Publications
This page has some of our educational publications (booklets, pamphlets, tri-folds, information sheets and postcards) available for download. If you don't see what you're looking for, please check back periodically or email us.
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| Garden Wise: Non-invasive Plants for Your Garden (Western Washington)
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Eighteen 8"x11" pages in a PDF format (Western WA) |
PDF version of our popular new 5.5"x8" booklet which offers several non-invasive alternatives for 15 invasive ornamental and noxious weed. It was produced by the WA State Noxious Weed Control Board in collaboration with the Washington Invasive Species Coalition and the Washington State Nursery and Landscape Association. |
| Garden Wise: Non-invasive Plants for Your Garden (Eastern Washington)
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Eighteen 8"x11" pages in a PDF format (Eastern WA) |
PDF version of our popular new 5.5"x8" booklet which offers several non-invasive alternatives for 14 invasive ornamental and noxious weed. This book includes 26 additional plant recommendations for Eastern Washington gardens. It was produced by WA Noxious Weed Control Board in collaboration with the Washington Invasive Species Coalition and the Washington State Nursery and Landscape Association. |
| Noxious Weeds That Harm Washington State Western field guide
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Fifty-six 3 1/2 X 5 1/5 pages in a PDF format (Western Field Guide) |
PDF version of a 50+ page, pocket-size field guide to the most troublesome noxious weeds of Western Washington. Photos, impacts, and methods of control are listed for each weed. This publication also includes a brief introduction that explains how weeds spread, weed laws, and landowner responsibilities. |
| Noxious Weeds That Harm Washington State Eastern field guide
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Fifty-six 3 1/2 X 5 1/5 pages in a pdf format (Eastern Field Guide) |
PDF version of a 50+ page, pocket-size field guide to the most troublesome weeds of Eastern Washington. Photos, impacts, and methods of control are listed for each weed. This publication also includes a brief introduction that explains how weeds spread, weed laws, and landowner responsibilities. |
| The Noxious Weed Coloring Book |
16 - 8" x 11" pages | This coloring book showcases some of the worst weeds found in WA State. It was created by Kathy Merrifield and Laurel Baldwin of Whatcom County Noxious Weed Control Board. |
| Noxious Weed Disposal
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Two 8"x14" pages formatted as a double-sided handout | This brochure provides general information about the disposal of noxious weeds and how some noxious weeds should be disposed of differently than others. |
| Tansy Ragwort, A Toxic, Noxious Weed in
Washington
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Two 8 1/2" x11" pages formatted as a double-sided tri-fold brochure | Updated PDF version of our tansy ragwort brochure, a Class B noxious weed. It details how to identify tansy ragwort, where it grows, why it is invasive and how to control it. |
| Botanical Bullies | Two 8"x11" pages formatted as a double-sided handout | Page one highlights ten garden ornamentals that are now recognized as noxious weeds. Page two highlights seven highly invasive plants and noxious weeds of the water garden. It was produced by the Whatcom County Noxious Weed Control Board. |
| Invasive Ornamentals and Some Selected Alternatives | Invasive Ornamentals and Some Selected Alternatives | Page one introduces the problems of invasive escaped ornamentals and steps to prevent further escape of these plants. Page two provides suggestions for five invasive ornamentals. It was produced by WA State Nursery and Landscape Association Task Force and WSNWCB |
Selected Knapweeds of WA |
Two 8"x14" pages formatted as a double-sided tri-fold brochure | This detailed brochure illustrates the differences between eight knapweeds found in WA State (bighead, black, diffuse, meadow, Russian, spotted, brown, and yellow starthistle) |
| Giant Hogweed, A Toxic, Noxious Weed in
Washington
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Two 8 1/2" x11" pages formatted as a double-sided tri-fold brochure | PDF version of our brochure about this Class A noxious weed. It details how to identify giant hogweed, where it grows, why it is invasive and how to control it. |
| Control Puncturevine, A Noxious Weed in
Washington
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Two 8 1/2" x11" pages formatted as a double-sided tri-fold brochure | PDF version of our brochure about puncturevine, a Class B noxious weed. It details how to identify puncturevine, where it grows, why it is invasive and how to control it. |
| Poison Hemlock, A Deadly, Toxic, Noxious Weed in Washington
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Two 8 1/2" x11" pages formatted as a double-sided tri-fold brochure | PDF version of our poison hemlock brochure, a Class B noxious weed. It details how to identify poison hemlock, where it grows, why it is invasive and how to control it. |
| Stop the Spread of Knotweeds--in
Spanish
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Two 8 1/2" x11" pages formatted as a double-sided tri-fold brochure | PDF version of a brochure about knotweed species in Spanish. It details how to identify the different species, where they grow, why they are invasive and how to control them. |
| Noxious Weeds in Washington State:
Everybody's Problem, Everybody's Soluntion.
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Two 9" x 24" pages formatted as a double-sided 6 panel brochure | PDF version of our brochure about noxious weeds in Washington. It includes sections on the state weed laws, how noxious weeds threaten our ecosystems and harm people, their financial cost and what you can do about them. |
| Early Detection Postcards
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4" x 6" double-sided postcards that provide identification information on our less common noxious weeds | Click on a noxious weed name to see each postcard: Garlic mustard |
