In order to control weeds and invasive plants, you need to know what you are up against.  Identifying plants can be a difficult task, even for an expert.

Fortunately there are of tools to help you identify and control weeds and invasive plants.

Invasive Plants Species Profiles at USDA.gov

This is a growing list of species profiles of invasive plants. The profiles contain photographs and other information that will help you identify invasive plants.

The profiles also contain information such as how the plant was introduced, how it spreads as a weed and resources to help you control the invasive plant.

Viginia Tech Weed Identification Guide

This is a great resource for identifying weeds that an average person can use.  The focus is weeds from the Southeastern United States.  However, since many weeds have an extensive range, this tool is useful over most of the United States.

 The Viginia Tech Weed Identification Guide pages are intended to aide in the identification of common weeds and weed seedlings found throughout Virginia and the Southeastern U.S.

The weed pictures in this guide are arranged alphabetically by common name and may be viewed by clicking on one of the letters to  the left. Please take some time to view a list of references  used in the assembly of the botanical descriptions for weeds contained within this guide.

Descriptions for all weeds are not complete at this point. However, additions are being made daily. Only pictures of the highest quality have been included in this guide, therefore each page may take some time to download.