From A Manual of Weeds:A near relative of the potato and one of the worst weeds native to this country; southern in its origin but rapidly making its way northward and westward through the agencies of impure clover seed and baled hay. The deep-seated rootstocks are most tenacious of life; an Indiana farmer states that they " will live ten years under a heap of sawdust and grow as soon as the dust is removed." Sheep are the only grazing animals that will touch the plant, and they merely nibble off the fruits; the seeds are widely scattered in their droppings and many a productive acre is thus practically ruined.
The fruit will ripen to a yellow color and can last on the plant throughout the winter.
Georgia, Ada Eljiva. A Manual of Weeds. New York, 1919. 365-6. Web. Google Book Search. 31 Jul 2009.
I'm back after a very busy week- all good, just busy!
ReplyDeleteThe light that you have captured in your recent posts is exquisite. I have never seen the bark from a buttonwood tree- it DOES look like cinnamon!
And the black and white photograph of the crow is simply magical; reminds me of the Hermitage- like a scene from a fairy tale!
~gretchen
Welcome back! :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much; you do understand what I'm after. Now, if I could only drag myself out of bed very early in the morning, I could get more of that colored and angular lighting.
Sunday I visited the solitary Buttonwood towards the north end of lake and that tree as well went through the same bark splitting/peeling.