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The Weeds of Oklahoma

dandelion in grass

With rain and warmer weather comes weeds. Sometimes they can be hard to spot and often times blend in with your lawn.
Red Dirt Gardening made a list of the most common Oklahoma weeds to help you identify the different varieties:

Annual Bluegrass

annual bluegrass weeds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black Medic

black medic weeds

- Annual or cool season perennial.

- Reproduces by seed

- Shallow rooted with bright yellow flowers. 

 

 

 

 

Bind Weed or Creeping Jenny 

bind weed

creeping jenny weed

Bull Nettle

bull nettle weed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bushy Aster

bushy aster weed​​

- Biennial

- Reproduces by seed

- A spiny coarse plant that when mature has a large reddish purple flower that appears from summer through fall. 

 

 

 

Carolina Geranium 
carolina geranium weed

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carpet Grass  

carpet grass weed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carpet Weed

carpet weed

Chick Weed

chick weed          

chick weed

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crab Grass

crab grass weed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cud Weed

cud weed

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

cud weed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Curly Dock

curly dock weed

 

 

 

 

     

 

curly dock weed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dallisgrass

dallisgrass weed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dandelion

dandelion weed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dandelion weed

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evening Primrose

evening primrose weed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Henbit

henbit weed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Johnson Grass

johnson grass weed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Perennial grass – reproduces by seed and has an extensive underground root system.

Knot Weed

knot weed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lambsquarters

lambsquarters weed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nut Grass

nut grass weeds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parsley-piert

parsely-piert weed

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pigweed

pigweed weed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plantain

plantain weed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prickly Lettuce

prickly lettuce weed

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purslane 

purslane

 

  • Summer annual
  • Reproduces by Seed
  • Tolerates drought and likes rich fertile soil.

 

 

 

 

Rag Weed

rag weed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shepherds Purse

shepherds purse

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Winter annual that reproduces by seed.
  • Flowers are small, white with 4 petals.
  • Loves thin poor turf.

Spiny Sow-thistle

spiny sow-thistlespiny sow-thistle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spurge

spurge weed

 

spurge weed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vetch (Narrow-leaf)

vetch (narrow-leaf) weed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wood Sorrel/ Yellow Oxalis

weed sorrel/yellow oxalis weed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yarrow 

yarrow weed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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