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I do not currently have a photo or scan of Ragweed but this  Ragweed
site let me use one of theirs and they have a good article about it . You need to be aware of what it looks like and so be able to avoid it as much as possible. I wrote them about their site and here is their nice reply.
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 16:03:29 -0400
Thank you for the e-mail. Please feel free to use the pictures on your web
site. Getting the word out about ragweed is important for those that suffer
with allergies. If you still wanted to link to the DEP web site, that would
be great.
Donald Torsello
Here is one of the pics but you need to go to the site for more info.
Since there are more than one specie, (this is "Common" Ragweed) you should be able to see others. Here are some links to other photos of other specie.
There is also
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| I went to my mail box up by the road one day in May and since Ivan had been getting the mail I hadn't been there to see this beautifully airy little plant before. It was about 2 feet tall and the tiny flowers so delicate they reminded me of the plant called "Baby's Breath." I just happened to have my fairly new camera with me so took some pics and then went in and looked in my books to see what it is. Book says Hedge Parsley. The little seed pods turn brown and are like velcro! They will stick to anything!
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The next scan is greatly enlarged to show a bit more detail.I didn't use the camera for this one, just put it on the scanner and scanned it.
This plant can become a neusance, but it's was a refreshing sight to me at the time and I'm sure it is of some good to the various pollinators and birds so I didn't pull it up. Live and let live! Here is a pic of the seed:
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It is now 5:45 P.M July 11, 2001 and I had received a post from a viewer asking about Purselane and hadn't realized I had not included these in the wild flower section of my site. I now have a camera and will try to do a better study on the cultivar as still have some in the garden. So far this year I havn't seen any of the wild in the garden. Everything seems to be late this year, though, so will probably get some later. Would you believe that the Vinca just started coming up last week!?? At this moment my whole garden is under heat stress and the Purselane has closed up so will have to wait till Ole'King Saul cools off! That is the one thing about the Purselane that keep it from being the PERFECT plant... it loves the sun but when the temperature goes up too high, it closes down, but will not bloom if it hasn't ENOUGH sun! The first picture is of a cultivar taken from my North East garden Sept of 2000.The sprigs of the plant were scanned directly on my flat-bed scanner and doesn't do the blossoms justice as they are very bright and beautiful. The cultivars come in many colors from all shades of pink to red and all shades of yellow through orange. The second picture was taken the same way. The blossoms are very small and insignificant. It, too, was taken from my garden but from another area. Purselane, both wild and cultivars, can be used sparingly in greens salads. I have put a few leaves in on occasion, just to add a bit of novelty to the dish. |
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