Weeds
The information presented here about weed identification was developed primarily from the publications An IPM Pocket Guide for Weed Identification in Field Crops (publication E-3081 from MSU Extension) by Wesley Everman, Christy Sprague, Steven Grower and Robert Richardson, and An IPM Pocket Guide for Weed Identification in Christmas Trees (publication E-2975 from MSU Extension) by Steven Grower and Robert Richardson. Information was also provided by Eric Hanson.
Blueberry Weed Resources (click on the links below to see picture and descriptions of common blueberry weeds.
Identifying weeds
Annual and biennial broadleafs
- Bull thistle
- Fleabane (marestail)
- Henbit
- Knawel
- Eastern black nightshade
- Tumble pigweed
- Prostrate pigweed
- Redroot pigweed
- Common ragweed
- Pennsylvania smartweed
- Vetches
- Wild buckwheat
- Wild carrot (Queen Anne’s lace)
Perennials – woody
- Blackberry
- Dewberry
- Elderberry
- Grapevine
- Greenbriar
- Oriental bittersweet
- Poison ivy
- Sassafras
- Staghorn sumac
- Trumpetcreeper
- Virginia creeper
Perennials – herbaceous
- Bracken fern
- Canada goldenrod
- Cinquefoil
- Common milkweed
- Common St. Johnswort
- Dandelion
- Field bindweed
- Field horsetail
- Hemp dogbane
- Horsenettle
- Pokeweed
- Red Sorrel
- Slender rush
- Stinging nettle
- Toadflax
- Wild bean or groundnut
- White campion (white cockle)
- White clover
- Yellow nutsedge
- Yellow woodsorrel