Pigweed can mean any of a number of weedy plants which may be used as pig fodder:
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Amaranthus'' species
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Amaranthus albus
''Amaranthus albus'' is an annual species of flowering plant. It is native to the tropical Americas but a widespread introduced species in other places, including Europe, Africa, and Australia.
Common names include common tumbleweed, tumble p ...
'', white pigweed, tumble pigweed
** ''
Amaranthus blitoides'', prostrate pigweed
** ''
Amaranthus californicus'', California pigweed
** ''
Amaranthus fimbriatus'', fringed pigweed
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Amaranthus hybridus'', smooth pigweed
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Amaranthus palmeri
''Amaranthus palmeri'' is a species of edible flowering plant in the amaranth genus. It has several common names, including carelessweed, dioecious amaranth, Palmer's amaranth, Palmer amaranth, and Palmer's pigweed.
It is native to most of the s ...
'', the 'pigweed' resistant to
glyphosate in the US Southeast
** ''
Amaranthus retroflexus'', redroot pigweed
* ''
Chenopodium album'' white goosefoot
* ''
Polygonum aviculare''
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Portulaca'' species
See also
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Hogweed
Hogweed is a common name for several unrelated plants.
Hogweed may refer to:
* '' Heracleum'', a genus in the carrot family containing several plants often called hogweed, including:
** ''Heracleum sphondylium'', the common hogweed
** ''Heracleu ...
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