4.13.2008

Weed Id!

POKEWEED!!
(Phytolacca americana)

just found out by a nice, helpful person at UofF.

Poisonous to mammals. and can cause colic in horses. People can eat the leaves if boiled. :( ick. But this is obviously a 2nd year growth as the first years growth looked nothing like this.

here is another link to plants in my yard. click here.


3 comments:

  1. Do you remember that song, "Poke Salad Annie?"
    Love your goat pics!

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  2. ha... no don't remember that song. must be before my "time" ha. but i did learn we could eat the leaves if boiled a few times... cool, eh?

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  3. I remember when my mom heard you could eat the young leaves. She cooked up a giant pot of them.

    Let's just say they've got nothing on collards. Blech.

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