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    Range Cattle Research and Education Center

    Range Cattle Research and Education Center

    A cow grazing in a beef cattle pasure at the Range Cattle REC

    Weed Identification Tool

    Common NameScientific NameMedia
    American Black Nightshade  Solanum americanum   
    Angle-pod Blue Flag  Iris hexagona   
    Arrowleaf Sida  Sida rhombifolia   
    Asiatic Hawksbeard  Youngia japonica   
    Bagpod  Sesbania vesicaria   
    Beauty Berry  Callicarpa americana 

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    Blackroot  Pterocaulon pycnostachyum   
    Bracken Fern  Pteridium aquilinum   
    Bristly Starbur  Acanthospermum hispidum   
    Broomsedge  Andropogon virginicus   
    Bushmint  Hyptis verticillata   
    Butterweed  Packera glabella   
    Buttonbush  Cephalanthus occidentalis 

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    Caesar Weed  Urena lobata   
    Camphor Weed  Pluchea odorata   
    Candle Stick  Senna alata   
    Candy Weed  Polygala lutea   
    Carolina Geranium  Geranium carolinianum   
    Carolina Poppy  Argemone albiflora   
    Castor Bean  Ricinus communis 

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    Chinese Creeper  Mikania micrantha   
    Chinese Tallow  Sapium sebiferum   
    Citron  Citrullus lanatus   
    Climbing Hempvine  Mikania scandens   
    Clustered White Pellitory  Parietaria praetermissa   
    Coffeeweed  Senna obtusifolia   
    Cogongrass  Imperata cylindrica 

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    Common Lambsquarters  Chenopodium album   
    Common Ragweed  Ambrosia artemisiifolia   
    Coral Ardisia  Ardisia crenata 

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    Coral Bean  Erythrina herbacea 

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    Cow Itch/Peppervine  Ampelopsis arborea   
    Creeping Indigo  Indigofera spicata 



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    Crowfoot Grass  Dactyloctenium aegyptium   
    Curly Dock  Rumex crispus   
    Cutleaf Evening Primrose  Oenothera lanciniata   
    Cutleaf Groundcherry  Physalis angulata   
    Cypressvine Morningglory  Ipomoea quamoclit 

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    Dog Fennel  Eupatorium capillifolium 

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    Dollarweed  Hydrocotyle spp 

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    Doveweed  Murdannia nudiflora  A small picture of Dove Weed 
    Elderberry  Sambucus nigra var. canadensis   
    Elephant Ear & Taro  Xanthosoma sagittifolium &
    Colocasia esculenta
     
    Elephant grass  Pennisetum purpureum   
    Fireweed  Urtica chamaedryoides 

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    Flag Paw Paw  Asimina incana 

     
    Flat-Top Goldenrod  Euthamia caroliniana   
    Florida Betony  Stachys floridana   
    Frostweed  Verbesina virginica 
    Gallberry  Ilex glabra 

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    Giant Smutgrass  Sporobolus indicus var. pyramidalis 

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    Goat Weed  Scoparia dulcis 

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    Goosegrass  Eleusine indica   
    Greenbrier  Smilax spp.   
    Hairy Indigo  Indigofera hirsuta 

     
    Heart-Leaf Sida  Sida cordifolia   
    Heartwing Dock  Rumex hastatulus   
    Horrible Thistle  Cirsium horridulum   
    Horsenettle  Solanum carolinese   
    Horseweed  Conyza canadensis 

     
    Indian Jujube  Ziziphus mauritiana 

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    Jamaican Nightshade  Solanum jamaicense   
    Japanese Climbing Fern  Lygodium japonicum 

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    Lantana  Lantana camara   
    Leafless Beaked Orchid  Sacoila lanceolata   
    Lizard's Tail  Saururus cernuus 

     
    Long-Fruited Primrose  Ludwigia octovalvis   
    Matchweed  Phyla nodiflora   
    Maypop Passion Flower  Passiflora incarnata   
    Mexican Prickly Poppy  Argemone mexicana 

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    Mexican Tea  Chenopodium ambrosioides   
    Natal Grass  Melinis repens   
    Nuttall's Thistle  Cirsium nuttallii 

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    Oldfield Toadflax  Linaria canadensis   
    Pickerelweed  Pontederia cordata   
    Pokeweed  Phytolacca americana 

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    Prickly Pear  Opuntia spp. 

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    Rain Lilly  Zephyranthes simpsonii 

     
    Red Morningglory  Lpomoea coccinea 

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    Redroot  Lachnanthes caroliniana 

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    Red Soda Apple  Solanum capsicoides   
    Rosary Pea  Arbrus precatorius 

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    Saltbush  Baccharis halimifolia 

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    Sand Vetch  Vicia acutifolia   
    Scarlet Milkweed  Asclepias curassavica 

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    Showy Crotalaria  Crotalaria spectabilis   
    Sicklepod   Cassia obtusifolia 

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    Silkgrass  Pityopsis graminifolia   
    Small Flower Morning Glory  Jacquemontia tamnifolia 

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    Smartweed  Polygonum spp.   
    Smooth Crotalaria  Crotalaria pallida var. obovata   
    Soft Rush  Juncus effusus 

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    Southern Dewberry  Rubus trivialis   
    Southern Sida  Sida acuta   
    Spanish Needles  Bidens alba   
    Spiny Pigweed  Amaranthus spinosus 

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    Spiny Sowthistle  Sonchus asper   
    Spreading Dayflower  Commelina diffusa   
    Swamp Milkweed  Asclepias incarnata   
    Tall Elephant's Foot  Elephantopus elatus   
    Tropical Soda Apple  Solanum viarum 

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    Turkey Berry  Solanum torvum   
    Vaseygrass  Paspalum urvillei   
    Velvetleaf  Abutilon theophrasti   
    Virginia Creeper  Parthenocissus quinquefolia 

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    Wandering Cudweed  Gnaphalium pensylvanicum   
    White-Head Broom  Spermacoce verticillata   
    Winged Sumac  Rhus Copallinum   
    Woods Grass  Oplismenus setarius   
    Yankee Weed  Eupatorium compositifolium   
    Yellow Jessamine  Gelsemium sempervirens   
    Yellow Woodsorrell  Oxalis corniculata   
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