The Golden Rules of ATV Safety as outlined by the ATV Safety Institute's Mike Mount (see sidebar on page 75) is a good place to start for personal safety issues.
Xanthium (cocklebur) is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower tribe within the daisy family, native to the Americas and eastern Asia.
Spiny cocklebur is a summer annual to 3 ft tall, with leaves up to 3 inches long divided into three irregular. lobes. The upper surface of the leaf is shiny dark green with short appressed hairs that are denser on the veins. The lower surface is pale green and downy. Leaves are arranged alternately on the stem.