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  2. Broadleaf weeds - Wikipedia

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    The differences in broadleaf weeds' structure and growth habits make them easy to distinguish from narrow-leaved weedy grasses. [5] Most broadleaf weeds have leaves with net-like veins and nodes that contain one or more leaves, and they may have showy flowers, [6] while grassy weeds appear as a single leaf from a germinated seed. [7]

  3. 20 Common Types of Weeds That Grow in Your Garden and ... - AOL

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    Broadleaf Plantain. Characterized by its broad, oval leaves with prominent veins, this perennial weed thrives in compacted soil. It grows in a basal rosette close to the ground.

  4. Weed - Wikipedia

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    Weeds growing in the cracks of a concrete staircase (Epilobium roseum, Chelidonium majus, Oxalis corniculata, Plantago major)A weed is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, growing where it conflicts with human preferences, needs, or goals.

  5. Herbaceous plant - Wikipedia

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    Lysimachia latifolia (broadleaf starflower) is a perennial herbaceous plant of the ground layer of forests in western North America. Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. [1] [2] This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials. [3]

  6. List of plants by common name - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of plants organized by their common names. However, the common names of plants often vary from region to region, which is why most plant encyclopedias refer to plants using their scientific names , in other words using binomials or "Latin" names.

  7. Herbicide - Wikipedia

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    When 2,4-D was commercially released in 1946, it became the first successful selective herbicide, triggering a worldwide revolution in agricultural output. It allowed for greatly enhanced weed control in wheat, maize (corn), rice, and similar cereal grass crops, because it kills dicots (broadleaf plants), but not most monocots (grasses).

  8. Rumex obtusifolius - Wikipedia

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    Broad-leaved dock is designated an "injurious weed" under the UK Weeds Act 1959. [2] It has been an invasive species of the Great Lakes region of North America where it was first sighted in 1840. [15] Various parasites and predators of R. obtusifolius include 32 insect species and 12 fungi species. [2]

  9. 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid - Wikipedia

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    2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid is an organic compound with the chemical formula Cl 2 C 6 H 3 OCH 2 CO 2 H.It is usually referred to by its ISO common name 2,4-D. [4] It is a systemic herbicide that kills most broadleaf weeds by causing uncontrolled growth, but most grasses such as cereals, lawn turf, and grassland are relatively unaffected.