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Weed of the week: Leafy Spurge

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leafy spurge
  • Flowers: greenish, yellow with green , three chambered seed pods
  • Leaves: small, lance shaped, slightly wavy along edge
  • Stems: up to 4 feet tall
  • Reproduction: extensive creeping root system, seeds
  • Reproduction: extensive creeping root system, seeds
  • Problems: invades rangelands, degrades wildlife habitat

To learn more about weeds in our area, call 289-6341 Paid for by the Steptoe/Butte Valley Cooperative Weed Management Area, a partnership of federal, state and county agencies, non-profit organizations, and private individuals dedicated to the control of noxious and invasive weeds.