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Practical Exam - Weeds Flashcards

1
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Common Sowthistle - Scientific Name

A

Sonchus oleraceus

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Common Sowthistle / Sonchus oleraceus - Family

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Asteraceae

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Common Sowthistle / Sonchus oleraceus - Distribution

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  • Widespread
  • bottom 2/3 of Australia.
  • Along roads, cultivation gardens, roads
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Common Sowthistle / Sonchus oleraceus - Eco subgroup

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Annual crop weed

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Flaxleaf Fleabane - Scientific Name

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Conyza bonariensis

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Flaxleaf Fleabane / Conyza bonariensis - Family

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Asteraceae

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Flaxleaf Fleabane / Conyza bonariensis - Reason for success in reduced tillage systems

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Seeds grow best on soil surface

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Flaxleaf Fleabane / Conyza bonariensis - Eco subgroup

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Annual crop weed

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Buchan Weed - Scientific name

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Hirschfeldia incana

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Buchan Weed / Hirschfeldia incana - Family

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Brassicaceae

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Buchan Weed / Hirschfeldia incana - Eco subgroup

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Annual crop weed

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Buchan Weed / Hirschfeldia incana - Eco subgroup

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Annual crop weed

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Bladder Ketmia - Scientific Name

A

Hibiscus trionum

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Bladder Ketmia / Hibiscus trionum - Family

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Malvaceae

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Bladder Ketmia / Hibiscus trionum - Eco subgroup

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Annual crop weed

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Bladder Ketmia / Hibiscus trionum - Season of growth

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Summer

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Bladder Ketmia / Hibiscus trionum - Major weed of which crop that is in the same family?

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Cotton

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Wireweed / Polygonum aviculare - Family

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Polygonaceae

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Wireweed - Scientific name

A

Polygonum aviculare

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Wireweed / Polygonum aviculare - Eco subgroup

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Annual crop weed

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Wireweed / Polygonum aviculare - Importance of this weed in Australian cropping

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  • Weed of wheat
  • Widespread
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Barnyard Grass - Scientific Name

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Echinochloa crus-galli

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Barnyard Grass / Echinochloa crus-galli - Palatability

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Grass - very palatable

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Barnyard Grass / Echinochloa crus-galli - season of growth

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Spring / Summer

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Barnyard Grass / Echinochloa crus-galli - Family

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Barnyard Grass / Echinochloa crus-galli - Eco Subgroup

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Annual crop weed

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Barnyard Grass / Echinochloa crus-galli - Weed importance

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  • Major weed of rice crop
  • weed of 35 other crops
  • many subspecies
28
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Saffron Thistle - Scientific Name

A

Carthamus lanatus

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Saffron Thistle / Carthamus lanatus - Family

A

Asteraceae

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Saffron Thistle / Carthamus lanatus - Eco Subgroup

A

Annual pasture weed

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Saffron Thistle / Carthamus lanatus - common in both pastures and crops. can this weed be grazed?

A

Yes, but only early in life when there are no spines

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Saffron Thistle / Carthamus lanatus - How do the leaves differ to spear thistle?

A

No white hairs

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Saffron Thistle / Carthamus lanatus - What colour are it’s flowers?

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Bathurst Burr / Xanthium spinosum - Family

A

Asteraceae

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Bathurst Burr / Xanthium spinosum - Eco Subgroup

A

Annual Pasture weed

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Bathurst Burr - Scientific name

A

Xanthium spinosum

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Bathurst Burr / Xanthium spinosum - Importance and Distribution

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  • Widespread, V common NSW
  • Abundant in pastures, cultivation, wasteland
  • Gets stuck in wool and impedes sheering
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Spear Thistle - Scientific Name

A

Cirsium vulgare

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Spear Thistle / Cirsium vulgare - Family

A

Asteraceae

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Spear Thistle / Cirsium vulgare - Eco Subgroup

A

Biennial pasture weed

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Spear Thistle / Cirsium vulgare - Why is this weed spread so easily?

A
  • Many flowers, spread by wind
  • left in heavily grazed paddocks with no competition
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Spear Thistle / Cirsium vulgare - Distribution and importance

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  • Very wide spread (all but NT)
  • Common in most crops
43
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Horehound - Scientific Name

A

Marrubium vulgare

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Horehound / Marrubium vulgare - Family

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Horehound / Marrubium vulgare - Why isn’t this grazed?

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Toxic and hairy

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Horehound / Marrubium vulgare - How is it spread?

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Spread by burrs attached to lifestock

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Horehound / Marrubium vulgare - Eco Subgroup

A

Perennial pasture weed

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Serrated Tussock - Scientific Name

A

Nassella trichotoma

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Serrated Tussock / Nassella trichotoma - Family

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Serrated Tussock / Nassella trichotoma - Distinguishing features to other tussock grasses

A
  • Remains green in winter
  • Surrations down stems
  • base of tiller, non-hairy white ligule
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Serrated Tussock / Nassella trichotoma - Why is it a threat to grazing systems?

A

Takes over, but not enough nutrition to support lifestock. Highly invasive so easily can over take a pasture.

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Serrated Tussock / Nassella trichotoma - How is it spread?

53
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Serrated Tussock / Nassella trichotoma - Eco subgroup

A

Perennial pasture weed

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Rushes - Scientific Name

A

Juncus spp.

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Rushes / Juncus spp. - Family

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Rushes / Juncus spp. - How do rushes differ from grasses?

A

flowers not grouped into spiklets

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Rushes / Juncus spp. - Reason for success in pastures

A

Unpalatable, grows in damp areas

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Rushes / Juncus spp. - Eco Subgroup

A

Perennial pasture weed

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