Common Weeds of Colorado
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14 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
Stinkgrass | ![]() Annual, reproduces by seed, disagreeable odor |
Foxtail Barley | ![]() Perennial, native, 2' tall, seeds have barbed awns |
Barnyard Grass | ![]() Introduced annual, rough looking, 8"-4' stems |
Green Foxtail | ![]() Introduced annual, 8"-2' tall, fuzzy green/yellow bristles |
Crabgrass | ![]() Large and small, common lawn weed, annual introduced |
Sandbur | ![]() Annual, mat forming, tire puncturing goat heads, introduced |
Docks | ![]() Noxious weed, buckwheat family, paper sheaths, big lanceolate leaves, winged achines |
Prostrate Knotweed | ![]() Buckwheat family, introduced annual, tough weed, common in lawns/driveways |
Lambsquarter | ![]() Common annual, goosefooted shaped leaves |
Kochia | ![]() Annual, single stemmed bushes 6' tall, tumbleweed |
Russian Thistle | ![]() Introduced annual, branches woody when mature, plant breaks off at maturity (tumbleweed), sharp bracts |
Prostrate Pigweed | ![]() Eastern native, annual, amaranth family, mat forming |
Redroot Pigweed | ![]() Annual, big taproot, large bristly, upright |
Purslane | ![]() Annual, from seeds or cuttings, mat forming, rubbery leaves (portulaca), yellow flowers |
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