2-5 yearsExtensive shallow and �brous roots

10+ years, can also spread vegetativelyRoots up to 6 feet deep, up to 12 feet laterally

80+ yearsSingle tap root

Shade it out with other healthy favorable grassesHand pull in early spring

Control small patches before it spreads

Crowd it out with native perennialsHand pull seedlings and colonies

before they spreadPick any �owers before they seed (early July)

Crowd it out with native perennialsHand pull basal rosettes during the �rst year

Hand pull 2nd year plants before�owering or seeding

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for Boulder County FoothillsCheatgrass/Downy Brome Dalmatian Toad�ax Common Mullein

Photo Sources:*Dalmatian Toad�ax: Je�co Invasive Species Management *Cheatgrass/Downy Brome: Colorado State University Extension, Adams County*Common Mullein: Colorado State University Extension, Boulder County

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50 years, can also spread vegetativelyExtensive tap root up to 20 feet

13 yearsSingle tap root 6 inches long

1-2 yearsTap root up to 10 feet long with �brous roots

Crowd it out with healthy favorable plantsCut before seeding to deplete root stores

as much as possibleProvide uniform irrigation

Mow repeatedly(cut no more than 1/3 grass height)

Pick the �owers before they seedHand pull

Mow during seedling stage and repeatedly cut no more than 1/3 grass height)

Collect dried tumbleweeds and disposeof them in the trash

Hand pull

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for Boulder County FoothillsBindweed Dandelion Kochia (a tumbleweed)

Photos sources:*Bindweed: Colorado State University Extension, Adams County*Dandelion: stock snap photos, not copy righted*Kochia- Colorado State University Extension, Adams County

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