The Paspalum notatum are the most disseminated turfgrasses in Brazil, constituting different sites and purposes.Weed infestation can lead to loss of turfgrass aesthetic quality when its purpose is ornamental.To characterize the weed community in P. notatum turfgrasses in Assis-SP, a floristic survey was carried out in sunny and shades areas, under tree canopies, during June and July, 2004. One hundred samples of 0.50 x 0.50 m collected from sunny and shaded areas (50 in sunny and 50 in shaded), were used to calculate parameter frequency, density, abundance, relative frequency, relative density, relative abundance and importance value index. A total of forty-five weed species were identified, distributed into fifteen families, with Asteraceae presenting the largest number of species under sunny and shaded conditions. The most important species were: Oxalis latifolia > Desmodium incanum > Cyperus flavus > C. diffuses > C. Brevifolius in the sunny areas and C. brevifolius > Alternanthera tenella > D. incanum > Elephantopus mollis > C. Flavus in the shaded areas. For 80% of the samplings, dry matter total of the aerial part of the weeds was not influenced by the sunny or shaded areas, with a maximum production of approximately 150 kg ha-1 for both conditions.
weeds; bahiagrass; turfgrass; phytosociology
