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.
Description. Cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium L.) is a large, annual broad-leaved weed with an erect, branched stem and broadly triangular leaves (Figure 1). The stem is rough-hairy, spotted with purple and up to 1.5 m high. The leaves are alternate on the stem, with toothed or lobed margins and rough-hairy surfaces.ocklebur (Xanthium strumarium L.) is a large, annual broad-leaved weed with an erect, branched stem and broadly triangular leaves (Figure 1).