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I was pulling weeds in my yard today, and I thought it might be a good idea to catalog the weeds in my yard and write a little about each one. This is the intro post to this exploration of Cleveland Weeds.

Below I have posted some pics of the weeds in my yard. I am going to find out the name of each, the conditions they like to grow in and (most importantly) how to get rid of them. Hopefully this way, I can get rid of some from my yard and remember next year how to do it too. As I explore the traits of each weed in separate posts, I will link from this post to the individual posts.

I won’t get to them all in one go. I’ll just work on them when I have nothing else to post about. Feel free to leave the names of the Unknown ones or incorrectly labeled ones in the comments.

Here we go:

White Clover

Unknown Weed 1

Hairy Bittercress


Quackgrass


Tall Ironweed

Skunk Cabbage?

Canada Thistle

Wild Garlic

Chickweed

Red Dead Nettle

Queen Anne’s Lace

Dandelion

Creeping Charlie

Catsear?

Creeping Jenny

Broadleaf Plantain

Garlic Mustard


Published by Hanna on April 11th, 2006
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6 Responses to “Cleveland Weeds”

  1. Diane Says:
    November 22nd, 2007 at 9:03 am

    I really don’t know how I fell here but I am so glad I did. I have finally been able to share more of my life with my family this Thanksgiving by sharing Cleveland weeds. Oh, oh, the crazies are out - you think. No, I still get homesick after 23+ years away from home. Wish I had the ability to send you pictures of “puncture weed” and “star thistle”. Puncture weed does that - puncture anything and everything including wheel barrow tires and star thistle is so bad here that County Extension begs us to spray. Goats like to eat them though.

    So thank you for sharing this site with us. I’m coming back!

  2. ohioholly Says:
    February 9th, 2008 at 12:25 pm

    Your unknown weed #1 is an amazing weed, if it’s the same one I have! It kind of seems succulent related, and grows up where nothing else would (like in the area recently round-up’ed to destroy grass. I have taken to digging it up and replanting it in the window boxes along the footpath. If you ever figure out the name, I would be interested! :-)

  3. Hanna Says:
    February 9th, 2008 at 2:22 pm

    Hey, I need to update this list! I do know what that one is now. It is purslane. I even wrote about it last year. http://www.thisgardenisillegal.com/2007/07/purslane-if-you-cant-weed-em-eat-em.html

    You can eat it, too and it is very tasty!

  4. crystal Says:
    February 22nd, 2008 at 6:51 pm

    I think your “skunk cabbage” is actually burdock. see this site, click on wild foods in the side bar, then burdock, there is a picture that looks a lot like yours: http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/

    “catsear” I don’t think that’s catsear (leaves are flatter to the ground, flowers taller & more spindly, leaves have much more fur.

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