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iDEPAWRTNENT <br /> r (.'�R L I <br /> `Ir <br /> OF H].?A iIIIVf <br /> AMUCULTURE <br /> Colorado Noxious Weed Management Program <br /> 9 Asian mustard Baby's breath(Gypsophtla pamculata) <br /> s (Brassica tournefortu) a <br /> •12-18 in.tall&up to 16 in.wide B <br /> - •18-36 in.tall;basal •Blooms summer through fall <br /> rosette up to 36 in.wide .Flowers clustered,delicate, <br /> -Plants set seed prior to April white or pink,5-parted L�•�r�� <br /> Seed pods up to 2 1/2 in.long .Leaves linear-lance-shaped <br /> -Basal rosette leaves hairy; hairy,opposite;3/4 to 4 in.long <br /> p rinately lobed&with toothed margins -Seed capsules egg-shaped,less <br /> -Seeds light reddish brown or black than 1/10 in.,very small&blackish <br /> Cogongrass Common bugloss <br /> (Imperata cylindnca) M (Anchusa offic,nabs) <br /> -Up to 6 ft.tall •1-2 ft.tall by 1-2 ft.wide <br /> -Colony-forming -Blooms June to October <br /> -Flowers 2-8 in.;fuzzy -Flowers 1/2 in.bright blue to <br /> -Leaves 1/2 to 3/4 in.wide with purple with white throats <br /> -Sterns&leaves fleshy&hairy <br /> off-center whitish midrib,finely serrated -Leaves narrow&slightly pointed; <br /> margins&a sharp,pointed apex alternate&get smaller up stem <br /> -Rhizomes whitish,scaly&sharp ^ -Fruit 4-chambered nutlet,1 seed each "Id <br /> Common reed (Phragmites australts) Flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus) <br /> •6-15 ft.tall;spreads by rhizomes -Up to 5 ft.tall;perennial aquatic <br /> -Forms dense thickets in or near water -Blooms late summer,flowers 1 in.wide <br /> -Blooms July to October -Leaves basal,sword-like& <br /> -Flowers feathery&drooping; F IUt} ^ <br /> up to 3 ft.tall by 0.5 in.wide <br /> can appear silvery or purplish •Thick,creaping rhizomes <br /> hex., •Stems triangular,not round <br /> -Leaves blue-green,flat,smooth -Fruits brown,0.5 in.long <br /> -Native species of Phragmites -Tolerant to a wide <br /> also exist in Colorado temperature range <br /> Garlic mustard (Alliana petiolata) `t Hairy willow-herb <br /> (Eptlobium hirsutum) <br /> s •1-4 ft.tall;herbaceous biennial <br /> • ` ' •3-6 ft.tall;perennial <br /> Blooms early spring <br /> -Flowers small with four white petals -Blooms June to August <br /> •Rosette leaves 1-6 in.&heart-shaped -Flowers single,1/2 to 1 in. <br /> -Mature seeds shiny black in erect, -Sterns covered in soft hairs <br /> slender green pods that turn pale brown -Seeds with white silky tuft in long seedpod <br /> -Garlic odor when plant parts crushed -Leaves 1/2 in.wide,2-4 in.long,opposite, <br /> -Highly shade-tolerant;can lance-shaped with toothed edges,attached directly to stem <br /> invade high quality,mature woodlands •Numerous native species have been found in CO wetlands <br /> Himalayan blackberry (Rubus armeniacus) Meadow hawkweed <br /> (Hieracium caespitosum) <br /> -Up to 15 ft.,thicket-forming shrub <br /> -Blooms late spring to summer -1-3 ft.tall <br /> -Flowers 1 in.in groups of 3-20 -Blooms late May to June;flower heads in <br /> -Compound leaves dark green tight clusters;5-30 heads per stem x; <br /> above&pale to whitish below; -Leaves mostly basal;lance shaped,up to six <br /> leaves on 1 st year shoots have in.long&hairy;form dense mat at base <br /> <5 leaflets&leaves on 2nd year -Stems,leaves&bracts have dense blackish <br /> ' side shoots have 3 leaflets hairs&exude milky sap when broken <br /> Onionweed Purple Pampasgrass <br /> (Asphodelus fistulosus) (Cortaderia/ubata) <br /> •11/2-21/2 ft.tall tufted clumps •6-23 ft.;large clumping grass <br /> -Blooms July through August -Blooms July to September <br /> -Flowers 1/4 to 1/2 in.wide •1-3 ft.showy,purple-tinged <br /> -Sterns branched&hollow plumes on reed-like stem <br /> -Leaves 3-14 in.long by 1/4 in.wide -Up to 100,000 seeds per plume <br /> -Doesn't smell like onion&doesn't form bulb -Sheaths are densely hairy <br /> -Seeds triangular in cross-section;sharp edges -Leaves basal,3-5 ft.;sharply serrated <br />