What are some examples of noxious weeds where you live?
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down here in Atlanta, have loads of violets, some people like them, but they come back and come back, no stopping them, They especially like coming through the mulch that I have in my garden, even have black landscaping net underneath mulch but they come right through that and the mulch which is about 4 inches thick. Would spray roundup, but my aim is not that good and more than likely I would kill all of the roses that they are around. Go figure :)
Down south, there are two wild plants that will eat you up, they are called Bull Nettle and Cow Nettle.
The Bull nettle have teeny, tiny, small orchid like blooms that are purple, and the Cow nettle have teeny, tiny, small orchid like blooms that are yellow.
The flowers are dainty and pretty, but if you look closer to the plant, you will see they are both covered with curved thorns, that are brier like.
If you touch them it's like trying to handle fire that does not stop.
They say that the only way to make the burning stop is to urinate on the area that is burning, when there's nothing else around.
{I honestly don't know if that one is true, but the old men will swear by it and encourage anyone who does get eat up by this nettle to do so, to stop the sting.}
Poison Oak
Poison Ivy
Briar weed
Thistle
If you'd like a list of every states noxious weeds then check out this site.
http://plants.usda.gov/java/noxiousdrive...
Here in my part of Indiana we have thistle, dandelion, queen anne's lace, wild blackberry and raspberry (nice to have the fruit, but the brambles and invasiveness makes it a weed here), poison ivy, chicory, clover, bugleweed and assorted crabgrass, just to list a few. The thistle and poison ivy are my number 1 enemy!!
Johnson grass in Ohio
Its get very tall and my new old fashion environmentaly safe lawn mower without a engine can't cut it. It just pushes it down because the blades can't be adjusted that high.
I use Scotts weed and feed every year it always shows up.
In Colorado we have many. A host of knapweed, field bindweed, plumeless thistle, canada thistle, scotch thistle, yellow toadflax, whitetop, houndstongue, red root pigweed, curly dock and russian olive to name a few.
Poison ivy. Ragweed. Dandelions (the universal weed). Thistles. Henbit. Anything that survives in the red clay soil of Oklahoma.
Here in my little slice of Illinois, we have stinging nettle, poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac. Creeping charlie, garlic mustard, and dandelions are also quite prevalent.
Central Texas: Goat weed, pig weed, Bull nettle, Johnson grass, southern nut grass, thistle(several kinds) and many others.
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