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Square graphic for Norway maple with images of Norway maple bilaterally symmetrical pointy-tipped leaves, wide-spreading samaras, bright yellow orange fall foliage, and trunk with stems and leaves branching off.
April 25, 2024
Weed of the Month: Norway Maple
By Heath Keirstead
waxy green leaves and light purple flowers of vinca minor
April 2, 2024
Weed of the Month: Periwinkle
By Heath Keirstead
a square graphic for Mid-Willamette CWMA's February 2024 Weed of the Month: Evergreen Bugloss
January 26, 2024
Weed of the Month: Evergreen Bugloss
By marionswcd
a square flyer showing four images of Italian thistle with spiny, winged stems and multiple small flower heads
December 1, 2023
Weed of the Month: Italian Thistle
By marionswcd
square graphic showing the mitten like lobed leaves, stems with thorns, apple blossom-like white flowers, and red fruits like small cherries.
October 10, 2023
Weed of the Month: English Hawthorn
By marionswcd
Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis Ground cover with heart shaped leaves and large white flowers
August 1, 2023
Weed of the Month: Field Bindweed
By Heath Keirstead
July 2023 Weed of the Month Parrotfeather
June 26, 2023
Weed of the Month: Parrotfeather
By Heath Keirstead
a whole spotted jewelweed plant with green oblong to egg shaped leaves and red-spotted orange flowers
May 31, 2023
Weed of the Month: Spotted Jewelweed
By Heath Keirstead
A .jpg file showing the umbel shaped white flowers, fern-like leaves, and purple-blotched stems of poison hemlock.
May 1, 2023
Weed of the Month: Poison Hemlock
By marionswcd
A flyer for weed of the month reed canarygrass (RCG) that shows four images of RCG. One is of a patch of RCG, one is of a seedhead spike that is rather plume-like, one has more open seed heads, and one shows the leaf blade sticking out at a 45 degree angle from the stem.
March 1, 2023
Weed of the Month: Reed Canarygrass
By marionswcd
A flyer for weed of the month false brome showing this bunch grass with hairs on leaf edges and spikelets that are not stalked. Signature candy apple or lime green color persists through fall and even mild winters. Leaf blades up to 14" long, upright stems 2-3' tall.
February 1, 2023
Weed of the Month: False Brome
By marionswcd
Spurge Laurel square flyer with images showing its waxy evergreen, rhododendron-like leaves in whorls and small black fruits
January 1, 2023
Weed of the Month: Spurge Laurel
By marionswcd
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