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Weed Identification in Nurseries and Landscapes

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An IPM Pocket Guide for Weed Identification in Nurseries and Landscapes

The information presented here about weed identification in nurseries and landscapes was developed from the publication An IPM Pocket Guide for Weed Identification in Nurseries and Landscapes by Steven A. Gower and Robert J. Richardson. This plastic-coated scouting guide with its 3.5" X 5.0" pages fits in your pocket for easy use in the field. It contains many color pictures and descriptions. (View sample pages or ordering information) Purchase the guide from MSU Extension (publication E2982). For reference: Glossary of Terms Broadleaf characteristics Grass characteristics Identify weeds by: Common name Scientific name
Common name

Annual bluegrass Annual sowthistle Asiatic (common) dayflower Barnyardgrass Birdseye pearlwort Birdsfoot trefoil Black medic Blackseed plantain Brambles British elecampane Broadleaf dock Broadleaf plantain Buckhorn plantain Bull thistle Canada goldenrod Canada thistle Carpetweed Common blue violet Common chickweed Common cottonwood Common eveningprimrose Common groundsel Common lambsquarters Common mallow Common purslane Corn speedwell Creeping woodsorrel Curly dock Cutleaf eveningprimrose Dandelion Easternblack nightshade English ivy Entireleaf morningglory Field bindweed	Field horsetail Field pennycress Field violet Giant foxtail Green foxtail Ground ivy Hairy bittercress Hairy galinsoga Healall Hedge bindweed Henbit Horsenettle Horseweed Ivyleaf morningglory Knawel Ladysthumb Large crabgrass Liverworts Marsh yellowcress Mile-a-minute Mosses Mouseear chickweed Mugwort Northern willowherb Pale smartweed Pennsylvania smartweed Perennial sowthistle Pineapple weed Pitted morningglory Poison ivy Powell amaranth Prostrate knotweed Prostrate pigweed Prostrate spurge	Prickly lettuce Purple deadnettle Purslane speedwell Quackgrass Red Clover Redroot pigweed Redstem filaree Scouringrush Shepherd's purse Slender speedwell Smallflowered bittercress Smooth crabgrass Smooth pigweed Spiny sowthistle Spotted spurge Stinging nettle Swamp smartweed Tall morningglory Tartary buckwheat Tumble pigweed Velvetleaf Venice mallow Vetches Virginia creeper White clover Wild buckwheat Wild mustard Yellow fieldcress Yellow foxtail Yellow nutsedge Yellow rocket Yellow woodsorrel

Scientific name

A. hybridus A. powellii Abutilon theophrasti Amaranthus albus Amaranthus blitoides Amaranthus retroflexus Artemisia vulgaris Barbarea vulgaris C. arvense Calystegia sepium Capsella bursa-pastoris Cardamine hirsuta Cardamine parviflora Cerastium fontanum Chamaesyce humistrata Chamaesyce maculata Chenopodium album Cirsium vulgare Commelina communis Convolvulus arvensis Conyza canadensis Cyperus esculentus Digitaria ischaemum Digitaria sanguinalis E. hyemale Echinochloa crus-galli Elymus repens Epilobium ciliatum Erodium cicutarium Equisetum arvense Fagopyrum tataricum Galinsoga quadriradiata Glechoma hederacea	Hedera helix Hibiscus trionum I. hederacea I. lacunosa I. purpurea Inula britannica Ipomoea hederacea Lactuca serriola Lamium amplexicaule Lamium purpureum Lotus corniculatus Malva neglecta Matricaria discoidea Medicago lupulina Mollugo verticillata O. laciniata Oenothera biennis Oxalis corniculata Oxalis stricta P. amphibium P. lapathifolium P. perfoliatum P. persicaria P. rugelii Parthenocissus quinquefolia Plantago lanceolata Plantago major Poa annua Polygonum aviculare Polygonum convolvulus Polygonum pensylvanicum Populus deltoides Portulaca oleracea	Prunella vulgaris R. obtusifolius Rorippa palustris Rorippa sylvestris Rubus Rumex crispus S. asper S. faberi S. glauca S. oleraceus Sagina procumbens Scleranthus annuus Senecio vulgaris Setaria viridis Sinapis arvensis Solanum carolinense Solanum ptycanthum Solidago canadensis Sonchus arvensis Stellaria media T. pratense Taraxacum officinale Thlaspi arvense Toxicodendron radicans Trifolium repens Urtica dioica V. papilionacea Veronica arvensis Veronica filiformis Veronica peregrina Vicia Viola arvensis

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