Re: [Native Gardening] another question

 

It looks like knotweed to me and it isn't native.  Kill it with fire, LOL!
 

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From: Kathleen Domenig <kmdomenig@mindspring.com>
To: nativegardening@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, September 17, 2012 9:19:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Native Gardening] another question

 

Thank you. I'll check the details and see whether I can narrow it down. I appreciate your pointing me in the right direction, so I know where to start.

Kathleen Domenig

2077 North Oak Lane

State College, Pennsylvania

USA

daytime telephone: 1-814-234-2150

On Sep 17, 2012, at 9:51 AM, frank lawrence wrote:

Don is correct, it is indeed a Smartweed and as Don pointed out, there are both natives and non native Smartweeds but the vast majority of the natives grow in wetlands so my guess would be that yours is a non native one. The genus is Polygonum of which there are several dozen species, are not always easy to distingush one from the other

 

We abuse the land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.

Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac

From: Kathleen Domenig <kmdomenig@mindspring.com>
To: PA_wildflowers@yahoogroups.com; nativegardening@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 6:18 PM
Subject: [Native Gardening] another question

Can anyone identify this? It's growing about six feet tall in my front garden, and to my sorrow, once again my identification skills are not up for the job. Pretty, but should I trust it?

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Kathleen Domenig

2077 North Oak Lane

State College, Pennsylvania

USA

daytime telephone: 1-814-234-2150

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