Leonard Trujillo, Dale Archuleta, Larry Maston
Troublesome Weed of the Month
Class A
Leafy Spurge
Euphorbia Esula
Herbaceous perennial that is adapted to many soil types and habitats; typically invades disturbed and undisturbed areas such as pastures, rangelands, abandoned croplands, roadsides, wetlands, woodlands, floodplains, riparian areas, mountain ridges, and prairies; its milky sap may cause skin and eye irritation in humans and be toxic to cattle if ingested in large quantities
ALSO KNOWN AS: Fairours-grass, wolf 's milk
STEMS and LEAVES: Stems (1-3ft tall) are woody at the base, branched at top, glabrous, with milky sap; leaves (1-4in. long) are linear to oblong in shape, mostly alternate with smooth margins; stems and leaves are pale blue -green.
FLOWERS: Produces showy, green to yellow, heart- or kidney shaped bracts at ends of stems; flowers form within bracts with one three- chambered ovary on top of 11-21 smaller, sepaled male flowers.
ROOTS: Extensive creeping perennial root system
REPRODUCTION: Perennial roots and seed reproduction
Management Do's and Don'ts
- Maintenance of a healthy plant community and prevention are the best management methods
- Physical removal is largely ineffective
- Numerous effective biological control agents have been introduced
- Herbicides are effective
NMSU: Troublesome Weeds of New Mexico College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University
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What's Happening on The Ditch?
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We have been working hard to clear the ditch bank. Great Job Guys!
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Water is a precious commodity
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Water is a precious commodity
New Mexico's very viability as a state is dependent on its scant water supply. It will be up to all of us to help keep our rivers healthy , our reservoirs from shrinking and our cities and farmers with water. Please do your part and conserve when you can. Work together as a community to insure we have less stressed crops and healthy stock. Irrigation systems