Mike Hunter of CCE’s field crops team did a quick check of corn herbicides with this weed listed on the label, and found Banvel (and many other generic dicambas), Diflexx Duo, Distinct, Fexapan, Roundup Xtend, and Xtendimax. Purdue University produced a good summary of agricultural control of buttercup through herbicides. It grows low, and creeps with horizontal stems above the soil (stolons) which makes it easy to differentiate from other species of buttercup (which spread via rhizomes. ManagementĬontrol of creeping buttercup can be obtained through regular cultivation in drier conditions, repair of the drainage in the infested field, spot pulling or spraying, and herbicides. Description of Buttercup, Creeping (Ranunculus repens): Creeping buttercup can be found in poorly draining lawns and grows well in heavy clay. Most of the information available is from the Pacific Northwest, such as this article from the state of Washington. It is not toxic in hay I did not see data on its toxicity in wet feeds such as sileage. While it is not very palatable, it’s reported that occasionally livestock develop a taste for it and injest fatal doses. It’s a perennial that’s often found in wet areas of pasture, farmland, or roadsides. There are several weedy buttercups, but this one has three lobes on it leaves and aboveground stolons – aboveground runners – that it uses to spread. This is creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens).
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