Nutsedges

Common Name: Purple Nutsedge, Yellow Nutsedge

Genus: Cyperus rotundus, Cyperus esculentus

Identification: Stems are erect and grasslike, with triangular stems. Leaf blades measure 6-12 inches long, with prominent mid-vein. The esculentus species has yellow seed heads and tubers not in chains. The purple nutsedge has a purple seed head and the tubers are in the chain. These perennials can spread by seed, creeping rootstocks or by small underground nutlets. It is a very aggressive weed particularly in moist conditions.

Geographic Distribution: Prefer temperate regions throughout the United States, more specifically in the Southeast, Southwest, and West.

Bushberry

Currant

Elderberry

Gooseberry

Gourds

Huckleberry

Oriental Radish

Soybeans

Summer Squash

Winter Squash

Yam Bean

Adult Cucumber Beetle

Amaranthes Amaranthus palmeri, Amaranthus hybridus, Amaranthus spinosus

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

Armyworms

Barnyardgrass Echinochloa

Bittercress

Black Flea Beetle

Black Nightshade

Black Vine Weevil

Blister Beetle

Broadleaf Filaree

Broadleaf Signalgrass

Cabbage Looper Trichoplusia

Carpetweed

Cereal Leaf Beetle

Cherry Fruit Fly

Chickweed

Click Beetles

Clover

Codling Moth Cydia

Colorado Potato Beetle Leptinotarsa

Common Cocklebur Xanthium

Common Ragweed

Crabgrass Digitaria sanguinalis, Digitaria ischaemum, Digitaria ciliaris

Cucumber Beetle

Cupgrass Eriochloa gracilis, Eriochloa villosa

Cutworms Agrotis ipsilon, Agrotis orthogonia, Peridroma saucia

Dandelion

Downy Mildew Pseudoperonospora

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

European Corn Borer Ostrinia

Fall Armyworm Spodoptera

Field Pennycress

Flea Beetles

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

Fuller Rose Beetle

Giant Ragweed

Goosegrass Eleusine

Grasshopper Melanoplus sanguinipes, Camnula pellacida

Ground Beetles

Hornworms

Japanese Beetle

Jimsonweed Datura

Johnsongrass seedling Sorghum

June Beetle

Kochia Kochia

Lady Beetle

Lambsquarters Chenopodium

Leafhoppers

Leafminer Liriomyza trifolii, Liriomyza sativa, Liriomyza huidobrensis

Long-Horned Beetle

Loopers

Lygus Bug Lygus

Maggots

Mealybugs

Melonworm

Morningglory

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

Northern Corn Rootworm Diabrotica longicornus barberi, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera

Panicum, Fall Panicum

Panicum, Texas Panicum

Pennsylvania Smartweed Polygonum

Perennial Ryegrass

Phytophthora Blight Phytophthora

Pickleworm

Pigweed, Redroot Amaranthus

Plant Bugs

Plantain

Plum Curculio

Potato Flea Beetle

Prickly Sida Sida

Ragweeds Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Ambrosia trifida

Sandbur, Field Cenchrus

Sap Beetle

Seedcorn Beetle

Shattercane Sorghum

Sicklepod Cassia

Snout Beetle

Southern Corn Rootworm Diabrotica

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

Sprangletop

Spurge

Spurred Anoda Anoda

Squash Bug

Stink Bug Nezara viridula, Chlorockroa say, Euschistus consperus

Sugarcane Beetle

Sunflower Beetle

Thistle

Thrips

Tobacco Budworm Helicoverpa

Velvetleaf Abutilon

Venice Mallow Hibiscus

Whiteflies

Whitefringed Beetle

Wild Mustard Brassica

Wild Sunflower Helianthus

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