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Control of Redroot (Lachnanthes caroliniana) in Pastures

Brent Sellers, Joseph Walter, and Jason Ferrell


Release Date: 1/16/2019

Reviewed At: 2/13/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-ag295-2007

Agriculture

Abstract

SS-AGR-290 describes this wetland plant with red rhizome and flattened leaves which can be a problem in newly established, declining, or mole-cricket damaged pastures. Includes herbicide recommendations.

About this Publication

This document is SS AGR 290, one of a series of the Department of Agronomy, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date December 2007. Revised December 2009 and November 2018. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.

About the Authors

Brent Sellers, professor, Department of Agronomy; Joseph Walter, Extension agent, UF/IFAS Extension Brevard County; and Jason Ferrell, professor, Agronomy Department; UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center; and UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Ferrell, J., Sellers, B., & Walter, J. (2008). Control of Redroot (Lachnanthes caroliniana) in Pastures. EDIS, 2008(1). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ag295-2007

Authors

Joseph Walter
Joseph Walter

emeritus program county Extension agent III, M.S., livestock/crops, UF/IFAS Extension Brevard County

Brent Sellers
Brent Sellers
Specialist
University of Florida

center director and professor, Department of Agronomy, UF/IFAS Range Cattle Research and Education Center, Ona, FL

Jason Ferrell
Jason Ferrell
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, weed science and invasive plants, and chair, UF/IFAS Department of Agronomy; and director, UF/IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, Gainesville, FL

Publication #SS AGR 290

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