WEED IDENTIFICATION GUIDES

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Some Online Weed Identification Guides
(Because many weeds have similar appearances, users are cautioned to
avoid basing identifications on pictures alone without further confirmation.)

Aquatic and Wetland and Invasive Plants, University of Florida

Invasive and Exotic Weeds

Nonnative invasive plants of southern forests, USDA Forest Service

Ohio Perennial & Biennial Weed Guide, The Ohio State University

Turfgrass Weed Management, University of Georgia

Virginia Tech Weed Identification Guide

Weed Science Society of America Photo Gallery


Weed ID Guide

Comments

Identifying Seedling and Mature Weeds (AG-208)

Publications Office, Box 7603
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7603
$10.00
Covers most weeds of traditional,
cultivated row crops. Particularly useful in
the Piedmont and coastal plain. Color
pictures of several growth stages and
seeds of each weed, detailed taxonomic
descriptions and a key are included.

Weeds of Arkansas (MP 169)

University of Arkansas
Cooperative Extension Service
P.O. Box 391
Little Rock, Arkansas 72203
Attn: Business Office
(501-671-2041) $5.00
Covers many weeds encountered in
cultivated crops, reduced tillage, perennial
crops and landscapes. A single color
photo of most weeds with a brief
description. No key is included.

Weeds of Southern Turfgrass

Publication Distributions Center
IFAS Building 664
P. O. Box 110011
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida 32611
(904-392-1764)
$8.00
Particularly useful for weeds of turf and
landscapes in the Coastal Plain but
appropriate for turf throughout North
Carolina. Color photographs and brief
descriptions of each species. No key is
included.

Weeds of the Northeast

Cornell University Press
P. O. Box 6525
Ithaca, NY 14851-6525
607-277-2211
$29.95 plus $3.50 shipping
Appropriate to the mountains and
Piedmont. Most weeds of row crops are
covered, but it is particularly useful in
perennial crops, reduced tillage, turf and
landscapes. Several color photographs
and line drawings for each species,
descriptions, and identification keys are
included.

Weed ID Guide

Southern Weed Science Society
1508 West University Ave.
Champaign, IL 61821-3133
$97.00 (includes all six sets of weed sheets, index and a binder.)
CD-ROM Weeds of the United States is $90
A 'high-end' and relatively expensive
resource, this is available in notebook form
(so it can be continually updated) and also
a CD-ROM. High quality photographs
with brief descriptions. No key is included.



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