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Garlic Mustard, Alliaria petiolata - WEED

hand pull, from Europe

small 4 peteled white flowers, textured palmate leaves that are doubly toothed,

Common Ragweed, Ambrosia Artemistiifolia - WEED

Cutting, 3% glyphosate,

fernlike, interesting leaf pattern, lobed leaves that are pinnate

Giant Ragweed, Ambrosia Trifida - WEED

strobili found on top in summer, palmate lobed almost forked leaf pattern, huge,

Mowed or 3% glyphosate

Common Burdock, Arctium Minus - WEED

large pinnate rippled leaves, thistle-like flowers with purple-white, burred seed packets,

Canada Thistle, Crisium Arvense - WEED, REPORT

perennial, irregularly lobed leaves, purple thistle shaped flowers, spreads rapidly via rhizomes.

Bull Thistle, Crisium Vulgare, - WEED

Branched, hairy, spiked, with leaves referred to as “winged”, Purple flowers in usual thistle shape (pear-like), leaves are smaller and less prominent compared to Canada thistle, they also have white haired bottom

Queen Anne’s Lace, Daucus Carota - WEED

lacy white flowers, large leaves with fine pinnately divided resembling parsley, very thin stem

pulling, and repeated mowing, these are wild carrots, we eat a domestic version of these!

Teasel, Dipsacus Spp. - WEED

Lance shaped (Common or Fuller’s) or deeply lobed leaves (Cutleaf), form cups around main stem, white (Cutleaf), pink, or purple flowers (Common) oval shaped flower heads, which are surrounded by at base by up-curving bracts

Creeping Charlie, Glechoma hederacea - WEED

groundcovering, opposite leaves, minty smell, purple iris-like flowers, pull or apply glyphosate when other plants are dormant

Honeysuckle, Lonicera Spp. - WEED CHECK

Opposite pinnately compound leaves, bright red berries, white, pink, or yellow trumpet flowers, flakey and fibrous tan bark, handpulled when sapling otherwise apply 50-75% glyphosate as soon as you cut stem, SOME SPECIES ARE NATIVE

Purple Loosetrife, Lythrum Salicaria - WEED CHECK

Square stems that can appear woody at base, leaves are whorled and pinnate with smooth spike-like shape, Pink to purple flowers, NATIVE SPECIES HAVE YELLOW FLOWERS OR ARE SMALLER IN SIZE, younger plants can be pulled, must be bagged carefully, glyphosate should be applied to cut stems.

Sweet Clover, Melilotus spp. - WEED

delicate structure, three sets of pinnately compound leaves that are finely toothed and rounded at the top, white or yellow flowers in long clusters,

Pull younger plants, mowing, burning can help at first but will hurt in the end

Wild Parsnip, Pastinaca sativa - WEED CHECK

looks similar to golden alexanders but is larger and blooms later, count leaflets Wild Parsnip has 7 OR MORE leaflets on its basal leaves, tall stems with leafy bottoms, pinnately compound opposite leaves small yellow flowers in clusters.

2% glyphosate, pulling, DO NOT TOUCH WITH EXPOSED SINK UNLESS WEARING SUNSCREEN

Reed Canary Grass, Phalaris arundinacea - WEED

erect hairless stems growing in clumps, inflorescence are green and or slightly purple until tan, leaves are wide and flat

Spray Reed Canary Grass with 3% glyphosate

Common Reed, Phragmites australis - WEED

leaves and stems are pale dusty green color, leaves being crimped but flat and considerably long, arranged alternately, feather duster like flower heads at the top of tall stems, these tend to be bushier than native species.

Glyphosate is most affective

Common Buckthorn, Rhamnus cathartica - WEED

can be shrub or tree like, silver-charcoal colored bark, cut branches and trunk show bright yellow/orange heartwoods, leaves are almost opposite, egg-shaped with point at tip, very finely toothed, and glossy, produces small black berries that are toxic to humans.

Multiflora Rose, Rosa multiflora - WEED

Found in woodlands, tall, small and thin double toothed leaves that are opposite and pinnately compound, each leaf has a stipule (leafy and hairy material) white five pedal flowers in clusters thorny and mean. repeated mowing and cuttings, cut and put 20% glyphosate in cut

Curly Dock, Rumex crispus - WEED

leaves are long, narrow, crispy, and wavy, reddish stems, produces clusters of small yellowish and red flowers, often found in disturbed soils, thrives in wet areas. 2% glyphosate, cut and removed if flowering.

Poison Ivy, Toxicodendron radicans - WEED

characterized by its three leaflets, which can be glossy or dull and often have three toothed tip. It can grow as a vine or shrub and produces small greenish flowers that develop into white berries.

Red Clover, trifolium pratense - WEED

Hairy stems with pink or purple flowers, three leaflets each with v shaped symbol of white or light green.

Big Bluestem, Andropogon gerardii

three pronged “trukey’s foot” seed heads. The stems and leaves have a slightly bluish tinge to them, as well as redish streak.

Side-oats Grama, Bouteloua curtipendula

Grows in individual clamps. flowers and seeds line up on one side of the thin long stalk, which tend to be more vertical.

Barnyard Grass, Echinochloa crus-galli, Grass

This species is most notable and abundant in wet prairies, often forming dense stands. Barnyard grass has a robust, upright growth habit with broad, flat leaves and can reach heights of up to 4 feet.

Canadian Wild Rye, Elymus canadensis, GRASS

Native perennial grass is tufted at the base producing stems about 3-5’ tall. Each has roughly 8 alternate leaves that are distributed throughout its length. Produces hairless basal leaves up to 1’ tall.

Rice-cut Grass, Leersia oryzoides, Grass

Native perennial grass that grows erect up to 4 feet tall. Hallow stem that is light to yellowish green and smooth. Blades are alternative and dull green, and are slightly rough with fine saw teeth at the end. Grows in wetlands and marshy areas, often forming dense stands.

Switch Grass, Panicum virgatum, Grass