Introduction

Weeds as they relate to cranberry production Plant classifications Weed management in cranberry production How to use this guide

 

Annual broadleaf herbaceous plants

Characteristics of Broadleaf Plants (Dicots) Annual ragweed Nodding beggartick Devil's beggartick American burnweed Marsh cudweed Jewelweed Corn spurry Lambsquarters Oakleaf goosefoot Orangegrass Garden vetch Green carpetweed Marshpepper knotweed Curlytop knotweed Spotted ladysthumb Arrowleaf tearthumb Green smartweed

 

Biennial or perennial broadleaf herbaceous plants

Broadleaf arrowhead Spreading dogbane Bristly sarsaparilla Common milkweed Common yarrow Western pearly everlasting White panicle aster Parasol whitetop Canadian horseweed Common boneset Spotted joe pye weed Orange hawkweed Hairy cat's ear Fall dandelion Flat-top goldentop Canada goldenrod Common dandelion Coltsfoot Hairy bittercress Bog yellowcress Indian tobacco Red sandspurry Grass-like starwort Northern St. Johnswort Lesser Canadian St. Johnswort Pale St. Johnswort Large St. Johnswort Dwarf St. Johnswort Common St. Johnswort Fraser's marsh St. Johnswort Hedge false bindweed Ditch stonecrop Bird's-foot trefoil Sweetclover Golden clover White clover Bird vetch American water horehound Northern bugleweed Purple loosestrife Fireweed Fringed willowherb Bog willowherb Little evening primrose Common yellow oxalis Common plantain Common sheep sorrel Curly dock Earth loosestrife Virginia strawberry Silverweed cinquefoil Norwegian cinquefoil Common cinquefoil Canadian burnet Common marsh bedstraw Canada toadflax Butter and eggs Bog white violet

 

Woody and suffrutescent plants

Red maple Paper birch Grey birch Coastal sweetpepperbush Leatherleaf Sheep laurel Bog laurel Black chokeberry Allegheny blackberry Bristly dewberry American red raspberry White meadowsweet Steeplebush Balsam poplar Eastern cottonwood Quaking aspen Bebb willow Pussy willow Balsam willowAmerican red raspberry

 

Grasses, sedges, rushes, and other monocots

Characteristics of Monocots Plant classifications Weed management in cranberry production How to use this guide Annual grasses Smooth crabgrass Hairy crabgrass Barnyardgrass Witchgrass Fall panicgrass Yellow foxtail Perennial grasses Redtop Rough bentgrass Broomsedge bluestem Bluejoint Poverty oatgrass Quackgrass Rattlesnake mannagrass Rice cutgrass Wirestem muhly Western panicgrass Common reed Annual bluegrass Fowl bluegrass Kentucky bluegrass Carex spp. Silvery sedge Creeping sedge Crawford's sedge Fewseed sedge Broom sedge Little green sedge

 

French edition created by
Romain Néron, agronomist-botanist, ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation du Québec (MAPAQ),
Jean-Pierre Deland, agronomist, Club environnemental et technique atocas Québec (CETAQ),
Isabelle Drolet, agronomist (CETAQ), and Jacques Painchaud, agronomist (MAPAQ)
In collaboration with Sam Chauvette, agronomist, Centre d'expertise et de transfert en agriculture biologique et de proximité (CETAB)

Translated and edited by
Hilary Sandler, Extension Assistant Professor, Weeds/IPM, University of Massachusetts-Amherst Cranberry Station, Project Leader
Leo Dalbec, Translator/Cranberry Grower, Rochester, MA
Katherine Ghantous, Research Associate, Weeds/IPM, University of Massachusetts-Amherst Cranberry Station

Scientific review
Review of the weeds published in the French guide
Michelle Garneau, botanist, Herbier Louis-Marie, Université Laval
Caroline Turcotte, agronomist, Direction régionale de l’Estrie, MAPAQ

Additional botanical information for the English translation was provided by the editors and reviewed by:
Carolyn DeMoranville, Extension Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts-Amherst Cranberry Station

Graphics and layout
Jérôme Harrisson-Gauvin, jeromehg.com
Nathalie Nadeau, graphic designer, CRAAQ

Financial partners
The French guide Guide d’identification des mauvaises herbes de la canneberge was made possible with the support of the ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation du Québec and the financial grant of the Programme de soutien au développement de l’agriculture biologique.

The translation of Guide d’identification des mauvaises herbes de la canneberge and publication of this guide was supported, in part, with funding from the Northeastern IPM Center (NortheastIPM.org) and the generous donations of the American Cranberry Growers Association, British Columbia Cranberry Marketing Commission, Massachusetts Cranberry Research Foundation, New Brunswick Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries, Newfoundland Labrador Department of Natural Resources, Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture, Prince Edward Island Department of Agriculture and Forestry, and University of Massachusetts Extension.