These spring rains also bring summer weeds. One of the most difficult lawn weeds to control goes by several names including nutsedge, nutgrass and water grass. The technical name is yellow nutsedge.

Also called nutsedge, it isn't, in fact, a type of grass at all; this herbaceous perennial belongs to the sedge family. The distinction is important, because herbicides used on true grasses will ...

As Master Gardeners one thing we hear gardeners groan about is nutsedge, also referred to as nutgrass. It is listed as the worst weed by the Weed Science Society of America. Nutsedge (Cyperus ...