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Plant and Weed Identification

  • American burnweed - Erechtites hieraciifolius

  • Annual bluegrass - Poa annua

  • Asiatic (common) dayflower - Commelina communis

  • Barnyardgrass - Echinochloa crus-galli

  • Brambles - Rubus spp.

  • British elecampane - Inula britannica

  • Broadleaf helleborine - Epipactis helleborine

  • Broadleaf plantain – Plantago major

  • Buckhorn plantain – Plantago lanceolata

  • Bull thistle – Cirsium vulgare

  • Canada goldenrod – Solidago canadensis

  • Carpetweed – Mullogo verticillata

  • Common burdock - Arctium minus Bernh.

  • Common chickweed - Stellaria media (L.) Vill.

  • Common cottonwood – Populus deltoides

  • Common eveningprimrose – Oenothera biennis

  • Common groundsel – Senecio vulgaris

  • Common lambsquarters – Chenopodium album

  • Common mallow – Malva neglecta

  • Common milkweed – Asclepias syriaca

  • Common mullein - Verbascum thapsus L.

  • Common purslane – Portulaca oleracea

  • Common ragweed – Ambrosia artemisiifolia

  • Common St. Johnswort – Hypericum perforatum

  • Corn speedwell – Veronica arvensis

  • Curly dock – Rumex crispus

  • Dandelion – Taraxacum officinale

  • Eastern black nightshade – Solanum ptycanthum

  • Enchanter's nightshade - Circaea canadensis (L.) Hill

  • English ivy – Hedera helix

  • Fall panicum – Panicum dichotomiflorum

  • Field bindweed – Convolvulus arvensis

  • Field horsetail – Equisetum arvense

  • Field pennycress – Thlaspi arvense

  • Field violet – Viola arvensis

  • Garlic mustard - Alliaria petiolate (Bieb.) Cavara & Grande

  • Giant Hogweed – Heracleum mantegazzianum

    Published on June 1, 2012

  • Goutweed - Aegopodium podagraria

  • Green foxtail – Setaria viridis

  • Ground ivy (creeping Charlie) – Glechoma hederacea

  • Hairy bittercress – Cardamine hirsuta

  • Hairy galinsoga – Galinsoga quadriradiata

  • Healall – Prunella vulgaris

  • Hemp dogbane – Apocynum cannabinum

  • Henbit – Lamium amplexicaule

  • Hoary alyssum – Berteroa incana

  • Horsenettle – Solanum carolinense

  • Horseweed (marestail) – Conyza canadensis

  • Ivyleaf morningglory – Ipomoea hederacea

  • Japanese knotweed – Fallopia japonica

  • Jimsonweed – Datura stramonium

  • Johnsongrass – Sorghum halepense

  • Knawel – Scleranthus annuus

  • Large crabgrass – Digitaria sanguinalis

  • Liverworts – Division Marchantiophyta

  • Marsh yellowcress – Rorippa palustris

  • Mosses – Division Bryophyta

  • Motherwort - Leonurus cardiaca

  • Mouseear chickweed – Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare

  • Mugwort – Artemisia vulgaris

  • Northern willowherb – Epilobium ciliatum

  • Pennsylvania smartweed – Persicaria pensylvanica

  • Perennial sowthistle – Sonchus arvensis

  • Persian Speedwell - Veronica persica Poir.

  • Pineapple weed – Matricaria discoidea

  • Poison hemlock- Conium maculatum

  • Poison Ivy in Michigan – Toxicodendron radicans and rybergii

    Published on May 29, 2020

  • Pokeweed – Phytolacca americana

  • Prostrate knotweed – Polygonum aviculare

  • Prostrate pigweed – Amaranthus blitoides

  • Puncturevine – Tribulus terrestris

  • Purple Deadnettle-Lamium purpureum L.

  • Quackgrass- Elymus repens

  • Redroot pigweed – Amaranthus retroflexus

  • Redstem filaree – Erodium cicutarium

  • Shepherd’s purse – Capsella bursa-pastoris

  • Smooth groundcherry – Physalis longifolia var. subglabrata

  • Spotted knapweed – Centaurea stoebe

  • Staghorn sumac – Rhus typhina

  • Stinging nettle – Urtica dioica

  • Stinkgrass – Eragrostis cilianensis

  • Tall fescue - Lolium arundinacea

  • Tree-of-heaven – Ailanthus altissima

  • Tumble pigweed – Amaranthus albus

  • Velvetleaf – Abutilon theophrasti

  • Vetches – Vicia spp.

  • Virginia creeper – Parthenocissus quinquefolia

  • White campion (white cockle) – Silene latifolia

  • White clover – Trifolium repens

  • Whitlow grass - Draba verna L.

  • Wild buckwheat – Fallopia convolvulus

  • Wild carrot (Queen Anne’s lace) – Daucus carota

  • Wild grapes- Vitis spp.

  • Wild mustard – Sinapis arvensis

  • Wild Parsnip - Pastinaca sativa

  • Yellow nutsedge – Cyperus esculentus

  • Yellow rocket – Barbarea vulgaris

  • Yellow woodsorrel – Oxalis stricta

Plant and Weed Identification

  • Plant and Weed Identification
  • History & Map of Herbicide-Resistant Weeds In Michigan

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