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Pistachio > Year-Round IPM Program > Winter annual weeds
Pistachio
Winter annual weeds
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- Burning nettle
- Filarees
- Hare barley
- Little mallow
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- Mustards
- Perennial fringed willowherb
- Ryegrass
- Shepherd's-purse
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Burning nettle
(Urtica urens): Nettle family; winter or summer annual; rounded seed leaves with smooth margin and small notch at tip; first true leaves with small notch at tip, opposite, stalked, and distinctly toothed. |
Filaree spp.
(Erodium spp.): Geranium family; seed leaves deeply 3- to 4-lobed, center lobe largest. |
Hare barley
(Hordeum murinum ssp. leporinum): Grass family; papery ligule with long and narrow clasping auricles; hairy foliage. |
Little mallow (Cheeseweed)
(Malva parviflora): Mallow family; seed leaves heart-shaped, sometimes with red tinge; true leaves roundish with wavy, shallow-toothed margins. |
Mustards
(Brassica spp.): Mustard family; all mustard seedlings with broad seed leaves and deep notch at tip; first true leaves bright green on the upper surface and paler below. |
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Perennial fringed willowherb (Panicle willowherb)
(Epilobium ciliatum) Evening Primrose Family; seed leaves egg-shaped with a rounded to slightly squared tip and hairless; first true leaves oval. |
Ryegrass spp.
(Lolium multiflorum): Grass family; first blade erect, long, and narrow; leaves rolled in bud, blades with shiny, varnished appearance; ligule membranous; usually auricles present, but sometimes absent on very young seedlings. |
Shepherd's-purse
(Capsella bursa-pastoris): Mustard family; seed leaves pale green with tiny granules on surface; first true leaves with smooth margins; fourth and later leaves may be indented; true leaves covered with star-shaped hairs. |
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