Goosegrass

Common Name: Goosegrass (also known as Silver Crabgrass, wiregrass, bullgrass)

Genus: Eleusine

Species: indica

Identification: The whitish-translucent leaf sheath of the seedling has broad margins. Leaves are distinctly flattened or folded, and smooth. Stems are also flattened, whitish-green and almost parallel to ground on young plants.

Geographic Distribution: These plants are found from Massachussets to South Dakota and Kansas, and south to Florida and Texas. Also found along the West Coast. More of a problem in warmer parts of the United States.

Brussels Sprouts

Cavalo Broccolo

Chinese Broccoli

Gourds

Head Lettuce

Kohlrabi

Soybeans

Alfalfa Looper

Amaranthes Amaranthus palmeri, Amaranthus hybridus, Amaranthus spinosus

Aphids Therioaphis maculata, Dysphis plantaginea, Acyrthosiphon kondoi, Acyrthosiphon kondoi, Acyrthosiphon pisum, Aphis gossypi

Army Cutworm

Armyworm, Beet Spodoptera

Armyworms

Barnyardgrass Echinochloa

Bermudagrass

Black Nightshade

Bluegrass, Annual

Cabbage Looper Trichoplusia

Cabbage Webworm

Colorado Potato Beetle Leptinotarsa

Common Cocklebur Xanthium

Corn Earworm

Crabgrass Digitaria sanguinalis, Digitaria ischaemum, Digitaria ciliaris

Cucumber Beetle

Cupgrass Eriochloa gracilis, Eriochloa villosa

Cutworms Agrotis ipsilon, Agrotis orthogonia, Peridroma saucia

Dallisgrass

Diamondback Moth

Downy Mildew Pseudoperonospora

Eastern Nightshade Solanum americanum, Solanum nigrum, Solanum ptycanthum, Solanum saccachoides

European Corn Borer Ostrinia

Fall Armyworm Spodoptera

Flea Beetles

Fleahoppers

Foxtail Species Setaria venticillata, Setaria faberi, Setaria viridis, Setaria glauca

Grasshopper Melanoplus sanguinipes, Camnula pellacida

Green Peach Aphid Myzus

Greenhouse Whitefly

Imported Cabbageworm

Jimsonweed Datura

Johnsongrass seedling Sorghum

Kochia Kochia

Lambsquarters Chenopodium

Leafhoppers

Leafminer Liriomyza trifolii, Liriomyza sativa, Liriomyza huidobrensis

Lygus Bug Lygus

Melonworm

Nightshades Solanum americanum, Solanum nigrum, Solanum ptycanthum, Solanum saccachoides

Northern Corn Rootworm Diabrotica longicornus barberi, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera

Nutsedges Cyperus rotundus, Cyperus esculentus

Panicum, Fall Panicum

Panicum, Texas Panicum

Pennsylvania Smartweed Polygonum

Phytophthora Blight Phytophthora

Pickleworm

Pigweed, Redroot Amaranthus

Plant Bugs

Prickly Sida Sida

Purslane

Quackgrass

Ragweeds Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Ambrosia trifida

Root Maggots

Sandbur, Field Cenchrus

Shattercane Sorghum

Sicklepod Cassia

Southern Armyworm

Southern Corn Rootworm Diabrotica

Spider Mites Tetranychus urticae, Tetranychus turkestani, Tetranychus pacificus, Tetranychus cinnabarinus

Sprangletop

Spurred Anoda Anoda

Squash Bug

Stink Bug Nezara viridula, Chlorockroa say, Euschistus consperus

Thrips

Tobacco Budworm Helicoverpa

True Armyworm

Velvetleaf Abutilon

Venice Mallow Hibiscus

Whiteflies

Wild Mustard Brassica

Wild Sunflower Helianthus

Yellow Striped Armyworm

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