Abstract

Weeds grows in the agricultural fields and its impact on different crops. Man did not wish the existence of weed in places that are exploited in agricultural production, it is found that farmers are suffering from the growing and distribution of those plants in agriculture fields. This study was carried in some fields of citrus and pepper in the district of Mudia in 2013, after the fall of large amounts of rain which helped the emergence of large numbers and variety of weeds that farmers does not like its presence in the fields farming, because of the resulting competition and losses for farmers. The present study indicates that 50 species belonging to 43 genera and 21 families were growing in the fields of citrus and pepper. The dicots were 42 species, while the monocots were represented by 8 species. The most common families were Poaceae (7 species) representing 14% of the total species in the study area. The dominant genera were Chenopodium and Corchorus (three species each) representing percentage 6%.