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In Little Town on the Prairie, Laura Ingalls Wilder recounts an encounter with a peculiar and troublesome plant known as Spanish needle grass. One day, while taking her sister Mary for a walk on the prairie, Laura discovers that this strange grass has a unique and irritating characteristic: it burrows into their stockings and dresses, making it ...
Barbs on awn of Bidens pilosa. Inflorescences. Bidens pilosa is an annual species of herbaceous flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae. Its many common names include hitch hikers, black-jack, beggarticks, farmer's friends and Spanish needle, but most commonly referred to as cobblers pegs.
Coordinates: 43°29′57″N 102°53′21″W. Buffalo Gap National Grassland is a National Grassland located primarily in southwestern South Dakota, United States. It is also the second largest National Grassland, after Little Missouri National Grassland in North Dakota. Characteristics of the grasslands include mixed prairie and chalky badlands.
22 lip 2020 · Grassland, making up more than 50 percent of the land area in South Dakota, is one of the most important agricultural resources in the state. In addition to providing feed for livestock, grass is unexcelled for holding soils in place.
Habitat. Introduced from Europe in 1884 and is now considered naturalized in the northern two thirds of the United States and adjacent areas of Canada. Widely cultivated as hay, silage, and pasture. Found throughout South Dakota in planted fields, road ditches, and waste or wetland areas.
11 kwi 2020 · Common Name(s): Spanish Needles, Beggarticks, Black Jack, Devil’s Needles, Cobbler’s Pegs, Broom Stick, Pitchforks, Farmers’ Friends, Needle Grass. Scientific Name: Bidens pilosa. Medicinal Uses: None locally but the folkloric use of B. pilosa has been recorded around the world, from North and South America to Africa, Asia, and Oceania.
A collection of information and photographs about plants native to South Dakota. his research program was initiated in 1999 as part of an SDSU Agricultural Experiment Station funded program in the laboratory of Dr. R. Neil Reese.
