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Weed 1 of 10

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This weed is...

  • Water poppy (Hydrocleys nymphoides)
  • Rough horsetail (Equisetum hyemale)
  • Asiatic knotweed (Fallopia japonica)
  • Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus)

Weed 2 of 10

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This weed is...

  • Swamp lily (Ottelia ovalifolia)
  • Blue spur flower (Plectranthus ecklonii)
  • Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
  • Velvet groundsel (Roldana petasitis)

Weed 3 of 10

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This weed is...

  • Dally pine (Psoralea pinnata)
  • Tuber ladder fern (Nephrolepis cordifolia)
  • Cape tulip (Moraea flaccida)
  • Stinking iris (Iris foetidissima)

Weed 4 of 10

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This weed is...

  • Shrub balsam (Impatiens sodenii)
  • Spartina (Sporobolus anglicus, Sporobolus alterniflorus)
  • Holly (Ilex aquifolium)
  • Cape honey flower (Melianthus major)

Weed 5 of 10

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This weed is...

  • Royal fern (Osmunda regalis)
  • Asiatic knotweed (Fallopia japonica)
  • Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
  • Elder (Sambucus nigra)

Weed 6 of 10

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This weed is...

  • Purple groundsel (Senecio elegans)
  • Horned poppy (Glaucium flavum)
  • Egeria (Egeria densa)
  • Pride of Tenerife (Echium pininana)

Weed 7 of 10

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This weed is...

  • Port Jackson fig (Ficus rubiginosa)
  • False tamarisk (Myricaria germanica)
  • Jerusalem cherry (Solanum pseudocapsicum and Solanum diflorum)
  • Old man’s beard (Clematis vitalba)

Weed 8 of 10

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This weed is...

  • Water poppy (Hydrocleys nymphoides)
  • Blue passion flower (Passiflora caerulea)
  • Red cestrum (Cestrum elegans and Cestrum fasciculatum)
  • Montpellier broom (Genista monspessulana)

Weed 9 of 10

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This weed is...

  • Canna lily (Canna indica)
  • Chilean rhubarb (Gunnera tinctoria)
  • Green cestrum (Cestrum parqui)
  • Bell heather (Erica cinerea)

Weed 10 of 10

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This weed is...

  • Heather (Calluna vulgaris)
  • Green cestrum (Cestrum parqui)
  • Broom (Cytisus scoparius)
  • Hemlock (Conium maculatum)

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