| Agronomy
105's Weed ID |
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Buckhorn
plantain
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| Buckhorn
plantain is a perennial that is often found infesting perennial pastures
and lawns. |
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Buckhorn
plants have a deep taproot and a low, rosette-type growth pattern. |
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| In Buckhorn's
early spring rosette stage, it will have long, narrow, dark green leaves.
Because of this rosette growth pattern, mowing is not an effective means
of control, however, 2,4-D will kill it quite easily. |
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The seed
from Buckhorn plantain is oblong shape, and will vary in color from light
brown to nearly black and is indented on one side giving it a canoe-shaped
appearance. The seed appears shiny because it is covered by a substance
that causes the seed to become sticky when wet. This is important
because Buckhorn often infests alfalfa and red clover fields that are being
grown for seed. Because Buckhorn and alfalfa seed are similar in
size and shape, they are difficult to separate. The fact that buckhorn
seed becomes sticky when moist, can be used to aid in separation.
When the seed mixture is wetted, the sticky buckhorn seed will cling to
rollers which the alfalfa seed passes through and thus the two are separated. |