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Desert Goosefoot

Chenopodium pratericola Rydb.

Chenopodiaceae (Goosefoot Family)

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Desert Goosefoot(not in Weeds of the Great Plains, nor Weeds of the Northeast)

*    Has shorter, narrower, slightly thicker leaves than slimleaf goosefoot

*    Usually grows slightly shorter as well

*    Found in reduced tillage, dryland crops, in western part of Midwest

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