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Stipa clandestina: New Weed Threat on Southwestern Rangelands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Mary E. Barkworth
Affiliation:
Dep. Biol., Utah State Univ. Logan, UT 84322-5305
Jesús Valdes-Reyna
Affiliation:
Departamento de Botanica, Universidad Autonóma Agrarià “Antonio Narro”, Buenavista, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
Roger Q. Landers Jr.
Affiliation:
Tex. Agric. Ext. Serv., The Tex A&M Univ. System, 7887 Highway 87, San Angelo, TX 76901

Abstract

Stipa clandestina Hackel, a native of northern Mexico, has been found in Texas and may become a serious weed problem for range managers in the southwest. Its sharply pointed leaves and tussock-forming habit make it unpalatable to cattle, but in Mexico it tends to increase with heavy grazing or disturbance. Actively growing plants can be killed by applying a foliar spray of either glyphosate or hexazinone.

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Copyright © 1989 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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