Weeds in Texas.

Here’s a complete and organized list of 20 each for Broadleaf, Grassy, and Sedge-type weeds, divided by summer and winter, common to Texas lawns:

Broadleaf Weeds in Texas

Summer Broadleaf Weeds (Warm-Season)

1. Virginia Buttonweed
2. Spurge (Prostrate & Spotted)
3. Purslane
4. Pigweed
5. Carpetweed
6. Ground Ivy
7. Curly Dock
8. Black Medic
9. Burweed (stickerweed) – late spring
10. Common Ragweed

Winter Broadleaf Weeds (Cool-Season)

1. Henbit
2. Chickweed
3. Dandelion
4. Clover
5. Mallow
6. Hairy Bittercress
7. Wild Violets
8. Shepherd’s Purse
9. Thistle
10. Deadnettle

Grassy Weeds in Texas

Summer Grassy Weeds (Warm-Season)

1. Crabgrass
2. Goosegrass
3. Dallisgrass (perennial)
4. Johnsongrass (perennial)
5. Barnyardgrass
6. Texas Panicum
7. Sandbur
8. Smutsgrass
9. Foxtail (Setaria spp.)
10. Crowfootgrass
11. Liverseed Grass (Urochloa panicoides)
12. Lovegrass
13. Vaseygrass
14. Sprangletop
15. Carpetgrass (invasive in Bermuda/St. Aug.)
16. Field Sandbur
17. Signalgrass
18. Itchgrass
19. Woolly Cupgrass
20. Junglerice (Echinochloa colona)

Winter Grassy Weeds (Cool-Season)

1. Annual Bluegrass (Poa annua)
2. Rescuegrass
3. Ryegrass
4. Cheatgrass
5. Little Barley
6. Downy Brome
7. Tall Fescue (volunteer clumps)
8. Wild Oats
9. Canarygrass
10. Volunteer wheat
11. Volunteer oats
12. Bromegrass
13. Medusahead
14. Jointed Goatgrass
15. Rat-tail Fescue
16. Soft Chess
17. Roughstalk Bluegrass
18. Slender Wildrye
19. Velvetgrass
20. Italian Ryegrass

Sedge and Sedge-Like Weeds (Warm-Season)

Most sedges are warm-season and thrive in wet, compacted soil.

1. Yellow Nutsedge
2. Purple Nutsedge
3. Green Kyllinga