In December 2019, Extension Weed Science specialist Sarah Lancaster launched a new article series all about weeds. The series “World of Weeds” features a different weed species that typically has agronomic implications for farmers and ranchers in Kansas. Each article contains information on the species’ ecology, identification features, and management options.

If you missed some of the earlier articles or would like a refresher, all the articles are still available to view as part of the eUpdate online archives. Below is a list of the weeds grouped into categories, with the articles as clickable hyperlinks. 

Annual grasses

Annual or bi-annual broadleaves

Warm-season

Foxtails
Stinkgrass
Prairie cupgrass

Fall panicum

Longspine sandbur

Shattercane

 

Kochia
Stinging nettle

Common sunflower

Palmer amaranth

Morningglory

Hornbeam copperleaf

Giant ragweed

Prickly sida (teaweed)

Toothed spurge

Snow-on-the-mountain

 

Cool-season

Downy brome

Jointed goatgrass

 

Marestail (horseweed)

Henbit

Mustards

Corn gromwell
Poison hemlock and wild carrot

Prickly lettuce

 

 

Perennial grasses

Perennial broadleaves

Tumble windmillgrass

Johnsongrass

Tumblegrass

Purple threeawn

Bur ragweed/woollyleaf bursage

Hemp dogbane

 

 

Grass-like weeds

Shrubs/trees/vines

Yellow nutsedge
Dayflower (Asiatic and erect)

Horsetails

Field bindweed

Smooth sumac

Eastern redcedar

Bush honeysuckle