Weeds play an important role within agro-ecosystems as host plants supplying insects and birds with refuges and dietary foods, thereby supporting local biodiversity (Marshall et al., 2003;Robinson and Sutherland, 2002). Field boundaries harbour a wide range of weeds, insects, and other wildlife, some of which have fled from the dangers of agricultural practices within cropping fields. Thus, weed flora at field boundaries generally differ from that within the fields (Cordeau et al., 2012;Marshall, 1989;Yamaguchi et al., 1998). At the landscape scale, similar functions to field boundaries are presumed to exist within the farmland surroundings, such as the seashore, riverside and periphery of woods, where weeds can grow rampantly. In particular, plants inhabiting