Weeds Flashcards

1
Q

Hairy bittercress

A

Cardimine hirsuta

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2
Q

Groundsel

A

Senecio vulgaris

Ephemeral
Birds eat seeds
Caterpillars of moths and butterflies
Rusts

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3
Q

Spotted dead nettle

A

Lamium masculatum

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4
Q

Couch grass

A

Elymus repens

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5
Q

Common ragwort

A

Senecio jacobaea

Cinnabar moth

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6
Q

Dandelion

A

Taraxacum

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7
Q

Bindweed

A

Calystegia sepium

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8
Q

Broad leafed dock

A

Rumex obtusifolius

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9
Q

Chickweed

A

Stellaria media
Ephemeral
Attracts white fly

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10
Q

Stinging nettle

A

Urtica dioica

Red admiral, peacock, small tortoiseshell

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11
Q

Japanese knotweed

A

Raynoutria japonica

Wildlife and countryside act 1981

Environmental protection Act 1990

Antisocial behaviour, crime and policing act 2014

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12
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The weeds act 1959

A

Senecio jacobaea
Cirsium arvense
Rumex crispus
Rumex obtusifolius

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13
Q

Acid and alkaline

A

Sheep’s sorrel
Old man’s beard

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14
Q

Cultural

A

Quarantine
Crop rotation

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15
Q

Biological insecticides

A

Two spotted ladybird - aphids
Aphidius spp - parasitic wasp for wasps
BT - bacillus thuringiensis - bacterium which kills caterpillars

Encarsia formosa

Solanum sisymbriifolium

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16
Q

Chemical insecticides

A

Phrethroids (2weeks)
Neonicotinoids -lily beetle, vine weevil

17
Q

Ground elder

A

Aegopodium podagraria