Document Type
Fact Sheet
Series No.
448
Description
All of South Dakota's noxious weeds are perennials. They spread by underground parts and by seeds. Field bindweed (creeping jenny) infests 1¼ million acres on 26,000 farms; Canada thistle, 230,000 acres on 22,000 farms; perennial sowthistle, 225,000 acres on 11,750 farms; leafy spurge, 58,000 acres on 5,500 farms; hoary cress, 1,470 acres on 280 farms; Russian knapweed, 620 acres on 205 farms; horse nettle, 150 acres on 84 farms; and quackgrass, 163,000 acres on 13,000 farms.
Publication Date
1969
Format
application/pdf
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Rights
South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
South Dakota State University, Cooperative Extension, "Control and Elimination of Noxious Weeds" (1969). SDSU Extension Fact Sheets. 1136.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/extension_fact/1136
Comments
This item was digitized with the support from Project CERES, a collaboration between USAIN, AgNIC, and the Center for Research Libraries.