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Noxious Weeds Profile - Wild Carrot
Table of ContentsNames
- English - wild carrot (also known as Queen Anne's-Lace)
- French - carotte
sauvage
- Latin - Daucas carota L.
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Current Status - Ontario Weeds Act - noxious
- Other provinces Weeds Act - Quebec
- Canadian Federal Seeds Act - Class
3, Secondary noxious
- U.S. Federal Noxious Weed - no
- U.S. Noxious State
Reg - 6 states (including Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio)
Poisonous/Cautions -
Pub
505 - none indicated -
NE Weeds - none indicated -
Canadian Poison Plant - not listed -
Cornell
Poison Plant - not listed
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Occurs throughout southern Ontario in pastures, meadows,
roadsides, waste areas. It is also common in fields using conservation tillage
(no-till). Prefers well-drained to dry soils. Barbs on seeds aid in their dispersal.
Wild carrot proliferates with intermittent soil disturbance.
Growth HabitMethod
of Propagation Control
- Susceptible to dicamba, many biotypes tolerant to 2,4-D. Roundup controls
this weed in no-till situations. Spray at rosette stage in fall or early spring
Roundup controls this weed in no-till situations. Listed on Banvel label but not
on Roundup or 2,4-D labels. Leaves are close to base of plant but cutting in mid
summer cuts off seed umbels in the second year of growth. Annual cultivation destroys
the first year plants and promotes germination to reduce the soil seed bank.
Other
Comments - One of most common weeds with complaints under the Weed
Control Act, especially in urban areas.
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For more information:
Toll Free: 1-877-424-1300
Local: (519) 826-4047
E-mail: ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca
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