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Images of weeds (click for a larger view)

Goosegrass, Eleusine indica Poa annua, annual bluegrass Well-dressed pesticide applicator
Goosegrass, Eleusine indica on a bermudagrass ball field (dugout area in background; lots of traffic) Annual bluegrass, Poa annua, in a northern Florida Tifway bermudagrass sod farm Use nonherbicidal weed control methods; if you must spray, do so safely!
Crowfootgrass, Dactyloctenium aegypticum Dollarweed, Hydrocotyle umbellata Torpedograss, Panicum repens
Crowfootgrass, Dactyloctenum aegypticum in a neglected St. Augustinegrass landscape, along the edge of shrub beds Dollarweed, Hydrocotyle umbellata in an overirrigated St. Augustinegrass landscape Torpedograss, Panicum repens, growing in a poorly drained wet spot near a Davie, Florida fast food restaurant
Purple nutsedge, Cyperus rotundus Kyllinga sp., watersedge Alligatorweed, Alternanthera philoxeroides
Purple nutsedge, Cyperus rotundus in an unmown home lawn Kyllinga, also known as watersedge, totally infesting the small grass area in a Fort Lauderdale high-rise condominium, next to the Intracoastal Waterway Alligatorweed, Alternanthera philoxeroides along the ditches in a St. Augustinegrass sod farm

27 October 1998