Nightshades

Common Name: American Black Nightshade, Black Nightshade, Eastern Black Nightshade, Hairy Nightshade

Genus: Solanum americanum, Solanum nigrum, Solanum ptycanthum, Solanum saccachoides

Identification: American Black Nightshade - Hairy leaves lack a reddish-purple beneath. Bares fruit with white flecks. Detaches at receptacle. Black fruits are present when mature. Black Nightshade - Cotyledons are small and green on both sides, with short hairs on margins. Plant can grow 6-24 inches tall. Leaves are ovate, smooth to wavy-edged and tapered to the tip. Berries are dark purple or dark green at maturity and are almost completely exposed due to the small size of the calyx. Eastern Black Nightshade - Cotyledons are small and green on both sides, with short hairs on margins. Young leaves have a reddish-purple underneath. Dark fruits are present when mature. Hairy Nightshade - Seedlings resemble the standard nightshade characteristics, however this type is distinguished by the spreading of hairy foliage which may feel sticky when handled. The greenish/yellowish fruits are halfway cupped by the calyx.

Geographic Distribution: Eastern Black Nightshade is found primarily in the East. American Black Nightshade is found mostly in the South. Black Nightshade is commonly found west of Rocky Mountains. Hairy Nightshade is most commonly located throughout North America, especially on irrigated lands.

Alfalfa

Almonds

Apples

Corn

Corn - Field

Corn - Pop

Corn - Seed

Corn - Sweet

Cotton

Fruits Nuts Trees and Vegetables

Potatoes

Small Grains

Sorghum

Soybeans

Sunflowers

Tobacco

Alfalfa Caterpillar Colias

Alfalfa Weevil Hypera

Amaranthes Amaranthus palmeri, Amaranthus hybridus, Amaranthus spinosus

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

Armyworm, Beet Spodoptera

Armyworms

Barnyardgrass Echinochloa

Billbugs

Black Cutworm

Black Nightshade

Boll Weevil Anthonomus

Cabbage Looper Trichoplusia

Chinch Bug

Codling Moth Cydia

Colorado Potato Beetle Leptinotarsa

Common Cocklebur Xanthium

Corn Borers

Corn Earworm

Corn Rootworm

Corn Silkfly

Crabgrass Digitaria sanguinalis, Digitaria ischaemum, Digitaria ciliaris

Cupgrass Eriochloa gracilis, Eriochloa villosa

Cutworms Agrotis ipsilon, Agrotis orthogonia, Peridroma saucia

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

European Corn Borer Ostrinia

Fall Armyworm Spodoptera

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

Goosegrass Eleusine

Grasshopper Melanoplus sanguinipes, Camnula pellacida

Green Peach Aphid Myzus

Jimsonweed Datura

Johnsongrass seedling Sorghum

Kochia Kochia

Lambsquarters Chenopodium

Leafminer Liriomyza trifolii, Liriomyza sativa, Liriomyza huidobrensis

Leafroller Archips rosanus, Archips argyrospila, Argyrotaenia velutinana, Choristorenra rosaceana

Lesser Cornstalk Borer

Lygus Bug Lygus

Northern Corn Rootworm Diabrotica longicornus barberi, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera

Nutsedges Cyperus rotundus, Cyperus esculentus

Panicum, Fall Panicum

Panicum, Texas Panicum

Pear Psylla Cacopsylla

Pennsylvania Smartweed Polygonum

Pigweed, Redroot Amaranthus

Pink Bollworm Pectinophora

Prickly Sida Sida

Ragweeds Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Ambrosia trifida

Sandbur, Field Cenchrus

Sap Beetle

Seedcorn Beetle

Seedcorn Maggot

Shattercane Sorghum

Sicklepod Cassia

Silverleaf Whitefly Bemisia tabaci, Bemisia argentifolii

Sod Webworm

Southern Corn Leaf Beetle

Southern Corn Rootworm Diabrotica

Southwestern Corn Borer Diatrea

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

Spotted Cucumber Beetle Diabrotica

Spurred Anoda Anoda

Stalk Borer

Stink Bug Nezara viridula, Chlorockroa say, Euschistus consperus

Sweet Potato Silverleaf Whitefly Bemisia tabaci, Bemisia argentifolii

Tarnished Plant Bug Lygus

Thrips

Tobacco Budworm Helicoverpa

Velvetleaf Abutilon

Venice Mallow Hibiscus

Waterhemp

Western Corn Rootworm Diabrotica longicornus barberi, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera

White Grub

Wild Mustard Brassica

Wild Sunflower Helianthus

Wireworms Melanotus fissilis, Limonius spp. Many species in the order Coleoptera, family Elatoridae.

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