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The Sticky, Prickly Cocklebur Plant

Have you ever walked through a field and then found prickly seed pods sticking all over your clothes?

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Learn To Identify Poison Ivy And How To Relieve The Itching

If you've ever been exposed to the poison ivy plant, you know how intense the itching is and how hard it is to get relief.

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Flowering Weeds - Both Pretty and Useful

People often spray herbicides to get rid of all weeds. But killing certain weeds and wildflowers might destroy a food source for butterflies, bees, or birds.

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All About the Goldenrod Weed

Many people think goldenrod causes fall allergies, but ragweed is actually the cause. Goldenrod's pollen is heavy and spread by insects but ragweed's pollen is spread by the wind.

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Is Pokeweed Safe to Eat?

Many early American settlers came to the Ozarks and they were grateful for the early green leaves of pokeweed.

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The Dangerous Jimsonweed Plant

Jimsonweed is from the potato or nightshade family and is also called Thorn Apple, Downy Thornapple, Devil's Trumpet, Angel's Trumpet, Mad Apple, Stink Weed, and Tolguacha.

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You Can Eat Common Milkweed As A Vegetable

Many common weeds can be eaten and some are quite nutritious. You can eat milkweed shoots, flower buds, and immature seed pods.

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Fall Allergies and the Ragweed Plant

Ragweed Pollen Can Make You Feel Miserable. One ragweed plant can produce over a million grains of pollen every day!

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Japanese Stiltgrass

Japanese Stiltgrass is an invasive species of grass that has become widespread across Eastern North America, especially in the southeast. Learn to identify and control this weed.

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Clearweed (Pilea sp.)

Clearweed, or Pilea sp, are weedy annual plants in the nettle family, but without stinging hairs. Learn how to cultivate these plants in a natural garden setting.

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Acalypha Plants - Mercury or Copperleaf - in Eastern North America and Elsewhere

Plants of the acalypha genus, with a focus on Eastern North America, and a mention of other species.

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Carolina Horsenettle - Weed or Wildflower?

The Carolina horsenettle, Solanum carolinense, is often viewed as a noxious weed, but it can also be seen as a native wildflower of prairie habitats.

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4 Common Mistakes When Removing Invasive Plants

Four common mistakes people make when trying to remove or control invasive or weedy plant species.

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May Apples Don't Grow on Trees

May Apples grow in moist shady areas and are native to the U.S. and Canada. They are actually an herb and the fruit is eaten by wildlife.

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Native Plants In and Out of Texas

Some wild plants that grow in New Hampshire do not grow in Texas. I'll miss some of my old wild friends, but I'll be meeting new ones.

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