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grasses- vegetation consisting of typically short plants with long, narrow leaves, growing wild
or cultivated on lawns and pasture, and as a fodder crop. (ex: swamp morning glory), Ipomea
triloba (Three-lobe morning glory),etc.
2. sedges- a grasslike plant with triangular stems and inconspicuous flowers, growing typically in
wet ground. Sedges are widely distributed throughout temperate and cold regions.
3.broadleaves- often have wide leaves and grow from a stem. Most broadleaf weeds develop
clusters of blossoms or single flowers as they mature that can be considered undesirable. The
roots of most broadleaf weeds are fibrous in nature. The roots can be thin, a large taproot, or a
combination.

Botanical name: Taraxacum officinale

Category: Perennial broadleaf

Size: 2-18 inches

Dandelions are common garden weeds, often found growing on your lawn. Usually, dandelions
first catch the eye in spring. But in some locations, they grow and flower all year round. And
you’ll notice them immediately. Dandelions have a distinctive yellow flower that gives way to a
fluffy seed head when it’s time for seed dispersal.
Dandelion weeds are harmless to have in your garden. And they’re good for the bee population.
But they will spread. And like many types of weeds, dandelions take over if you leave them to
grow.

Getting rid of dandelions can be difficult. And simply cutting them down won’t do the job.
Dandelions have a thick taproot that grows around 12 inches deep in the soil. To stop the weed
from growing back you’ll have to kill or remove the taproot.

Canada Thistle

Botanical name: Cirsium arvense

Category: Perennial broadleaf

Size: 2-5 ft. tall

Thistles are thorny weeds that are a prickly nuisance wherever they appear.
Thistles grow from seeds dispersed by the wind. And you can accidentally introduce them to
your yard in topsoil and mulch.

Thistles typically grow between 2-5 ft. tall. And each thistle plant develops a large root system
that can grow 20 ft. long in a single season.

Even a small piece of root in the soil can regrow a new plant. Which makes thistles tricky to get
rid of. To control the spread you can cut off the unopened buds to prevent the plant from
flowering and seeding. And you can use herbicides to kill the weed.

Field Bindweed

Botanical name: Cyperus rotundus

Category: Perennial sedge

Size: Yellow nutsedge – up to 3 ft. tall. Purple nutsedge – up to 1-1/3 ft. tall.

Nutsedge loves waterlogged and compacted soil. And will invade thin lawns if the conditions are
right.
It can be very hard to control. Nutsedge spreads through seeds as well as underground bulbs,
tubers, and rhizomes. Each tuber can produce hundreds of new shoots and hundreds of new
tubers in just a 6 ft. area.

It’s important to prevent nutsedge weed from becoming established. So get rid of nutsedge plants
while they’re young. Before they have the chance to spread and develop tubers

Botanical name: Elymus repens

Category: Perennial grassy weed

Size: Grows up to 4 ft. tall

Also known as couch grass, quackgrass is a persistent grassy weed. Quackgrass grows in sunny
and shady areas of your garden and reproduces from seed. As the weed grows, straw-colored
rhizomes creep across the soil forming a heavy mat and producing new shoots.

Quackgrass is fast-growing. So it’s a good idea to dig this weed out of the ground as soon as you
find it. Make sure you take the roots as well.
After removing the plant, throw it in the waste bin, not in your compost. Or you’ll probably find
it will continue to grow.