Document Type
Fact Sheet
Series No.
448-976
Description
All of South Dakota's noxious weeds are perennials. They spread by underground parts and by seed. Field bindweed (creeping jenny) infests 1½ million acres on 30,000 farms; Canada thistle, 300,000 acres on 23,000 farms; perennial sowthistle, 304,000 acres on 13,000 farms; leafy spurge, 78,000 acres on 5,700 farms; hoary cress, 3,400 acres on 370 farms; Russian knapweed, 1,500 acres on 290 farms; horse nettle, 550 acres on 160 farms; and quackgrass, 175,000 acres on 13,000 farms.
Publication Date
1976
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" (1976). SDSU Extension Fact Sheets. 1137.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/extension_fact/1137
Comments
This item was digitized with the support from Project CERES, a collaboration between USAIN, AgNIC, and the Center for Research Libraries.