Guide to Weeds in BC

This guide is prepared as a reference for farmers, ranchers, resource managers, students, and the public.

Profiling 80 weeds, the guide includes identification, impact, legal status, habitat, local distribution, biology, ecology, and management strategy for each weed.

   Download the PDF: 200 pages (5.23MB)
             or purchase the published guide from

Seven Steps to Managing Your Weeds

We hope that users of this handbook will find it a valuable source for identifying and gaining knowledge about invasive weeds, and that it might provide a useful template for preparing individualized integrated weed management plans.

   Download the PDF:  62 pages (1 MB)
             or purchase the published guide from

Guide to Weeds Resource Package (includes both books)

purchase the package from

Provincial and Regional District Noxious Weed List
Download the PDF:  2 pages (117 K).

The following video clips were produced as public service announcements by The Open Learning Agency.

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Weed Watch 1: Antelope Brush
featuring: Dalmatian Toadflax, Diffuse Knapweed and Sulphur Cinquefoil
(4 min 20 sec)

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Weed Watch 2: Rangelands
featuring: Hound's-tongue and Diffuse Knapweed
(3 min 30 sec)

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Weed Watch 3: Wetlands
featuring: Purple Loosestrife
(3 min 25 sec)

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Weed Watch 4: Fraser Valley
featuring:Tansy Ragwort
(3 min 5 sec)

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Weed Watch 5: Garry Oak
featuring: Gorse
(2 min 50 sec)

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