100 Most Common Lawn & Garden Weeds

Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

Broadleaf Deep Taproot

Broadleaf Plantain

Plantago major

Broadleaf Compact Rosette

White Clover

Trifolium repens

Broadleaf Nitrogen Fixer

Common Chickweed

Stellaria media

Broadleaf Spreading Carpet

Creeping Charlie

Glechoma hederacea

Broadleaf Shade Tolerant

Henbit

Lamium amplexicaule

Broadleaf Purple Flowers

Purple Deadnettle

Lamium purpureum

Broadleaf Early Spring

Shepherd's Purse

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Broadleaf Heart Pods

Purslane

Portulaca oleracea

Broadleaf Succulent Stem

Common Mallow

Malva neglecta

Broadleaf Button Seedpods

Crabgrass

Digitaria sanguinalis

Grassy Weed Annual Grass

Goosegrass

Eleusine indica

Grassy Weed Tough Crown

Yellow Nutsedge

Cyperus esculentus

Sedge Family Underground Tubers

Annual Bluegrass

Poa annua

Grassy Weed Cool Season

Quackgrass

Elymus repens

Grassy Weed Creeping Rhizomes

Bermuda Grass

Cynodon dactylon

Grassy Weed Aggressive Spreader

Foxtail

Setaria viridis

Grassy Weed Spikelet Seedhead

Barnyardgrass

Echinochloa crus-galli

Grassy Weed Agricultural Pest

Smooth Crabgrass

Digitaria ischaemum

Grassy Weed Hairless Sheath

Dallisgrass

Paspalum dilatatum

Grassy Weed Coarse Paspalum

Canada Thistle

Cirsium arvense

Prickly Thistle Aggressive Roots

Field Bindweed

Convolvulus arvensis

Climbing Vine Deep Rhizomes

Curly Dock

Rumex crispus

Taproot Weed Wavy Leaf

Broadleaf Dock

Rumex obtusifolius

Taproot Weed Wide Leaf

Poison Ivy

Toxicodendron radicans

Highly Toxic 💀 Skin Rash

Poison Oak

Toxicodendron diversilobum

Highly Toxic 💀 Skin Rash

Poison Sumac

Toxicodendron vernix

Highly Toxic 💀 Skin Rash

Stinging Nettle

Urtica dioica

Stinging Hairs Contact Burn

Horsetail

Equisetum arvense

Silica Rich Ancient Spores

Wild Carrot

Daucus carota

Taproot Weed Lace Umbrella

Kudzu

Pueraria montana

Invasive Vine Fast Growing

Japanese Knotweed

Reynoutria japonica

Invasive Shrub Structural Damage

English Ivy

Hedera helix

Invasive Vine Climbing Wood

Garlic Mustard

Alliaria petiolata

Invasive Herb Allelopathic

Multiflora Rose

Rosa multiflora

Invasive Shrub Thorny Cane

Tree of Heaven

Ailanthus altissima

Invasive Tree Allelopathic

Oriental Bittersweet

Celastrus orbiculatus

Invasive Vine Girdling Trees

Poison Hemlock

Conium maculatum

Highly Toxic 💀 Coniine Toxin

Giant Hogweed

Heracleum mantegazzianum

Highly Toxic 💀 Severe Blisters

Wild Parsnip

Pastinaca sativa

Phytophototoxic Sun Blisters

Redroot Pigweed

Amaranthus retroflexus

Crop Weed Abundant Seeds

Lamb's Quarters

Chenopodium album

Crop Weed Powdery Leaves

Common Ragweed

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Allergenic Pollen Hay Fever

Giant Ragweed

Ambrosia trifida

Allergenic Pollen Hay Fever

Velvetleaf

Abutilon theophrasti

Crop Weed Velvety Leaves

Cocklebur

Xanthium strumarium

Spiny Burs Toxic Seeds

Jimsonweed

Datura stramonium

Highly Toxic 💀 Tropane Alkaloids

Morning Glory

Ipomoea purpurea

Climbing Vine Crop Tangle

Prickly Lettuce

Lactuca serriola

Wild Lettuce Prickly Midrib

Common Sowthistle

Sonchus oleraceus

Milky Sap Windborne Seeds

Yellow Woodsorrel

Oxalis stricta

Acidic Taste Exploding Pods

Creeping Woodsorrel

Oxalis corniculata

Spreading Stolons Exploding Pods

Wild Violet

Viola sororia

Waxy Cuticle Rhizome Spreader

Moss

Bryophytic weeds

Spore Carpet Shade Loving

Dollarweed

Hydrocotyle umbellata

Pennywort Moisture Loving

Smartweed

Persicaria pensylvanica

Moisture Loving Pink Spikes

Jewelweed

Impatiens capensis

Exploding Pods Rash Relief

Bittercress

Cardamine hirsuta

Exploding Pods Cool Season

Mouse-ear Chickweed

Cerastium fontanum

Hairy Leaves Perennial Mat

Speedwell

Veronica arvensis

Corn Speedwell Tiny Blue Flowers

Sandbur

Cenchrus spinifex

Spiny Burs Sandy Soils

Puncturevine

Tribulus terrestris

Highly Toxic 💀 Goathead Burs

Prostrate Knotweed

Polygonum aviculare

Wireweed Tolerates Trampling

Spotted Spurge

Euphorbia maculata

Milky Sap Prostrate Rosette

Prostrate Spurge

Euphorbia prostrata

Milky Sap Prostrate Rosette

Carpetweed

Mollugo verticillata

Porous Soils Whorled Leaves

Tumbleweed

Salsola tragus

Tumbleweed Wind Dispersal

Kochia

Bassia scoparia

Drought Resistant Alkali Soils

Witchgrass

Panicum capillare

Tumbleweed Grass Sandy Soils

Yellow Foxtail

Setaria pumila

Grassy Weed Yellow Bristles

Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Toxic Sap Monarch Host

Buttercup

Ranunculus acris

Toxic Sap Bright Yellow

Black Nightshade

Solanum nigrum

Highly Toxic 💀 Solanine Toxin

Horsenettle

Solanum carolinense

Spiny Stem Deep Rhizomes

Pokeweed

Phytolacca americana

Highly Toxic 💀 Purple Berries

Bracken Fern

Pteridium aquilinum

Toxic Fronds Carcinogenic

Mugwort

Artemisia vulgaris

Aromatic Herb Aggressive Rhizomes

Wild Mustard

Sinapis arvensis

Crop Weed Yellow Flowers

Bull Thistle

Cirsium vulgare

Thorny Stem Biennial Thistle

Musk Thistle

Carduus nutans

Nodding Thistle Noxious Weed

Field Horsetail

Equisetum arvense

Ancient Spore Silica Rich

Bracken

Pteridium aquilinum

Carcinogenic Toxic Fronds

Wild Oat

Avena fatua

Grassy Weed Crop Pest

Johnsongrass

Sorghum halepense

Highly Toxic 💀 Prussic Acid

Giant Foxtail

Setaria faberi

Grassy Weed Abrasive Seed

Cheatgrass

Bromus tectorum

Fire Hazard Pet Danger

Bermuda Grass

Cynodon dactylon

Grassy Weed Creeping Stolons

Yellow Toadflax

Linaria vulgaris

Toxic Sap Deep Roots

Dalmatian Toadflax

Linaria dalmatica

Noxious Weed Waxy Cuticle

Leafy Spurge

Euphorbia esula

Highly Toxic 💀 Exploding Pods

Alligator Weed

Alternanthera philoxeroides

Noxious Weed Aquatic Invader

Purple Loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria

Invasive Herb Wetland Choke

Water Hyacinth

Eichhornia crassipes

Highly Invasive Water Choke

Cattail

Typha latifolia

Wetland Spreader Rhizomatous

Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Feathery Leaves Medicinal

Chicory

Cichorium intybus

Blue Flowers Deep Taproot

Horseweed

Erigeron canadensis

Herbicide Resist Tall Annual

Dog Fennel

Eupatorium capillifolium

Highly Toxic 💀 Aromatic Thread

Wild Radish

Raphanus raphanistrum

Agricultural Weed Woody Taproot

Groundsel

Senecio vulgaris

Toxic to Cattle Windborne Seeds