Noxious Weeds Profile - Goat's Beard spp.

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Names

• English - meadow goat's-beard, yellow goatsbeard, common salsify
• French - salsifis des prés, salsifis majeur, salsifis cultivé
• Latin - Tragopogon pratensis, Tragopogon dubius, Tragopogon porrifolius

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Current Status

• Ontario Weeds Act - noxious
• Other provinces - noxious in Manitoba (meadow goat's-beard only)
• Canadian Federal Seeds Act - no
• U.S. Federal Noxious Weed - no
• U.S. Noxious State Reg - none

Poisonous/Cautions

• Pub 505 - none
• NE Weeds - none
• Canadian Poison Plant - not listed
• Cornell Poison Plant - not listed

Distribution

• Not common in cultivated fields. Mostly in pastures, and roadsides.

Growth Habit

• Biennial

Method of Propagation

• Seeds

Control

• Listed on 2,4-D label, best control when plants are small. Cutting early in season before flowering. Repeat mowing later in the season. Repeated cultivation over a season and also give control.

Related Links

• Noxious Weeds in Ontario
• Ontario Weed Gallery: Goat's Beard
• Ontario Vegetation Management Association
• Weed Control Act - R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1096
• Weed Control Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. W.5