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Blue mustard (Purple mustard, Tenella mustard)
Brackenfern, western
Buffalobur
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Butterfly bush
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Catchweed bedstraw (Cleavers)
Catsear, common (False dandelion)
Chickweed, common and mouseear
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Comfrey
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Dandelion
Dock (Curly, Broadleaf)
Dodder
Downy brome (Cheatgrass, Downy chess)
Dwarf mistletoes
English daisy (Lawn daisy)
English ivy
Field bindweed (Wild morningglory)
Field pennycress (Fanweed)
Flixweed
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Garden loosestrife
Giant hogweed
Goldenrods
Ground ivy
Groundsel, common
Hawkweeds
Hedge bindweed
Henbit
Herb Robert (Robert geranium, stinky Bob)
Horsetails (Scouringrush)
Horseweed (Marestail)
Knapweeds
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Kochia
Lambsquarters, common
Lesser celandine
Liverworts
Mallow, common (Cheeseweed, Buttonweed)
Nightshades
Oxalis (Creeping woodsorrel)
Parrotfeather and Eurasian watermilfoil
Pineappleweed
Plantain (Broadleaf, Buckhorn)
Poison hemlock
Poison ivy and Poison oak
Pokeweed
Prickly lettuce (China lettuce)
Prostrate knotweed
Puncturevine (Tackweed, Goathead)
Purple deadnettle (Red deadnettle)
Purple loosestrife (Purple lythrum)
Purslane, common
Quackgrass
Red sorrel (Sheep sorrel)
Redroot pigweed (Rough pigweed)
Redstem filaree (Stork's bill, Crane's bill)
Reed canarygrass
Russian thistle (Tumbleweed)
Ryegrass, annual (Italian ryegrass)
Salsify (Goatsbeard)
Scotch broom
Shepherd's-purse
Smartweeds
Sowthistle, annual and perennial
Speedwells
Spurges (Prostrate spurges)
St. Johnswort, common (Goatweed, Klamathweed)
Stinging nettle
Tansy ragwort
Tumblemustard (Jim Hill mustard)
Velvetgrass (Common velvetgrass)
Velvetleaf
Water primrose
Waterhemlock, western
Wild carrot (Queen Anne's lace)
Yellow nutsedge
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Caption: Bermudagrass blades
Photo by: D.G. Swan
Weeds : Bermudagrass :
Cynodon dactylon
(revision date: 6/9/2014)
Family: Poaceae (Graminae)
Cycle: Perennial
Plant Type: Grass
Use Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for successful weed management.
Biology
Bermudagrass is a warm-season perennial grass that typically is prostrate and spreads to form dense patches. Spread occurs by both rhizomes and aboveground stems which root at the nodes. The leaves are narrow (to about 1/5" wide) and pointed, generally with smooth surfaces. Leaf length ranges from one to eight inches. Foliage is often gray-green in color. The ligule, found at the junction between the leaf blade and leaf sheath, consists of a ring of white hairs. The hairy ligule is a distinguishing characteristic of this species. Leaf blades are frequently oriented at almost right angles to the stem. Seeds occur on upright flowering stems, which typically bear a terminal whorl of three or more spikes. Each spike is up to two inches long and is attached at the base directly to the stem.
Habitat
Bermudagrass can be found in fields, meadows, lawns, and waste areas on most soil types. It typically is found in sunny areas in central Washington.
Management Options
Non-Chemical Management
None recommended
Select non-chemical management options as your first choice!
Chemical Management
IMPORTANT:
Visit Home and Garden Fact Sheets for more information on using pesticides
Apply products to weeds when actively growing. Spot treatments with certain post-emergent herbicides will control weedy grasses, but will also kill the turf. Glyphosate products should be applied as spot treatments only! NOTE: Some ingredients listed here are only available in combination. Read the label carefully on combination products to make sure the product is suitable for your specific situation.
Landscape areas
glyphosate
fluazifop
Turf areas
Bare ground areas
glyphosate
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Caption: Bermudagrass blades
Photo by: D.G. Swan
Caption: Bermudagrass stolon
Photo by: D.G. Swan