Agricultural Weed Identification Factsheets
See below for the Renz Lab’s series of easy to read factsheets about identifying the most common weeds in Wisconsin pastures and alfalfa stands!
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Factsheet | Last Revised | Author |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| barnyardgrass | Echinochola crus-galli | 2021 | Zegler | |
| biennial thistle comparison: bull thistle musk thistle plumeless thistle | Cirsium vulgare Carduus nutans Carduus acanthoides | 2017 | Zegler | |
| biennial wormwood | Artemisia biennis | 2017 | Zegler | |
| blackseed plantain | Plantago rugelii | 2021 | Schutz | |
| bull thistle | Cirsium vulgare | 2017 | Zegler | |
| comfrey | Symphytum officinale | 2021 | Schutz | |
| common burdock | Arctium minus | 2021 | Schutz | |
| common chickweed | Stellaria media | 2021 | Zegler | |
| common lambsquarters | Chenopodium album | 2021 | Hendrickson | |
| common mullein | Verbascum thapsus | 2021 | Schutz | |
| common ragweed | Ambrosia artemisiifolia | 2021 | Hendrickson | |
| curly dock | Rumex crispus | 2021 | Schutz | |
| shaggy soldier | Galinsoga quadriradiata | 2021 | Schutz | |
| giant foxtail | Setaria faberi | 2021 | Hendrickson | |
| giant ragweed | Ambrosia trifida | 2021 | Hendrickson | |
| hoary alyssum | Berteroa incana | 2021 | Schutz | |
| horseweed | Conyza canadensis | 2021 | Zegler | |
| musk thistle | Carduus nutans | 2017 | Zegler | |
| Palmer amaranth | Amaranthus palmeri | 2017 | Zegler | |
| plumeless thistle | Carduus acanthoides | 2017 | Zegler | |
| waterhemp | Amaranthus tuberculatus | 2017 | Zegler | |
| common milkweed | Asclepias syriaca | 2021 | Schutz | |
| fleabanes | Erigeron spp. | 2021 | Schutz | |
| black bindweed | Fallopia convolvulus | 2021 | Zegler |