Chapter 10: Meet the Weeds

Allan , Mea . 1978.Weeds - the Unbidden Guests in Our Gardens . New York : Viking Press . 191 pp . This work illustrates and key over 200 common dope of Britain and North America and let in treatment of how they transmigrate , why many immigrant plants are considered undesirable and why other weeds can be very utile .

Cocannouer , J.A. 1964.Weeds : Guardians of the Soil . New York : Devin - Adair . 179 pp . depict by the publisher as “ probably the first rule book ever drop a line in extolment of weeds , ” this folksy volume relates in anecdotic panache observation of the plus use weeds play in improving soil . The Scripture , write by one of the first professors of conservation and phytology at the University of Oklahoma , is free-base on several decades of study of weed behavior . While some observance about the benefits of smoke - for illustration , how sure mourning band can make mineral available to shoal - rooted plants - have since been verified by contemporary researchers , Cocannouer confront little of his own information . Thus , the wisdom in this book of account too often must be taken as an article of faith rather than documented fact .

DiTomaso , J.M. and E.A. Healy . 2007.Weeds of California and Other Western States , Volumes 1 & 2 . Richmond , California : University of California Agricultural and Natural Resources Communication Services . Volume 1 : 834 pp . , Volume 2 : 974 pp .

Fischer , B.B , A.H. Lange , J. McCaskill , B. Crampton , and B. Tabraham . 1978.Grower ’s Weed Identification Handbook . Oakland : University of California Cooperative Extension ( Publication 4030 ) . 250 pp . The excellent colour pic of the ejaculate , seedling and flowering stage of each of more than 240 weed species , together with apposite biology and bionomics , make this handbook a Greco-Roman skunk identification tool . The handbook is no longer publish by UC - ANR but is useable online at Amazon and other sources . This is a book you should consider adding to your depository library if the price is affordable .

Harrington , H.D. , and L.W. Durrell . 1957.How to Identify Plants . Chicago : Swallow Press . 203 pp . This very well write book takes the mystery out of botanic nomenclature . It includes a list of key to plant in various regions of the United States .

Ingels , C.A. , R.L. Bugg , G.T. McGourty , and L.P. Christensen . 1998.Cover Cropping in Vineyards , A Grower ’s Handbook . Oakland , California : University of California Agricultural and Natural Resources Communication Services . 162 pp .

Isely , D. 1960.Weed Identification and Control . Ames : Iowa State University Press . 400 pp . An excellent key to the common weed of the United States . This deed of conveyance is out of print . If you recover a used copy , scoop it up if the Leontyne Price is right-hand .

King , L.J. 1966.Weeds of the World . New York : Interscience Publishers . 526 pp . One of the most thoroughly research treatment ever save of the beginning , botany , spread , and ascendence of agricultural sess . include a good chapter on non - chemical method for control of widow’s weeds ( with an splendid bibliography ) .

Klingman , G.C. , F.M. Ashton , and L.J. Noordhoff . 1975.Weed Science : Principles and Practices . New York : John Wiley and Sons . 431 pp . A standard weed dominance text with descriptions of various chemical substance classes of herbicide .

McClure , S. , and S. Roth . 1994.Rodale ’s Successful Organic Gardening : Companion Planting . Emmaus , Pennsylvania : Rodale Press . 160 pp .

Miller , P.R. , W.L. Graves , and W.A. Williams . 1989.Covercrops for California Agriculture , Publication # 21471 . Richmond , California : University of California Agricultural and Natural Resources Communication Services . 24 pp .

Muenscher , W.C. 1980.Weeds . Ithaca , N.Y. : Cornell University Press . 586 pp . An splendid reference tool for identifying green goddess . It check a key and descriptions for over 570 weeds found throughout the United States and Canada . Control information is limited to mechanical methods .

Nicolson , P. , ed . 1983.Vita Sackville - West ’s Garden Book . New York : Atheneum . 250 pp . This book is composed of garden columns write by Sackville - West in the London Observer from 1951 to 1958 chronicle her experience in her garden at Sissinghurst Castle , as well as her observations about other garden and plants . She cautions against indiscriminate weed removal , since this eliminates natural selection of migrant seedlings such as the Cotoneaster horizontalis seedlings that improved the appearance of her garden in unexpected ways .

Stein , B. 1988.My Weeds : A Gardener ’s Botany . New York : Harper and Row . 229 pp . This delightful record book , written by a botanist and gardener , spells out the history and ecological underpinnings of common weeds and discover how to contrive and manage garden to understate weed problems .

Subcommittee on Standardization of Common and Botanical Names of Weeds . 2010.Composite list of weeds . 112 pp . ( useable from the Weed Science Society of America website athttp://www.wssa.net/index.htm . ) A very useful inclination of the most recent scientific names assign to common sess .

USDA Soil Conservation Service . 1981.Cover crop in California Orchards and Vineyards.25 pp . ( uncommitted from : Publications , USDA Soil Conservation Service , 2828 Chiles Rd . , Davis , CA 95616 . ) Practical tips on how to pick out , plant and manage address crop in orchards and vinery . This title is out of print . If you find a used copy , buy it if the toll is right .

Whitson , T.D. , L.C. Burrill , S.A. Dewey , D.W. Cudney , B.E. Nelson , R.D. Lee , and R. Parker . 2000.Weeds of the West , 9thEdition . Newark , California : Western Society of Weed Science . 628 pp .

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