Where blown dust had settled into cracks and corners, a little grass was growing, and a few hardy weeds, not many.

A Parks Department spokesman said kudzu was less of a problem in the city's parks than hardier invasive weeds were.

When he'd been only eight Standard Years old, he had gone exploring out on the cliffs and rocks, hunting lizards, searching for hardy weeds with edible roots.

Even poor old rocket, a hardy weed, was not taken seriously until somebody thought to call it arugula.

I think the fact that it's so successful is that there is something genetically different about this strain making it a hardy weed.

A few hardy weeds had cracked the asphalt and were flourishing as best they could in perpetual shade.

Only a few stubborn, hardy weeds had taken root there.

This plant is one of the most persistent American weeds, hardy enough to flourish in the cracks of urban sidewalks.

Succulents and hardy weeds burst from the scrubland.

Insects might make their homes here at high altitude, along with a bit of windblown grass or hardy and solitary weeds.