This book describes many of the common weeds of the midwest (and probably the US as a whole). The "reports" on the individual weeds were authored by students, and drawn together with the help of "book czar" Jeff Heller (graduate student in the course). The photography was mostly the instructors (Ed Luschei) although, perhaps 10% of the photo were from "creative commons" licensed photographs. We hope the final product is both as beautiful as it is informative.