This is a very common weed in southeast Pennsylvania. It is easy to pull and once pulled out of the ground it is dead and gone. It bears ...Read Moreterminal clusters of brush-like white flowers that are similar to Ragwort or Horseweed, where the seeds have silky strands to allow the wind to blow them around easily. It is native from Minnesota thru southern Quebec to Maine and south of all that. It is also known as Pilewort, and it can be called Fireweed, though the latter name is best applied to a beautiful, pink blooming forb of northern lands.
A very, very, very prolific weed. But, they are easily pulled when young. For some reason, they often appear under my bird feeders. I don...Read More't think the seeds are used as food in seed mixes. My assumption is that birds eat them in the wild and deposit them in poo at feeders. But really, I have no idea.
Bridgewater, MA (Zone 6b) | September 2012 | negative
A very common late-summer flowering weed in the eastern part of the United States. Not an attractive plant and not something you want i...Read Moren your flower beds.
This is a very common weed in southeast Pennsylvania. It is easy to pull and once pulled out of the ground it is dead and gone. It bears ...Read More
A very, very, very prolific weed. But, they are easily pulled when young. For some reason, they often appear under my bird feeders. I don...Read More
This weed may not be beautiful, but its the coolest plant I've ever seen.
A very common late-summer flowering weed in the eastern part of the United States. Not an attractive plant and not something you want i...Read More