual herb Description: Seedlings have thumb- to long ellipse-shaped, […]
www.sare.org publications manage-weeds-on-your-farm common-groundsel Groundsel, common Other common names: staggerwort, stinking Willie, groundsel, grimsel, simson, bird seed, ragwort, chickenweed, common ragwort, garden groundsel, grand mouron, old-man-in-the-spring Senecio vulgaris L. Identification of Groundsel Family: Aster family, Asteraceae Habit: Erect, branched, summer, or occasionally winter, annual herb Description: Cotyledons of the seedling are club to ellipse shaped, measuring 0.1–0.4 inch long by 0.1 […]