Christmas tree weed ID guide

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A publication for Christmas tree growers:
An IPM Pocket Guide for Weed Identification in Christmas Trees -- New 2007 This plastic-coated scouting guide with its 3.75" X 6.0" pages fits in your pocket for easy use in the field. With each weed, the life cycle, leaves, stems, flowers and fruit, and reproduction are presented with color pictures and a description to help you find the right species no matter what time of the season it is. (order information or view sample pages)

The following weeds are included in the guide:
Annual sowthistle Apple of Peru Atriplex Barnyardgrass Bittersweet nightshade Blackseed plantain Bladder campion Brambles Broadleaf dock Broadleaf plantain Buckhorn plantain Bull thistle Canada goldenrod Canada thistle Common blue violet Common cottonwood Common eveningprimrose Common lambsquarters Common milkweed Common ragweed Common St. Johnswort Common yarrow Curly dock Cutleaf eveningprimrose Dandelion Dwarf sumac Eastern black nightshade Entireleaf morningglory Fall panicum Field bindweed Field horsetail Field pennycress Field violet Giant foxtail Giant knotweed Giant ragweed Green foxtail Hedge bindweed	Hemp dogbane Hoary alyssum Horsenettle Horseweed Ivyleaf morningglory Japanese knotweed Jimsonweed Johnsongrass Ladysthumb Large crabgrass MarestailMile-a-minute Nightflowering catchfly Pale smartweed Pennsylvania smartweed Perennial sowthistle Pitted morningglory Poison hemlock Poison ivy Pokeweed Powell amaranth Prickly lettuce Prostrate pigweed Puncturevine Quackgrass Red clover Redroot pigweed Scouringrush Shepherd’s purse Smooth crabgrass Smooth groundcherry Smooth pigweed Smooth sumac Spiny sowthistle Spotted knapweed Spreading dogbane Staghorn sumac Stinging nettle Stinkgrass	Young common milkweed plant.
		Swamp smartweed Tall morningglory Tartary buckwheat Tree-of-heaven Tumble pigweed Velvetleaf Vetches Virginia creeper Western ragweed White campion White clover Wild buckwheat Wild carrot Wild grapes Wild mustard Wild proso millet Witchgrass Yellow foxtail Yellow nutsedge Yellow rocket



Other guides for scouting View information on similar guides for stone fruit, blueberries, grapes, woody landscape plants, weeds in the nursery and landscape, herbaceous perennials and natural enemies in crops and landscapes. More information. The 143-page guide serves as a field supplement to more comprehensive references like the Christmas Tree Pest Manual by D.G. McCullough, S.A. Katovich, M.E. Ostry and J. Cummings-Carlson, Common Weed Seedlings of the North Central States by A.J. Chomas, J.J. Kells and J.B. Carey, and Weeds of the Northeast by R.H. Uva, J.C. Neal and J.M. DiTomaso. Compiled and edited by: Steven A. Gower, Diagnostic Services, Michigan State University; and Robert J. Richardson, North Carolina State University. Graphic designer: Rebecca Lamb, MSU IPM Program
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Updated: 05/23/07