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Wild strawberry is a low trailing winter perennial, spreading by stolons. The leaves of wild strawberry are similar to cultivated strawberries. The leaves are trifoliolate on long hairy petioles. The leaves have toothed margins. The flowers which are produced from April to June are white with yellow stamens and pistils, and contain five petals. The fruit is a red strawberry with many small |
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seeds in pits on the surface. Wild strawberries reproduce from seed and from runners. Each plant forms multiple runners which root at the nodes and form new plants. Wild strawberries are found throughout most of the United States and Canada. |
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Cultural Practices:
Because wild strawberry reproduces from runners, it is difficult to physically
remove plants from turf situations. Although single plants are not difficult
to pull or hoe from loose soil, runners may link into multiple plants
several feet distant. If physical removal is attempted, take extreme care
to remove all plants and plant parts. Follow good turf management practices
to create a dense competitive stand of turfgrass.
Herbicide Use:
Make your postemergent herbicide applicaiton to wild strawberry that is
actively growing and in the 4 trifoliolate leaf to flower stage of growth.
University Links | Gordon's Recommendations | Germination Dates
