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Weed identification
Find photos and identifying characteristics that’ll help you identify common Minnesota weeds.
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Guide to grass weeds in Minnesota
- Characteristics and photos of
- Barnyardgrass
- Large crabgrass
- Green, giant and yellow foxtail
- Wild oat
- Fall panicum
- Wild proso millet.
Guide to annual broadleaf weeds in Minnesota:
- Characteristics and photos of
- Amaranth family: Waterhemp, Palmer amaranth and redroot pigweed.
- Giant and common ragweed
- Common cocklebur
- Common lambsquarters
- Velvetleaf and more.
Guide to perennial weeds in Minnesota:
- Characteristics and photos of
- Jerusalem artichoke
- Field and hedge bindweeds
- Yellow nutsedge
- Quackgrass
- Canada thistle and perennial sowthistle.
- A step-by-step key to identify seedlings using plant characteristics.
- Includes both broadleaf and grass seedlings.
Weed image search tool: From the Strand Memorial Herbarium.
- Plants are searchable by common names, plant families or genera.
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