Weed Disease Identification

•  Summer annual
•  Tough, dark green monocot with flattened stems and  strap-like leaves
•  Smooth leaf blades with folded vernation and white  sheaths
•  Short membranous ligule divided at centre
•  Tolerates low mowing heights
•  Inflorescence is two to ten spikelets on long stem
•  Seeds profusely from late spring through to autumn

Treatment:  Hand weed

• Autumn/winter annual
• Rosette forming dicot with deeply lobed leaves with   a white downy underside
• Inflorescence is many small flowers on a black, pitted  receptacle with radiating yellow florets
• Fruits in late winter and spring producing woolly   seeds that stick to clothing
• Deep taproot can make control difficult
• Propagated through seed

Treatment:  Bin Die (Please check to ensure this product is suitable for your lawn type)

• Annual or biennial
• Rosette forming dicot, leaves with dull green upper  surface and white hairy underside
• Growth begins as basal rosette forming stems and  upward growth as the plant matures
• Inflorescence purple to pink, fruiting spring through  summer
• Occurs primarily in sandy soils
• Propagated through seed

Treatment:  Bin Die (Please check to ensure this product is suitable for your lawn type)

• Perennial
• Low growing, prostrate dicot with smooth slender   stems rooting at the nodes
• Oppositely arranged, thin grass-like leaves
• Heavily branched stems form a mat-like growth habit
• Inflorescence small and inconspicuous with four   white petals
• Fruits from spring through to autumn
• Propagated through seed and rooting nodes

Treatment:  Bin Die (Please check to ensure this product is suitable for your lawn type)

•  Summer annual
• Spreading, mat-forming monocot with yellow-green  leaves
•  Membranous ligule, folded vernation purpling at sheaths  and stem bases
• Inflorescence of multiple small, finger-like spikes radiating  from a central point
• Prolific seed producer, fruiting throughout the warmer  months
• Propagated through seed and stolons

Treatment:  Hand weed

• Cool season perennial
• Erect, tufted monocot with glossy dark green leaves,   often purplish at the base
• Membranous ligule, folded vernation, characteristic,   claw-like auricles
• Inflorescence a long, narrow spike fruiting in spring
• Persistent weed in turf, tolerating low cutting height
• Propagated through seed

Treatment:  Hand weed

• Perennial
• Rapidly spreading grass-like sedge
• Leaves flat and slightly corrugated and stems triangular   in cross-section
• Single tubers and strings of tubers on rhizomes
• Yellowish brown seeds arranged in narrow spikelets   on an umbel like inflorescence
• Fruits in summer through autumn
• Propagated through seed and tubers

Treatment:  Hand weed

• Perennial
• Robust, clumping rhizomatous monocot
• Hairy, purple leaf sheaths with rolled vernation and  membranous ligule
• Long stems bear nodding seed heads with round   white seeds
• Seeds are sticky and are spread via transport
• Spread through seeding and rhizomes

Treatment:  Hand weed

• Perennial
• Stemless, rosette forming dicot with inverted,   lobed leaves
• Bright yellow flowers produced on long hollow   stalks appear in spring and summer
• Seeds form a ‘puff ball’ like globe and are carried by wind
• Tolerates low to medium height of cut
• Reproduces sexually from seed and asexually from tap  root fragments

Treatment:  Bin Die (Please check to ensure this product is suitable for your lawn type)

• Summer annual
• Prostrate, mat forming dicot
• Leaves opposite with a reddish spot in the centre and  jagged margins
• Inflorescence is yellow-green, cup like and 1mm wide
• Fruits throughout summer
• Propagated through seed

Treatment:  Bin Die (Please check to ensure this product is suitable for your lawn type)

• Winter annual with perennial and biennial biotypes
• Tufted light green monocot with white panicle  inflorescence
• Folded vernation, long ligule and boat shaped leaf tips
• Adapted to full sun and shaded areas
• Tolerates low mowing heights and can persist in golf  greens all year round
• Plants reach maturity quickly and seed profusely
• Germinates from late summer through to spring

Treatment:  Wintergrass Killer (Please make sure this product is suitable for your lawn type)

• Summer or winter annual
• Tall growing dicot with hairy, tough stems
• Leaves alternately arranged, dark green, with toothed  margins and fine hairs
• Inflorescence as numerous small flowers forming fluffy  clusters on tall stems
• Fruits from spring through to autumn
• Propagated through wind dispersed seed

Treatment:  Hand Weed

• Perennial
• Creeping, low-growing leguminous dicot with green,  trifoliate compound leaves
• Leaf margins jagged with a central white ring   encircling the base of each leaflet
• Common weed of turf, often found in nitrogen   deficient soil
• White, crate paper like flowers fruiting in spring and  autumn
• Propagated by seed and possibly stolons

Treatment:  Bin Die (Please check to ensure this product is suitable for your lawn type)

• Perennial
• Stemless, rosette forming dicot, leave margins with  shallow lobes
• Deep taproot allows for drought resistance and can   make control difficult
• Bright yellow flower, similar to that of Dandelion
• Multiple flowers on each stem fruiting mainly in late  spring and early summer
• Tolerates low to medium height of cut
• Propagated through seed

Treatment:  Bin Die (Please check to ensure this product is suitable for your lawn type)

• Perennial
• Rosette forming monocot with long, narrow leaves
• Leaves possess distinctive parallel veins and are often  twisted or curled
• Inflorescence is a dense spike produced on an erect,  leafless stalk
• Flowers from mid spring through summer and is a   prolific seed producer
• Found commonly in turf areas and moist disturbed soils
• Propagated through seed

Treatment:  Bin Die (Please check to ensure this product is suitable for your lawn type)

• Winter annual
• Low growing, rosette forming dicot rooting at nodes and  forming additional rosettes
• Leaves opposite, twice divided into narrow segments
• Inflorescence small and inconspicuous forming in the  centre of rosettes
• As the plant dies seeds lignify, hardening into sharp burrs  that lodge in shoes or feet
• Principally a weed of turf
• Propagated through seed

Treatment:  Bin Die (Please check to ensure this product is suitable for your lawn type)

• Perennial
• A creeping, rhizomatous dicot, often mat forming with   a prostrate growth habit
• Light green, heart shaped trifoliate leaves
• Possesses small woody taproots that can make control   of the weed difficult due to energy reserves
• Small, bright yellow flowers with five petals fruiting   in spring and summer
• When seeds mature pods explode spreading seeds   3 meters or more
• Propagated through seed

Treatment:  Bin Die (Please check to ensure this product is suitable for your lawn type)