Weed Identification Guide
Correct ID comes first: grasses, sedges, and broadleaf weeds respond to different controls. Choose a weed below for identifying features and a step-by-step control plan.
🌾Summer annual grass
Crabgrass
Digitaria spp.
ID & control →🌼Perennial broadleafDandelion
Taraxacum officinale
ID & control →☘️Perennial broadleaf (legume)White Clover
Trifolium repens
ID & control →🌸Perennial vineField Bindweed
Convolvulus arvensis
ID & control →🌱Perennial sedgeYellow Nutsedge
Cyperus esculentus
ID & control →✨Winter annual broadleafCommon Chickweed
Stellaria media
ID & control →🍃Perennial broadleafBroadleaf Plantain
Plantago major
ID & control →🪻Perennial broadleafCreeping Charlie (Ground Ivy)
Glechoma hederacea
ID & control →Weeds by life cycle (and when to treat)
- Summer annuals (crabgrass): prevent in early spring with a pre-emergent.
- Winter annuals (chickweed): germinate in fall; prevent in late summer.
- Perennials (dandelion, clover, plantain, creeping Charlie, bindweed, nutsedge): fall treatment usually works best.
Quick ID tips
- Grassy weeds (crabgrass) have round or flat hollow stems.
- Sedges (nutsedge) have solid triangular stems.
- Broadleaf weeds (dandelion, clover, plantain) have wide leaves with net or parallel veins.