I have a thicket of wild flowers and weeds along my property and creek. Thistle and burdock are intermixed with creeping myrtle, grapes, black raspberries, wild roses, golden rod, mushroom cap raspberries, milkweed, bishops weed, phlox, echinacea/yellow, grasses, honey suckle shrubs, willows, garlic mustard and so many plants I haven't yet identified. I couldn't possibly get all of them. They can be quite beautiful and bees and butterflies love them. So before they go to seed I chop what I can at the base, especially the burdock. Then pull the root later.
If I find these in the lawn I will pull because I don't want my pets to get hurt. I've stepped on them. Mowing doesn't always help when they lay flat. When dealing with these I wear gloves but nice to know the base isn't thorny.
The other issue I have is I live across from a meadow. I will never get rid of the poison parsnip, burdock, carrot grass weed, and oh the garlic mustard!
