Weed Plant ID Flashcards
Bracken Fern
Field Horsetail
Corn Spurry
Mouse-eared Chickweed
Common Chickweed
Redroot Pigweed
Giant Hogweed
Hardhack
Lamb’s Quarters
Lamb’s Quarters
Yellow Toadflax
Common Mullein
Purple Loosestrife
Hedge Bindweed
Stork’s Bill
Yellow Flag Iris
Hedge Mustard
Stinkweed
Wild Radish
Hoary Alyssum
Creeping Yellow Cress
Shepherd’s Purse
Little Bittercress? Or Creeping Yellow Cress
Broadleaf Dock
Prostrate Knotweed
Wild Buckwheat
Note resemblance to Hedge Bindweed, but with an inflorescence and “sandpaper” texture to leaves
Sheep Sorrel
Note ‘hilt’ on leaves
Japanese Knotweed
Like it could be anything else
Green Smartweed
Very similar to Lady’s Thumb. Look for the lack of hair on the ligule, because the white flowers and lack of “thumbprints” are really just traps.
Lady’s Thumb
Look for hair on the ligules
St. John’s Wort
St, John’s Wort
Foxtail Barley
Petty Spurge
Petty Spurge
Stinging Nettle
Stinging Nettle
Common Mallow
Common Mallow
Fireweed
Fireweed
Purslane
Green Foxtail
Green Foxtail
Barnyard Grass
Barnyard Grass
Annual Bluegrass
Reed Canary Grass
Quackgrass
Large Crabgrass
Smooth Crabgrass
Witchgrass
Downy Brome
Perennial sow-thistle
Perennial Sow-Thistle
Spiny Annual Sow-Thistle
Spiny Annual Sow-Thistle
Spotted Cat’s Ear
Tansy
Tansy
Creeping Buttercup
Narrow-leaved Plantain
Broad-leaved Plantain
Red Clover
Scotch Broom
Dandelion
Canada Goldenrod
Canada Goldenrod
Common Burdock
Common Burdock
Bull Thistle
Bull Thistle
Yarrow
Yarrow
Diffuse Knapweed
Diffuse Knapweed
Canada Fleabane
Canada Thistle
Canada Thistle
Kudzu
Flowering Rush
Yellow Starthistle
Hound’s Tongue
Hound’s Tongue
English Ivy
English Holly
Tansy Ragwort
Henbit
Daphne Laurel
White Clover
Black Medick

Black medick
Tufted Vetch