crabgrass
Unwelcome yard invader
Crabgrass is a weedy grass that spreads low across lawns, sending out stems that root at the joints and form dense, unsightly patches.
It thrives in hot weather and bare spots, frustrating homeowners who want uniform turf: The lawn was half crabgrass by August.
The name comes from its sprawling, crab-like growth pattern.
Yellow flower, white puffball
- quackgrassInvasive perennial lawn weed
- foxtailGrass with brushlike seedhead
- chickweedCommon spreading garden weed
- bindweedTwining parasitic weed
pigweed · spurge · purslane · plantain · clover · ragweed · thistle · nettles
To distribute widely
- encroachmentGradual intrusion on territory
- colonizeEstablish control over territory
- infestationPest takeover situation
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
outcompete · proliferate · overrun · choking · takeover · creeping · stolons · rhizomes
Grass-covered earth surface
- yardLinear measure or grounds
- mowingTrimming grass short
- herbicideVegetation-destroying chemical
- patchMaterial covering damage
bare spot · thatch · sodding · fertilizer · weed killer · pre-emergent · reseeding · landscaping
Occurring every year
- stolonsHorizontal stems producing new plants
- seed headPlant's mature reproductive cluster
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- warm-seasonOccurring in heat
prostrate · nodes · blade · sheath · inflorescence · panicle · clumping · mat-forming
Unpleasant to look at
- eyesoreOffensively unattractive thing
- unwantedNot wished for
- stubbornRefusing to change course
- unrulyDifficult to control
blight · disheveled · pest · problem · annoyance · frustration · intractable · relentless
dandelion
Yellow flower, white puffball
- quackgrassInvasive perennial lawn weed
- foxtailGrass with brushlike seedhead
- chickweedCommon spreading garden weed
bindweed · pigweed · spurge · purslane · plantain · clover · ragweed · thistle · nettles · burdock
spread
To distribute widely
- encroachmentGradual intrusion on territory
- colonizeEstablish control over territory
- infestationPest takeover situation
aggressive · outcompete · proliferate · overrun · choking · takeover · creeping · stolons · rhizomes · opportunistic
turf
Grass-covered earth surface
patch · bare spot · thatch · sodding · fertilizer · weed killer · pre-emergent · reseeding · landscaping · groundcover
annual
Occurring every year
- stolonsHorizontal stems producing new plants
- seed headPlant's mature reproductive cluster
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
warm-season · prostrate · nodes · blade · sheath · inflorescence · panicle · clumping · mat-forming
unsightly
Unpleasant to look at
unruly · blight · disheveled · pest · problem · annoyance · frustration · intractable · relentless · recurring
- finger grasses
- Invasive Grassescheatgrass, quackgrass, giant reed, goosegrass, common reed
- tropical grassessugarcane, sorghum, switchgrass, lemongrass, millet
- lawn problemsbrown patch, bare spots, dead spots, brown spots, weeds
- weedingthistles, hoeing, hand weeding, herbicide, weed killer
- weedsdandelion, thistle, nettles, ragweed, bindweed
crabgrassKentucky bluegrass
Cool-season lawn species
lawn grass · fescue · Bermuda grass · zoysia · manicured lawn
- crabgrass killerProduct eliminating invasive lawn grass