Weed ID Wednesday: Horseweed or Mare’s Tail
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Join our Livestock Agent, Kendra Fortner, on Wednesdays for our “Weed ID Wednesday” and learn about weeds we are seeing in pastures and hayfields.
Featured weed: Horseweed or Mare’s Tail
- Winter or Summer Annual (Biennial Broadleaf)
- Height varies greatly according to the soil it grows in
- Immature rosette looks much different than the mature plant
- From June to November it produces numerous heads of small inconspicuous white flowers followed by seed
- 2020 North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual
For more information or treatment recommendations, contact:
Kendra Fortner
Jackson and Swain County Livestock Agent
Kendra_Norton@ncsu.edu
(828) 586-4009