| Important Info on Dyer's Woad | ||
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Weber County calls Dyer's Woad "Northern Utah's enigma". Durfee Creek's common grounds, vacant lots and surrounding hillsides are no exception. The hopeful news is in an natural enemy, a rust fungus, identified by Utah State University. |
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| Healthy Dyer's Woad Plant | Flowering & Seed Stages | |
| Notice the plants in the first picture to the right. What appears to be two different types of plants are actually a healthy Dyer's Woad plant growing next to one that has been infected by the rust fungus. The infected plant is stunted and curled up. Once the rust infects a plant, it systemically damages the plant to the roots. These infected plants fail to produce seed. In the closeup photo of the infected plant, the dark specs are the rust fungus. |
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| Utah State University has collected and transplanted infected plants throughout Northern Utah. If you encounter these plants while pulling healthy plants, do not kill them. If you feel you must remove them, USU suggests digging them up and replanting them in non-rust bearing Woad patches. The rust fungus spreads rapidly and in some infestations, 80% of the plants have already become infected. Once a patch is infected, it will destroy itself. Please try to leave these infected plants in place. | ||
| Much of Dyer's Woad information listed here is from the
Utah State, Dyer's Woad Pages which contains more information on this method, as well as traditional control methods |
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