Soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines Ichinohe, SCN) has been reported to parasitize a broad range of host plants, encompassing nearly 150 legume and non‐legume genera representing 22 plant families. Several SCN host species are common winter annual weeds in US soybean production fields and include purple deadnettle (Lamium purpureum L.), henbit (Lamium amplexicaule L.), field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.), shepherd's purse [Capsella bursa‐pastoris (L.) Medik], common chickweed [Stellaria media (L.) Vill.], and smallflowered bittercress (Cardamine parviflora L.). The influence of winter annual weed management on SCN population densities has received little attention to date and warrants further investigation by multidisciplinary research involving weed scientists, nematologists, and soybean production specialists.