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Creator:: Burrill, L. C., Oregon State University. Extension Service, Washington State University. Cooperative Extension, University of Idaho. Cooperative Extension System, and Pacific Northwest Cooperative Extension
Abstract:: Curly dock (Rumex crispus L.) is a perennial. It does not have creeping roots or rhizomes (Figure 1). Leaves are oblong to nearly lanceshaped, often 12 inches or more long, with wavy (crisped) margins (Figure 2). Erect, generally unbranched stems up to 5 feet tall are produced in spring and...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Aldrich-Markham, Susan, Oregon State University. Extension Service, Washington State University. Cooperative Extension, University of Idaho. Cooperative Extension System, United States. Department of Agriculture, and Pacific Northwest Cooperative Extension
Abstract:: Four speedwell species are important weeds in the Pacific Northwest: • Ivyleaf speedwell (Veronica hederaefolia L.) • Persian, birdseye, or winter speedwell (Veronica persica Poir.) • Creeping speedwell (Veronica filiformis Sm.) • Purslane speedwell (Veronica peregrina L.)
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Schmall, Vicki L., Leno, Janice, Oregon State University. Extension Service, Washington State University. Cooperative Extension, University of Idaho. Cooperative Extension System, United States. Department of Agriculture, and Pacific Northwest Cooperative Extension
Abstract:: The action of a medicine may be less predictable in an older person and its intended action may be altered. Sometimes the effect is insignificant; other times it can be dramatic.
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Burrill, L. C., Oregon State University. Extension Service, Washington State University. Cooperative Extension, University of Idaho. Cooperative Extension System, United States. Department of Agriculture, and Pacific Northwest Cooperative Extension
Abstract:: Catchweed bedstraw (Galium aparine L.), also called bedstraw or cleavers, is a native annual with weak, climbing, or twining stems, up to 6 feet long (figure 1). Whorls of six to eight narrow single-nerved leaves are attached to square stems (figure 2). Both stems and leaves have short backward-turning bristles...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Aldrich-Markham, Susan, Oregon State University. Extension Service, Washington State University. Cooperative Extension, University of Idaho. Cooperative Extension System, and United States. Department of Agriculture
Abstract:: Blackgrass (Alopecurus myosuroides Huds.), also known as slender foxtail, ranks, with wild oats and annual ryegrass, among the most important grass weeds in winter cereal production in Europe. It infests other winter crops there as well, including grass seed, rapeseed, and forage legumes.
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Gamroth, Michael J., Oregon State University. Extension Service, Washington State University. Cooperative Extension, and University of Idaho. Cooperative Extension System
Abstract:: Faced with declining milk prices, dairy farmers in the Western States have trimmed feed costs by feeding bulk commodities and byproducts. How effective is this cost-cutting tool, and what problems does the dairy operator face in feeding bulk feeds?
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: DeAngelis, Jack D., Oregon State University. Extension Service, Washington State University. Cooperative Extension, University of Idaho. Cooperative Extension System, and United States. Department of Agriculture
Abstract:: The common name powderpost beetle loosely applies to three closely related beetle families, Lyctidae, Anobiidae, and Bostrichidae. Powderpost beetles breed in dead wood, as well as dried and cured lumber. It is their larvae’s feeding that reduces wood to what scientists call frass—a fine powder or a mass of small...
Resource Type:: Technical Report