Hierbas de mala reputactión (hehehe)

Vicia sativa

Cichorium intybus

Equisetum arvense

Gaillardia pulchella

Plantago major

Taraxacum officinale

Trifolium pratense

Agropyron repens (Quack grass) – poorly drained, heavy clay soil. Net like roots to help control erosion, hold together soil.

Chicory – alkaline soil

Convolvulus (Bindweed) – poor drainage, hardpan not-cultivated soil.

Crabgrass – Low soil fertility and compacted soil, low calcium, dry soil

Equisetum (Horsetail) – low lime, sandy, light, acidic soil. Accumulates silicon, magnesium, calcium, iron and cobalt. To kill, increase pH and fertility.

Gaillardia pulchella (Blanket Flower, Gaillardia) – highly salt tolerant

Hawkweed – acidic soil

Mullein – Chronic dry soil

Plantago (Plantain) – heavy, compacted, acidic, low fertility soil.

Prickly sowthistle – Chronic dry soil

Queen Anne’s Lace -  – Chronic dry soil

Ranunculus (Buttercup) – does well in poorly drained, cultivated soil. Accumulates potassium from soil.

Rumex (Dock) – waterlogged, poorly drained soil with increasing acidity. Have a deep taproot to bring up nutrients and help soil structure.

(Sorrel) – acidic, low lime soil. Tap root brings up minerals to alkalinize the soil.

Stellaria (Chickweed) – indicates healthy fertile soil where the soil is cool and moist. Accumulates potassium, phosphorus and manganese.

Taraxacum (Dandelion) – heavy, clayey, compacted, acidic soil.

Thistle – heavy, compacted soils. Deep taproots to break soil and bring up iron.

Trifolium (Clover) – low fertility soil (low in N).

Vicia (Vetch) – indication of low nitrogen, low fertility soil.