Midwestern Turf Weed ID and Their Control
Where: Midwest Golf House, Sunshine Course and Clubhouse
Session I Cancelled. Registration for Session II to open at late date.
When: Session I – Wednesday, June, 1, 2016, 2:30 to 6:00 p.m. Session II– Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, 2:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Each session is limited to 24 registrants.
Offered in two parts (June 1 and September 7, 2016)Dr. Tom Voigt, Dr. Bruce Branham and Bill Sharp from the University of Illinois will lead a hands-on Weed ID Field Class at the Midwest Golf House in Lemont, Illinois. Taught in two sessions, each class will feature plants that are actively growing during that time of year. Participants will learn through hands-on evaluation and learning proven techniques to properly identify the plants outlined below.
The most up to date control measures will also be discussed for each including: best management practices, IPM and chemical control. Please come with questions and be ready to learn.
Annual Bluegrass Poa annua Bermudagrass Cynodon daxtylon Black Medic Medicago lupulina Branyardgrass Echinocloa crusgalli Broadleaf Plantain Plantago major Buckhorn Plantain Plantago lanceolata Bull Thistle Cirsium vulgare Canada Thistle Cirsium arvense Common Burdock Arctium minus Common Chickweed Stellaria media Common Mallow Malva neglecta Common Purslane Portulaca oleracea Common Violet Viola spp. Common Yarrow Achillea millefolium Creeping Bentgrass Agrostis stolonifera Curly Dock Rumex crispus Dandelion Taraxacum officinale Fall panicum Panicum Goosegrass Eleusine indica Green foxtail Setaria viridis Ground Ivy Glechoma hederacea Henbit Lamium amplexicaule Indian Mock strawberry Duchesnea indica Large Crabgrass Digitaria sanguinalis Mouseear Chickweed Cerastium vulgatum Musk Thistle Carduus nutans Nimblewill Muhlenbergia shreberi Persian Speedwell Veronica persica Pineapple Weed Matricaria matricarioides Prostrate Knotweed Polygonum aviculare Prostrate Spurge Euphorbia humistrata Quackgrass Elytrigia repens Red Sorrel Rumex acetosella Shepherd’s purse Capsella bursa pastoris Tall Fescue Festuca arundinacea White Clover Trifolium repens Wild Garlic Allium vineale Yellow Foxtail Setaria glauca Yellow nutsedge Cyperus esculentus Yellow Woodsorrel Oxalis stricta
Registration fee for each class is $85 or $150 if you sign up for both. The fee includes “Identifying Weeds in Midwestern Turf and Landscapes”, handouts and light refreshments
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