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Perennial sow thistle costs farmers across Alberta
Noxious Weeds: Perennial sow thistle causes yield loss and acts as a host for pests

Devil’s trumpet is a potentially deadly invader
Noxious Weeds: Jimsonweed

Another invader from the buttercup family
Cultivation is not successful and no chemicals are registered for control

A weed that prospers on degraded pasture
Noxious Weeds: Hoary alyssum

Keep watch for this potential new invader
Noxious Weeds: Puncturevine

This quick-spreading weed gets an early start
Noxious weeds: Canada thistle

Don’t be fooled by this weed’s pretty flower
Noxious weeds: Field scabious

You won’t raise a glass to this invasive weed
Noxious Weeds: Absinthe wormwood

This tree is also a noxious weed

Noxious weed found throughout Alberta
Noxious Weeds: Wooly Burdock
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