Weed datasheets

The two main dock species are the broad-leaved dock (Rumex obtusifolius) and the curled dock (R. crispus). They are common throughout the UK both as the true species and as hybrids.

Dove’s-foot crane’s-bill is native on dry grassland, dunes, waste places and cultivated ground. It is widely distributed on pasture, scree, roadsides and railways.

Hairy tare is a scrambling annual, native in grassy places and rough ground throughout lowland Britain and is a weed of cultivated land.

Spear thistle is a robust biennial or short-lived monocarpic perennial that can be a serious problem in grassland and waste and cultivated ground throughout the UK.

Hogweed is a biennial, or monocarpic to polycarpic perennial native in grassy places, along hedges, on rough ground, roadsides and banks.

An erect foetid annual, biennial or monocarpic perennial, native in damp ground, ditches, roadsides, hedgerows and waste ground. Hemlock is common throughout most of Britain.

Information on habit, biology, persistence & spread for Goat's-beard.

Giant hogweed is scattered throughout the British Isles and is locally common especially along riverbanks. A native of the Caucasus mountains of south-west Asia, it was introduced in the late 19th century as an ornamental plant.

Common evening primrose is a winter annual or biennial found on roadsides, railway tracks and waste places especially on light-sandy or gravely soils.

Winter wild oat is an introduced annual grass weed of arable, waste and rough land usually on heavy soils.