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Common weeds

Identify common weeds

Knowing about a weed’s habit, biology, persistence & spread will help you to keep on top of it. Here is detailed information on more than 100 individual weeds, from dandelion to creeping buttercup, bindweed and ground elder.

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    Flixweed

    Flixweed is an annual, overwintering or rarely biennial herb, possibly native or a long-term introduction.

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    Field penny-cress

    An annual or overwintering weed of arable land, roadsides and waste places. Field penny-cress is scattered throughout most of the UK but is commoner in the south and east of England.

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    Field pansy

    Field pansy is a native annual common throughout the UK on cultivated and waste ground. It is relatively drought resistant but can also tolerate wet conditions.

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    Field Madder

    Field madder is a small prostrate annual often plentiful on cultivated land especially on sandy, loamy and calcareous soils.

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    Field forget-me-not

    Field forget-me-not is a native winter or summer annual, biennial or perennial found on open well-drained land including cultivated ground, gardens and roadsides.

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    Fat-hen

    Fat-hen is a native summer annual found on cultivated land and waste places. It is occurs throughout Britain but is less frequent in the north and west.

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    Dwarf spurge

    Dwarf spurge is a variable annual weed of cornfields that appears to be discouraged by root crops.

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    Cut-leaved crane's-bill

    Cut-leaved crane's-bill is a native annual that can act as a biennial or winter annual. It is common throughout the UK on grassy and stony ground, waste places, hedge banks and cultivated land.

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    Corn spurrey

    Corn spurrey is a troublesome annual weed occurring on light sandy soils deficient in lime. It is recorded up to 1,500 ft in Britain.

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    Corn marigold

    An annual weed of acid arable soils, locally common throughout the UK but decreasing and described as a vulnerable species by the BSBI.