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any of various plants of the genus Pilosella

any of numerous often hairy plants of the genus Hieracium having yellow or orange flowers that resemble the dandelion

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He's already tackled the tangled lineages of tamarisk--another notorious intruder--and is currently making his way though the genetic jungle of hawkweeds of the Pacific Northwest, for example.
New York City also has many non-native plants such as dandelions, hawkweeds and bittersweet.
Management and research options for minimising the impact of hawkweeds on South Island tussock grassland conservation values.
Hunter GG (1991) The distribution of hawkweeds (Hieracium spp.) in the South Island, indicating problem status.
In "The Behavior of the Hawkweeds," a story selected for Best American Short Stories 1995, Antonia helps her grandfather [pin the mother leaves [of Rex begonias] to the moist sand and then transplant the babies that rooted from the ribs," mirroring a time when her grandfather and Gregor Mendel, the early geneticist, worked "side by side .
nieuwlandii and cover of Andropogon gerardii, Danthonia spicata, Solidago juncea (early goldenrod) cover, Hieracium caespitosum (yellow hawkweed) cover and all woody species.