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	Thorns aka Puncture Vine by Jobst Brandt
		Puncture vine grows on these barren roadsides that have been created for safer cigarette disposal.
		If roadsides were not sprayed, puncture vine would be a rare occurrence along roads where bicyclists most often ride.
		Puncture vine, known as tribulus terrestris, grows mainly on barren soil, typically on roadsides that have been sprayed with herbicides to prevent cigarette initiated grass fires.
	www.sheldonbrown.com /brandt/thorns.html (437 words)

	WeedAlert.com Weed Listing (Puncture Vine)
		Puncture vine is found throughout the United States and Canada.
		Puncture vine plants should be cut off or hoed below the crown prior to going to seed.
		Make your postemergent herbicide application to puncture vine that is actively growing and in the seedling to flower stage of growth.
	www.weedalert.com /weed_pages/wa_puncture_vine.htm (131 words)

	Puncture vine (Jobst Brandt)
		Puncture vine germinates after other plants have sprouted and gone and it grows only where there are no competitors.
		Back in the days when puncture vine was a mystery to bicyclists in this area (no one knew what the plants habitat or appearance was) I spooked around and talked to some Stanford biologists who were incensed that I had the temerity to disagree with their equally unknowing assessment of the plant.
		He regularly sprayed it in spring and subsequently puncture vine with its cute yellow flowers kept the plot green all summer as it strayed onto the sidewalk and over the curb.
	yarchive.net /bike/puncture_vine.html (1531 words)

	Identification of Vine Weeds in Florida Citrus
		Once vines reach into the tree canopy they blend into the host foliage and an insufficient amount of post emergence herbicide contacts the plant to provide adequate vine control.
		Preventing vines from becoming widely distributed and concentrating efforts when they are present in isolated areas can aid in their control.
		By controlling vines, tree vigor is maintained, yields are often higher, and harvesting operations are improved.
	edis.ifas.ufl.edu /HS185 (1163 words)

	Puncture Vine - Tribulis terrestris - Viable Herbal Solutions
		Puncture Vine has been used in some cultures to increase libido, especially in men, and to treat sexual dysfunction.
		Puncture Vine can be used in combination with Yohimbe Bark as an enhancer of male performance, both sexually and athletically.
		Puncture Vine is especially effective for maintaining testosterone in individuals who are dieting or engaged in regular, strenuous exercise.
	www.viable-herbal.com /singles/herbs/s453.htm (391 words)

	.: Corvallis Gazette-Times :. Archives
		MERIDIAN, Idaho — A fast-moving invasive weed that spreads a carpet of thorns on the ground, punctures bicycle tires and bedevils farmers is the target of a full-scale counterattack in Idaho.
		Puncture vine observers agree that the plant is spreading in Idaho.
		Puncture vine is one of 36 plants classified as noxious by the state of Idaho.
	www.gazettetimes.com /articles/2005/10/04/news/the_west/tuewst02.txt (670 words)

	9.34 Thorns aka Puncture Vine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Subject: 9.34 Thorns aka Puncture Vine From: Jobst Brandt Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 16:54:00 PDT Not all riders suffer from thorns which seems mainly to be a function of avoidance rather than luck or protective means in the tires.
		Most, think the yellow star thistle is puncture vine which it is not and it cannot penetrating a tire.
		Puncture vine, tribulus terrestris, grows mainly on barren soil, typically on roadsides that have been sprayed with herbicides to prevent grass fires from discarded but burning cigarettes.
	draco.acs.uci.edu /rbfaq/FAQ/9.34.html (284 words)

	Puncture Vine (Tribulus terrestris)
		Puncture Vine is typically found at dry sunny sites with scant vegetation; the soil usually contains an abundance of sand or gravel.
		Puncture Vine can be distinguished from many other plants by its large prickly fruits, evenly pinnate compound leaves, and prostrate habit.
		Their flowers and foliage are similar to those of Puncture Vine, but their fruits lack conspicuous prickles.
	www.illinoiswildflowers.info /weeds/plants/puncture_vine.htm (518 words)

	Puncture Vine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Puncture Vines are usually found in dry, unnourished soil in the southwest United States (
		Puncture Vines are weeds that have pinnate leaves, yellow flowers, and seed pods (these usually turn into the Goats’ heads).
		Puncture vine was found to treat elevated blood pressure, lessen severity of arteriosclerosis, reduce mild hypertension, and to slow and strengthen the heart beat.
	medplant.nmsu.edu /Diseases/hyper/hyper_puncturevine.htm (86 words)

	Zygophyllaceae (caltrop family)
		The best-known (and most-hated) species is goat-head or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris), a weed introduced from Europe.
		Puncture vine has tiny yellow flowers and bur-like seeds with strong, sharp spines.
		The seeds of puncture vine, a European weed, are well adapted to dispersal by rubber tires, and the plant now grows along the runways of every temperate airport in the world (not to mention most bicycle paths).
	www.desertmuseum.org /books/zygophyllaceae.html (1425 words)

	Puncture Vine
		Puncture vine is the curse of bicyclists everywhere - if you pick up a thorn in a tire, it's almost certainly from this plant.
		The vine often has small yellow flowers, although there were none on this one.
		A large vine at the side of a road.
	www.barbwired.com /andy/PunctureVine (100 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The puncture vine seed head weevil, Microlarinus lareynii, is now hard at work in Umatilla area.
		Female weevils chew into the side of a young puncture vine bur, deposit eggs into the seed and seal it with fecal material.
		The next time you are picking puncture vine out of bicycle tires give it a closer look.
	extension.oregonstate.edu /umatilla/cereals/puncturevine.html (295 words)

	Pet urine damage to lawn \| Goathead (puncture vine) problems
		Goathead weeds, so called because of their spiny seeds, are more correctly called "puncture vine." This is important to know because you will find no herbicides labeled for "goathead", rather you will find them for "puncture vine".
		Pre-emergent herbicides labeled to control puncture vine can be applied in the spring before the puncture vine weeds begin to germinate.
		Once the puncture vine has germinated and is growing, a "broad-leaf" (post-emergent herbicide) may be used.
	cahe.nmsu.edu /ces/yard/2001/030301.html (618 words)

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		Puncture vine was introduced from southern Europe, possibly in bales of hay the Conquistadors used to feed their pack animals in transit.
		These spiny burs can puncture tires (to say nothing of human feet & knees), damage wood, are undesirable in hay, and may be injurious to livestock.
		For control of puncturevine in dry lots where no irrigation is possible, Dr. Boydston recommends a pre-season (March-April) application of Prowl or Pendulum (pendrimethaline) or Barricade (prodiamine) to prevent puncture vine seed from germinating while not harming exiting perennial vegetation.
	oregonstate.edu /Dept/hermiston/extension/puncture.htm (555 words)

	Tribulus genus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Plants produce many stout-spined burrs that can injure people and animals and puncture bicycle tires.
		Hand-pulling is feasible for small infestations and is easiest when soils are moist and the vines are long enough to grasp.
		Mowing is ineffective due to the prostrate growth habit of the plant.
	www.cdfa.ca.gov /phpps/ipc/weedinfo/tribulus-terrestris.htm (584 words)

	Puncturevine
		Puncture vine is a prostrate, mat-forming summer annual.
		Fruits containing seeds are a sharp, spiny burr that can easily puncture a bicycle inner tube (or gardener’s skin!).
		You can discourage the growth of puncture vine by increasing the turf density with cultural practices detailed in
	www.colostate.edu /Dept/CoopExt/4dmg/Weed/puncture.htm (131 words)

	Puncture Vine, Tribulus terrestris
		Prostrate vine - generally less than 1" (2.5 cm) high, spreading to 5' (1.5 M) long in our area.
		This is that obnoxious weed whose seeds are incredibly painful to step on, get tracked into your carpet, puncture your bicycle tires, and have to be pulled out of your pets' paws.
		The seed pod grows 4 "bullheads" in a circle (see photo), when mature it breaks up into 4 separate instruments of torture.
	www.naturesongs.com /vvplants/puncturevine.html (214 words)

	Puncture vine
		Puncture vine is a noxious weed sometimes called "goat head." It's most commonly found in eastern Colorado at elevations below 6,500 feet, in disturbed soils and vacant lots.
		Puncture vine plants can be controlled by pulling them out of moist soil, but be sure to wear gloves to protect your hands from the prickly fruits.
		However, pre-emergent herbicides may have to be used each April for several years to achieve good control, because puncture vine seeds can remain viable in the soil for many years.
	www.ext.colostate.edu /ptlk/2109.html (253 words)

	bbum’s weblog-o-mat
		While the spikes are semi-hard when green (hard enough to puncture skin), they turn iron-hard when dry.
		Typical to thorns like this, the surface has some kind of irritant on it that causes the puncture wounds to be extremely painful.
		Obviously, an infestation of puncture vine along a public walkway can be very painful and unpleasant to folks using said path.
	www.friday.com /bbum (2256 words)

	Goatheads for Jobst (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		patch of puncture vine and that the plant is identifiable from a
		mats of puncture vine to reach the pond next to the path.
		Show no puncture vine in any cracks in the road or adjacent to it.
	www.cyclingforums.com /t362797.html (6409 words)

	Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Is an herb commonly known as "Puncture Vine" or Caltrop fruit, grown in various parts of the world and used medicinally for it virilizing effects.
		The fruit and root of Tribulus("Puncture Vine" or Caltrop fruit) contain pharmacologically important metabolites like phytosteroids, flavonoids, alkaloids and glycosides.
		Other positive changes observed in a number of cases were a reduction in cholesterol, enhanced mood and well-being.
	www.roex.com /ingredients/tribulus.htm (84 words)

	Tribulus terrestris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The nutlets or "seeds" are hard and bear two sharp spines, 10 mm long and 4–6 mm broad point-to-point.
		These nutlets strikingly resemble goats' or bulls' heads; the "horns" are sharp enough to puncture bicycle tyres and to cause considerable pain to unshod feet.
		Tribulus terrestris has long been used as a tonic and aphrodisiac in Indian ayurveda practice, where it is known by its Sanskrit name, "gokshura".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Puncture_Vine (899 words)

	TIME.com: Pest Against Pest -- Aug. 31, 1962 -- Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Few plants are as useless, ugly and loathsome as the creeping puncture weed that straggles haphazardly across most of the western U.S. The puncture weed's burrlike seeds can flatten bicycle tires, foul up cotton-picking machinery, rip through horsehide and gouge cattle.
		During the summer adult weevils lay eggs in the seed pods of the puncture weed.
		They found that the worst the weevils would do was to take an occasional bite out of alfalfa or flax if there was no puncture weed around, but they also discovered that the weevil's larvae could only grow in the pods of puncture vines.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,938903,00.html (637 words)

	Miami-Dade County - Forest Management (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Puncture vine invades dunes and coastal strand as well as sandy inland sites.
		The spiny fruit, however, limit its use to areas where there is no foot traffic.
		The fruit spines are stout enough to puncture rubber sandals and bicycle tires, making it unpopular in beach parks and other coastal settings.
	www.miamidade.gov /derm/Plants/plants_puncture_vine.asp (183 words)

	Puncture Vine, Tribulus terrestris
		Puncture Vine, Tribulus terrestris - Photo Taken June 5, 2005 In Glendale.
		This is an obnoxious weed whose seeds are incredibly painful to step on, they easilly puncture your bicycle tires, and sometimes have to be pulled out of your pets' paws.
		George can often remember when as a barefoot child, growing up in Arizona, he would accidentally run into a patch of these aweful bullheads.
	www.delange.org /BullHead/BullHead.htm (424 words)

	Noxious Weeds, BLM California Bishop Field Office - Punture Vine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		This Mediterranean annual is mat forming with trailing stems up to 5 feet (1.5 m) long.
		Fruits cause mechanical injury and are easily dispersed by vehicles and road grading equipment.
		Puncture Vine has leaves that are opposite, hairy and divided into 4 to 8 pairs of leaflets.
	www.blm.gov /ca/bishop/weeds/plants/puncturevine.html (180 words)

	Tribulus Terrestris / Puncture Vine / Gokshura / Caltrop fruit(fireweed->exnatrem)
		Tribulus Terrestris / Puncture Vine / Gokshura / Caltrop fruit(fireweed->exnatrem)
		Traditionally, Tribulus terrestris is known as a mood-enhancing smoke, tea, or decoction.
		Tribulus Terrestris / Puncture Vine / Gokshura / Caltrop fruit
	www.insensual.com /tribulus1.html (735 words)

	Puncture Vine 250mg 60 Caplets
		Swiss Herbal’s Puncture Vine (Tribulus terrestris) 250mg is standardized to contain 40% Furostanols, harvested in Bulgaria from the aerial parts of the plant.
		Supplementation may improve sexual dysfunction by increasing spermatozoa quality/numbers, testoerone levels and treating impotence.
		Puncture Vine is also used to remedy disorders of the liver, kidney and urinary tract.
	www.cdnf.com /item5330.htm (77 words)

	puncturevine - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music
		A wall of high energy electronics pounds and growls underfoot, as the future crawls down the vine.......
		And so with more drama than a daytime soap, the vine has withered and re-grown, only to again be re-formed in it's third, and strongest, final incarnation., the vine is trimmed, and grows quickly.
		The third Puncture Vine album, entitled "ignite", is set for it's release in early fall 2005, with two singles, "Neverchange", and "Machine God", already circulating the Canadian club scene..
	music.download.com /puncturevine/3600-8594-100726439.html (439 words)

	www.dirtdoctor.com :: View topic - Puncture vine
		My lawn has presented puncture vine this year (with a vengance) and the kids are looking for a rapid solution to wearing shoes when outside this summer.
		I am aware that seeds can remain dormant for 4-5 years and that this is a tenacious pest.
		Using Corn Glutenmeal when needed before the seeds germinate and spraying the ones that are already growing with 20% vinager will help.
	www.dirtdoctor.com /forum/archive.php/o_t/t_3632/start_0 (287 words)

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