MSU Extension bulletin 
#EB 159
from the Montana State University Extension Service

June 2002

A full-color pocket guide to Montana's noxious weeds.
 
 


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Montana's Noxious Weeds

by Monica Pokorny and Roger Sheley, MSU Extension Service

This handy spiral-bound pocket guide categorizes 23 of the state's most destructive noxious weeds by their degree of establishment. For each it provides a history and keys to identification. Clear color photos depict the plant in the field and details that help confirm its identification. Incl. addresses and telephone numbers for all of Montana's county weed districts, category tables, brief instructions on collecting specimens, and a list of references. 64 pp., 82 color photos. (2002)  EB0159  $3.00 

Featuring photos and descriptions of: Canada thistle, field bindweed, whitetop, leafy spurge, russian knapweed, spotted knapweed, diffuse knapweed, Dalmatian toadflax, St. Johnswort, sulfur cinquefoil, common tansy, oxeye daisy, houndstongue, dyer's woad, purple loosestrife, tansy ragwort, meadow hawkweed complex, orange hawkweed, tall buttercup, saltcedar (tamarisk), yellow starthistle, common crupina, and rush skeletonweed.
 
 

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