Weeds - Traditional Bluebur Burdock Chickweed Dandelion Field Bindweed Fireweed Foxtail Hemp Nettle Leafy Spurge Pigweed Pennycress Ragweed Stinging Nettle Stink weed St John's-Wort Tartary Buckwheat Thistle (bull thistle, Canada thistle, sow thistle) Tumbleweed Wild Oats Wild Mustard Yellow Rocket
Dandelion Seeds
Dandelions taking over an uncultivated field
In the first year they do not bloom, but merely get the fleshy green growth, as seen in the picture on the left. In the second year they flower and produce seeds.
Burdock burs
Ripe Burdock burs
They are very sticky, and you can toss one of the burs at someone, and it will just stick to them.
Fireweeds just north of Great Slave Lake, North West Territories - Jack Pine forest in the background.
If conditions are right foxtail can completely take over a piece of land as in the case with this field.
Ripened foxtail - just ready for a strong wind to scatter the seeds. The seeds blow and roll in the wind.
Foxtail growing beside a northern pond - North West Territories
Patch of Leafy Spurge
Leafy Spurge in early summer.
Patch of Pennycress in abandoned barnyard
Stinging Nettle Patch
Sow Thistle Flower
Canada Thistle Patch at Nose Hill Park, Calgary
Stink Weed
Patch of Stink Weeds
Early spring stinkweeds growing on a Pocket Gopher mound.
Tumbleweeds piled up against a fence near Lethbridge, Alberta
With tumbleweed a picture forms from earlier days. Gunsmoke with Sheriff Matt Dillon. On old Boot Hill. The wind blowing fiercely, driving the tumbleweeds past Dillon's ears. Rolling the weeds over the graves of the poor suckers gunned down in their boots. Vision by Ray D.W.
Wild Oats
Wild Mustard
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Burdocks are
biennial. 
Burdock burs can be fun. 
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