http://weedometer.net

The following is a article by Mark Renz regarding the Weedometer that has been developed by Ed Luschei. Note that much of the data used by the Weedometer was collected by Jerry Doll.

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As you may remember Ed Luschei (a weed ecologist within the Agronomy department at UW-Madison) created a weed phenology tool several years ago called the weedometer. This tool used data collected from the weed garden at Arlington to develop easy to read graphs that demonstrate the range of first emergence, the average first emergence, and range of flowering of common weed species found in Wisconsin. Ed has recently updated and improved this tool; it can be found at http://weedometer.net.

Ed has added a few additional features that make this tool even more useful. First he has made some simple calculations that allow the data taken from Arlington to estimate germination and flowering at other locations within the ... United States. Ed also allows the users to plot several species at a time. These graphs may seem a bit complex, but I urge you to take some time to view them. If you are confused, Ed has created some excellent help windows that provide information on how to interpret these graphs.

If you have further questions or comments with regards to this tool please contact Ed (email: ecluschei@wisc.edu)

Mark Renz
Extension Weed Scientist
Agronomy Department
University of Wisconsin-Madison