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<br />X-8 <br /> <br />TABLE X - 4 <br />FORBS <br /> <br />Note: All forbs may occur in the Disturbed Open Space community. <br /> <br />NAME <br /> <br />Amaranthus <br />retroflexus <br />(Redroot Pigweed) <br /> <br />Ambrosia coronopi- <br />folia (Ragweed, <br />Hayfever Weed) <br /> <br />Ambros i a trifi da <br />(Giant Ragweed, <br />Hayfever weed) <br /> <br />Apocynum suksdorfii <br />(Dogbane, Indian- <br />America Hemp) <br /> <br />Aster speci es <br />(Aster, wil d <br />Daisies) <br /> <br />Chenopodium species <br />(Goosefoot, <br />Pi gweed) <br /> <br />Cirsium arvense <br />(Canada thistle) <br /> <br />Convolvulus <br />arvensis (Field <br />Morning-Glory, <br />Creepi ng Jenny) <br /> <br />Cucurbita <br />foetidissima <br />(Wil d Gourd) <br /> <br />Echi nocysti s <br />lobata (Mock <br />Cucumber) <br /> <br />Grindelia <br />squarrosa <br />(Gum weed, Rosin <br />weed) <br /> <br />FORM <br /> <br />annual <br />forb <br /> <br />perenni al <br />forb <br /> <br />a nnua 1 <br />forb <br /> <br />perennial <br />tall forb <br /> <br />mostly <br />perennial <br />ShC1WY forb <br /> <br />annual <br />forb <br /> <br />biennial/ <br />perenni al <br /> <br />perennial <br />forb <br /> <br />perenni a 1 <br />trail i ng <br />forb <br /> <br />annua 1 <br />climbing <br />vine <br /> <br />annua 1 or <br />perennial <br />s ti cky forb <br /> <br />SITE <br /> <br />cultivated <br />fields & waste <br />pl aces <br /> <br />waste pl aces <br />and fields <br /> <br />old fields <br />roadsi des <br /> <br />pastures, <br />waste pl aces <br /> <br />brush, banks, <br />waste places <br /> <br />primarily dry <br />sites <br /> <br />WILDLIFE <br />VALUES <br /> <br />seed impor- <br />tant to <br />songbirds <br /> <br />fall and win- <br />ter food birds <br /> <br />tough-coated <br />seeds 0 f <br />little value <br /> <br />may be poison <br />ous to gra- <br />zing animals <br /> <br />seeds impor- <br />tant fall and <br />wi nter song- <br />bird food <br /> <br />seeds <br />relished by <br />songbirds; <br />persist into <br />winter <br /> <br />seeds a fav- <br />ori te of Gol d- <br />finches <br /> <br />extensive root <br />system, dif- <br />ficul t to <br />eradi cate <br /> <br />climbing vines <br />can kill host <br /> <br />COMMENTS <br /> <br />Name <br /> <br />Helianthus <br />petiolaris <br />(Prarie Sunflower) <br /> <br />Ipomoea species <br />(Morning-Glory) <br /> <br />hayfever <br />source <br /> <br />Kochi a scopari a <br />(Summer Cypress) <br /> <br />Medicago sativa <br />(Alfalfa, Medic) <br /> <br />hayfever <br />source <br /> <br />Mel il otus <br />officinal is <br />(Biennial <br />Yellow Sweet <br />Clover) <br /> <br />Melilotus alba <br />(White Sweet <br />Clover) <br /> <br />Opuntia compressa <br />(Pri ckly Pear) <br /> <br />Parthenocissus <br />enge 1 manni <br />(Engleman Ivy) <br /> <br />Polygonum species <br />( Sma rtweed ) <br /> <br />Rudbeckia species <br />(Black-eyed Susan, <br />Coneflower) <br /> <br />Fonn <br /> <br />annual <br />weedy forb <br /> <br />a nnua 1 <br />forb <br /> <br />annual forb <br /> <br />perenni al <br />forb <br /> <br />annua 1 / <br />biennial <br />forb <br /> <br />biennial <br />forb <br /> <br />perennial <br />cacti <br /> <br />perenni a 1 <br />cl imbi ng <br />vine <br /> <br />annual <br />or peren- <br />nial amphi- <br />bious <br /> <br />perennial <br />forb <br /> <br />Site <br /> <br />roads ides, <br />waste pl aces <br /> <br />old fields, <br />waste pl aces <br /> <br />well-di stri- <br />buted in the <br />U.S. <br /> <br />waste places, <br />roads ides <br /> <br />sunny, dry, <br />sandy soi 1 <br /> <br />aquatic <br />and moist <br /> <br />Wildlife <br />Val ues <br /> <br />seeds outstand- <br />ing wildlife <br />food value <br /> <br />foliage eaten <br />by waterfoul, <br />cottontail , <br />rodents; seeds <br />by rodents <br /> <br />nectar at- <br />tracts bees <br /> <br />fruits eaten <br />by rodents <br />and reptil es <br /> <br />fruits eaten <br />by songbi rds, <br />mice and skunk <br /> <br />seeds eaten <br />by game bi rds <br />and songbi rds <br /> <br />Comments <br /> <br />attracti ve <br />flowers <br /> <br />soi 1 enri ch- <br />ing legume <br /> <br />nitrogen <br />fixing <br />bacterian <br />root nodul es <br /> <br />distri bu- <br />ti on center <br />for grasses <br />ofter over- <br />grazing <br /> <br />ornamental <br />value <br />