Hophornbeam copperleaf
Common Name:
copperleaf, hophornbeam
Scientific Name:
Acalypha ostryifolia
Family:
Euphorbiaceae
Lifecycle:
Annual
Features
Summer annual plant with upright growth habit. Leaves simple, alternate, curving downward, with serrate (toothed) margins, ovate in shape, cordate at base. Plant with a terminal spike.
Description
Weed common along fence rows, roadsides, and former turfgrass areas treated with Roundup. Without preemergence herbicide, hophornbeam copperleaf readily emerges in the killed areas. Normally a weed of water areas and some crop areas.