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STORY
Hair-like No ligule
Ligule ligule present
Collar region
– alternate
– opposite
Leaf arrangement
Various
leaf
margins
and
shapes
Note toothed
leaf margin
Johnson grass
(Sorghum halepense)
• Key features
– Membranous ligule
– Prominent midrib
Perennial
– Reddish-brown seed
– Rhizomes
• Lifecycle Rhizome with new
– Perennial shoot
Nutsedge (Cyperus)
• Key features
– No ligule
– Triangular stem
– Shiny blades
Perennial
– Nutlets
• Lifecycle
– Perennial
Jimsonweed
(Datura stramonium)
• Key features
– Long lanceolate
cotyledons with
prominent midrib
– Smooth, lanceolate
/elliptic true leaves
– Purple stems
Annual
• I Weed seed
bank
• II Environmental
sieve
• III Seedlings,
reproductive
adults
• IV Seed
production
Weed Seed Bank Concept
II Environmental sieve:
Weed managers and nature manipulate the
number of sieves and the ‘leakiness’ of the
sieve. For example: dormancy, the influence
of the previous year’s weed control
Weed Seed Bank Concept contd.
IV Seed production:
The adults from III have now produced seed
which go back into the seed bank.
Timeline for a typical weed infestation