Wisconsin Weed Identification: Common Burdock – Arctium minus
This factsheet will help you identify Common burdock – Arctium minus, a common weed in pastures and other settings.
Weeds & Invasive Plants
Weeds and invasive plants can out-compete our desired plants, reduce the attractiveness of our landscapes, and even cause physical harm to people and animals. Identifying and understanding the life cycle of weeds can be important in determining the best control methods and protecting our native landscapes.
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Common Weed Seedlings of the North Central States
This detailed, illustrated guide will help you identify 54 of the most common problem weed species in the north central region of the United States. It is divided into two main sections: grass and grass-like weeds and broadleaf weeds.
Wild Parsnip
Wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is an aggressive Eurasian member of the carrot family that grows in sunny areas and tolerates dry to wet soil types. Very invasive, it can overtake roadsides and fields. Contact with this plant can cause severe skin blisters and permanent scarring. Learn how to identify and control this invasive plant in this factsheet.
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Wisconsin Weed Identification: Comfrey – Symphytum officinale
This factsheet will help you identify comfrey – Symphytum officinale, a common weed in pastures and other settings.
Wisconsin Weed Identification: Bull Thistle
This factsheet will help you identify bull thistle, a common weed in pastures and other settings.
Wisconsin Weed Identification: Blackseed Plantain – Plantago rugelii
This factsheet will help you identify blackseed plantain – Plantago rugelii, a common weed in pastures and other settings.
Wisconsin Weed Identification: Biennial Wormwood
This factsheet will help you identify biennial wormwood, a common weed in pastures and other settings.
Wisconsin Weed Identification: Barnyardgrass – Echinochola crusgalli
This factsheet will help you identify barnyardgrass – Echinochola crusgalli, a common weed in pastures and other settings.
Wisconsin Weed Identification: Biennial Thistle Comparison
This factsheet will help you identify bull thistle, musk thistle and plumeless thistle, common weeds in pastures and other settings.
Common and Glossy Buckthorns
The Management of Invasive Plants in Wisconsin series explains how to identify invasive plants, including common and glossy buckthorns, and provides common management options.
Mulches for Home Gardens and Plantings
Boost your garden’s production with mulches. This publication shows when to use organic mulches, like bark or leaves, and synthetic mulches, like plastic sheets, and teaches how to apply them.
Poison Ivy
Poison Ivy is a perennial woody plant that grows as either a low shrub or a climbing vine. Poison ivy is native to North America and is common in Wisconsin, growing in pastures, roadside ditches, fence rows, wooded forests, beaches and parks. Contact with poison ivy causes skin rashes, blisters and other allergic reactions. Learn identification and control in this factsheet.
Milkweed (Ornamental Plants Toxic to Animals)
To increase monarch populations, people are increasingly planting ornamental types of milkweed and encouraging common milkweed to grow wherever it occurs in uncultivated areas. While milkweed is beneficial to monarch populations, people need to be aware that it is toxic and can be lethal to animals, particularly horses and other equines.
Wild cucumber invading area with Vijai Pandian (August 26, 2019)
There is a timing for all plants including weeds to be conspicuous at a certain season in natural landscape. In autumn, one such attractive weed that has begun to catch attention in southeast Wisconsin is wild cucumber (echinocystis lobata). Native to Wisconsin, wild cucumber is a fast-growing … Link to full article.
