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Qj <br />CA <br />IVA <br />MON <br />g ad <br />t:..�lar.Ki.. Gcpc.atl <br />secsicea [haisitnt <br />Co Str 15 <br />�titr artnE� <br />W 1- 239 -4 100 <br />- <br />.t. <br />Rangetand, pasture, and riparian :cite recontcuendations <br />Diffuse knapweed Identification <br />and Management <br />e on Airy sires and rapid]} inv:lalrs <br />- :uid dOnlinates disturbed arras. <br />Cynic esra blishcd, diffuse f;n • cal <br />outconept.-s and teducts the quantity <br />of Jeslrawc native Species Sttih <br />t, It zr y as }tcrrnluial _.rssxcs_ As a result, <br />t <br />bitldivrrsiry :Uta{ )aa3 v:ttaec are <br />ndekca-1, anal soil erosion is increxscal. <br />Identification and <br />Impacts <br />Deffuse knaptsced a (, rsrtazurea <br />:J�il tssrrj is a noel -mein biennial <br />f)'tf• that -- -pruduccs solely by seed. A <br />bicmaial is a 14-ant that coubplerrs its <br />lifoc_ --le within two, pears. During the <br />first )•car .af 2FLMMh. diffiase kuaparctti <br />apj►ears as a rosette in spring or fill. <br />During [he sir and }•ear in mid to lace <br />spring — the srem belts, flowers. sets <br />SCM, and the pi ene Aiics. Oner: the <br />plant fries up. it [weak% tiff at Stound <br />keel and becLwacs :t nemlak -w c-ai <br />Which dis}acrscs tilt still vishlr s ids <br />over hmg Aitseaucl'S. A pra?Ilhc sect <br />pnufucer diffuse k-.it:tlm tea can <br />proafuce up to 1 arJ#30 seeds per plant. <br />1-hercfwc. the kc j- to managing this <br />Itlanr is to prevcnr Se c.1 }trualuctaotr. <br />Diffinse kn4mar-ecd Can groar 1 to :3 free <br />T-211. and is Jdfiasely branericd abore <br />ground. -illis uses rile placer a bakl- <br />sltvej :tpgcarana c and rumble -aserd <br />tllobdity when brol:. -n off. I t4res an- <br />sntall. anal are rcdurcd in sire near Elie <br />&w., -ring heads. Ek swews arc most y <br />W=hite, solnetimcspur }dc. urn - shaped, <br />and are located tie till branch tip. <br />Bracts than enclaisr tfer flloWerhU�aAis <br />air divided like the tecrh alt a cosub, <br />anal are rip-red asith a distinct skndcr <br />spine. Upon drying, the bracts <br />bec -ame rough. recadering tlheur <br />injurious to tilt- taturkt. Fktwrm laltaa >m <br />Jrtls through August_ lrtd a&--E uwakf} <br />occurs <br />by nlial- ,Ntecusr_ <br />The key to effu.tivr conmil of <br />Diffuse knapvcc-d ii to prevent <br />ttstnt from fll►tvtxing aad t+�iae� to <br />SYe. An intrgrateJ weed ttlalla}u�nta'nt <br />approae h ilrtlitlx with Diffttse <br />kna}nra -cd is hi ly recomatranlc-d. <br />There art nsany Options of mcchanical, <br />chratical, and biological eemetnils.. <br />araiLble. Derails Can the bade of this <br />sheet : an hel ro eclair a nl:enagcwcnt. <br />plan catnslxteif is with your site t--Caj g . <br />Deff&Mt: f nap+�Va.ed is alcsignatcd <br />as a "rise 117speei►s on the: <br />Colorado t ox"s Wl ed Act- It <br />is sequireJ to be richer em,licared, <br />curataiKed or suppresvcal depcstding <br />on tile meal infemations. For Imare <br />infurmacitm. visit wwar.caaalorAm <br />%g a tea an-1 click on the Noxious <br />VWe:d ]anagram link or Ca11 doe - <br />State Weed Coordinaror at lire <br />Color do OvPartment of i ii: ultetn _ <br />Consen,atiun Seccica:s Dicieiaan at <br />3093 -M- 41910. <br />tawisebec*rruM •—�. <br />V <br />Deftase knitpa►Ked rends to inv civ <br />disturb d. evergraaa d arn.ts. <br />Ocher Ie46itars enav also inJnde Pliru to ti iicll_; Ud 1ttlisimitmm <br />ratl_�:cland, straaL+i iec. riparian areas, /C' tai" ` "" p <br />a6:+tic. C:n,-tai :�ta�t�c %,.s. FFvr:cr �t.• •c:. (;infer <br />lid trails. it is a cuely;h iawetprrirrrr w'Che. IC.r.rce aco i 1C.-A 14w;.,s * D.711 • Sw t�ttsa*n. <br />SILLS 86ir OL6 zs z a paan jam L ie1 d*C : CO so C1 AOU <br />