How To Use Hawkweed In A Sentence
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The ancient Greeks believed that the sap of hawkweeds was responsible for the keen eyesight of hawks.
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Most hawkweeds have the characteristic orange flower on top of a slender stalk.
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Treatments such as fertilization can increase the competitive ability of more desirable plants, preventing hawkweeds from becoming established.
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Orange hawkweed is found from western Washington to Wyoming and is known to occur in eastern states.
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A syrphid fly ( '' Eristalinus taeniops '') pollinating a Common Hawkweed
Pollinator
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Orange hawkweed is quite widespread in New Zealand and has the potential to become a major problem there.
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Tall grassland is scattered with hawkweed, ragwort, wild carrot and melilot flowers, along with clumps of bird's-foot trefoil, lucerne and goat's rue, and there are regular uprisings of brambles and wild rose, and sprawls of sallow and birch scrub.
Country Diary: Canvey Wick, Essex
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Orange hawkweed has a shallow root system and underground creeping stems called rhizomes.
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Hawks, whose survival depended on good eyesight, are said to have visited the hawkweeds to drink their juice to strengthen their eyesight.
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Purple gentians and orchids, blue scabious and harebells, orange hawkweeds, and cream and pink yarrow provide a kaleidoscope of colour to enjoy at the end of your walk.
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Mouse-ear hawkweed is a member of the dandelion family that is common now among short, thin grass.
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Purple gentians and orchids, blue scabious and harebells, orange hawkweeds, and cream and pink yarrow provide a kaleidoscope of colour to enjoy at the end of your walk.
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Several alternative common names for yellow and orange hawkweed contain the word ‘devil’.
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Tall grassland is scattered with hawkweed, ragwort, wild carrot and melilot flowers, along with clumps of bird's-foot trefoil, lucerne and goat's rue, and there are regular uprisings of brambles and wild rose, and sprawls of sallow and birch scrub.
Country Diary: Canvey Wick, Essex
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Fertilizers and soil fertility management have been used to effectively control hawkweeds in some areas.
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Orange hawkweed has above ground runners, grows to 0.6 metres tall, and contains a milky juice.
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We were not able to find out whether the few-leaved hawkweed was native or European in origin.
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The grant will also assist in raising the profile of hawkweeds in the islands and engaging volunteers in hawkweed conservation efforts.
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He has been studying hawkweed as a candidate for biocontrol.
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Lilacs, Canada anemone, orange hawkweed, blue-eyed grass, wild sarsaparilla, coralroot orchid in cedar-hemlock woods, hundreds of jack-in-the-pulpits along Hidden Bluff Trail.
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In lawns, mowing of hawkweeds is ineffective because the low-lying rosettes are missed by mower blades.
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Tall grassland is scattered with hawkweed, ragwort, wild carrot and melilot flowers, along with clumps of bird's-foot trefoil, lucerne and goat's rue, and there are regular uprisings of brambles and wild rose, and sprawls of sallow and birch scrub.
Country Diary: Canvey Wick, Essex
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Orange hawkweed is the only species with orange flowers and a typically leafless stem.
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Other members of the hawkweed group include Common Cat's ear; there are also many hawkbits and hawksbeards, all of which have dandelion-like flowers.
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Purple gentians and orchids, blue scabious and harebells, orange hawkweeds, and cream and pink yarrow provide a kaleidoscope of colour to enjoy at the end of your walk.
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European hawkweed having flower heads with bright orange-red rays; a troublesome weed especially as naturalized in northeastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Hieracium.
