SEED IDENTIFICATION GUIDE®
SEED IDENTIFICATION GUIDE®
SEED IDENTIFICATION GUIDE®
SEED IDENTIFICATION GUIDE®
How to use the tool
Fact Sheets
The Fact Sheets provide the user with images and descriptive information to aid in seed identification.
ID Keys
The ID keys are interactive and assist the user, with an unknown seed in hand, to identify it.
Gallery
The searchable Gallery contains hundreds of seed images and illustrations to aid in seed identification.
What is new?
Lolium perenne
Lolium perenne is a cool-season perennial bunchgrass native to Eurasia. The...
Festuca myuros
Festuca myuros mainly behaves as a winter annual weed, although spring germ...
Festuca octoflora
Festuca octoflora is a tufted, annual, cool-season grass species native to...
Seed of the month
The spines on Tribulus terrestris mericarps are aligned so that at least on...
Some seeds just look cool, and we think Tribulus terrestris is right at the top of that list. Its spines stick out in such a way that one of them is guaranteed to be pointing up to puncture anything that steps on it, and hopefully be carried away to a new location. This successful weed is found all around the world and if the spines aren’t nasty enough, the plant itself is toxic to livestock.
Latest Events
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June 29, 2023
Poster: Seed Identification of Noxious Senecio Species
Describes achene features, invasion and natural history of two noxious Senecio species (Senecio madagascariensis and Senecio inaequidens) and compares them to achenes of four similar species (Senecio vulgaris, Crepis capillaris, Pentanema britannicum, and Jacobaea vulgaris). J. Neudorf, A. Salzl and R. Wang Credit: 2023 Canadian Food Inspection Agency Download the poster
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March 29, 2023
Launch!
After years of work behind the scenes, the updated Seed ID Guide has finally launched! The ID Keys, Fact Sheets, Gallery of images and Glossary of terms are still here, expanded and updated, along side some exciting new features: More complete information in fact sheets, including information on embryo morphology, as well as floral, fruit, […]
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September 1, 2022
Poster: History and Identification of Cultivated Echinochloa Species
Describes the history of cultivated Echinochloa species, their wild ancestors and distinguishing features of the spikelets and florets. J. Neudorf, R. Wang, A. Salzl and T. Meyer Credit: 2022 Canadian Food Inspection Agency Download PDF here
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August 12, 2021
Poster: Identification of Disease Bodies: Ergot and Sclerotia
An introduction to the identifying features of ergot disease bodies and sclerotia for the purity analyst..
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August 12, 2021
Imaging seeds for diagnostic purposes: building virtual reference for seed identification
This webinar introduces the basic requirement and skills to make seed images as virtual reference for seed identification.
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