Common Ontario Lawn Weeds
Black Medic
Clover
"lover is recogni#able by its dark green color of its three leaflets with a white V mark in the center of each leaflet. $he flowers can be white or pinkish in color.
Dark green with spreading square stems and three leaflets Common Mallow often confused with clover but black medic does not have a white V mark in the center of each leaflet. Bright yellow flowers cluster.
Buckhorn Plantain
%allow sends out stems that trail along the ground like &round Ivy. eaves are kidney shaped and are found on long stems.
It has long narrow leaves with prominent parallel veins Crabgrass running the length of the leaf.
Canada Thistle
$here are two types of crabgrass' arge and (mooth. Both types are yellow green in colour and have wide leaf blades that taper to a point at the end. "rabgrass produces purple seed heads when the plant matures.
Forms dense patches. eaves are smooth! green on the upper side of the leaf and on the bottom of the leaf it has spiny margins. Flowers are lavender.
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Dandelion
O"alis
Identifiable by its .agged leaves and large yellow blossoms It has 3 pale green leaflets that are heart shaped and which mature into white puffballs full of seeds. similar to clover. Flowers are small and have 4 yellow petals. *s the flowers mature a cucumber shaped seedpod forms. 5hen the seedpod is completely dry! the slightest Ground Iv touch will cause the seeds to be scattered over several feet.
Plantain #$ t %es&
$he leaves appear opposite each other on square shaped stems. * distinguishing feature of this weed is that when you crush its stem or leaves it has a very strong mint/like odor. Flowers are purplish blue and are trumpet shaped.
!notweed
eaves are large! rounded! dull green and are from 36 to 76 in length. (eeds are compressed along more than half the length of 46 to 896 stalks. $here are two types of plantain' 82 :ugel;s )lantain which has a purplish color to the stems and the leaves are green! <2 "ommon )lantain has a short pale green stem and the leaves are covered with short! rough hairs.
Purslane
(tems form from a thin! tough! wiry! deep penetrating taproot. $iny white flowers are not noticeable and are found between the leaf and stem. 0notweed prefers compacted soil 1e.g. on football fields2. $he sprawling stems are thick! round! fleshy and are reddish brown in color. eaves are bright green! wedge shaped! rubbery and thick. )urslane has tiny yellow flower with 4 petals.
'uackgrass
)iolets
$he leaf blade is broader! grows faster! taller and is a $here are two types of violets commonly found on lawns' lighter green in colour than the rest of your lawn. field violets and sweet violets. $heir heart shaped leaves =uackgrass can give your lawn an uneven appearance. It and their white! yellow or purple flowers distinguish them. produces seed heads from >une to (eptember.
(%eedwell
$here are many types of (peedwell that can grow in your lawn. (ome are annual that reproduce from seed and others are perennial that can reproduce by seed! rhi#omes or creeping stems. $he perennial plants are generally more difficult to control.
(%otted (%urge
eaves vary in color from a reddish green to a dark green but usually have a purplish brown ?splotch6 near the middle of the leaf. Flowers are tiny! pinkish white and are hard to see. +ne way to identify spotted spurge is by breaking the stems or branches and a milk like liquid comes out.
