- Posted by: Gale Perez
There's a new weed science publication:
Pest Notes: Pokeweed
Author: Scott Oneto, UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor
American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) is a robust, non-woody shrub that is spreading in parts of California. Although sometimes eaten, the entire plant is poisonous and should be considered with extreme caution.
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Here's more pokeweed reading:
/span>- Author: Cari Koopmann Rivers
- Author: Steve Orloff
- Posted by: Gale Perez
The weather pattern this year in the Intermountain Region of Northern California has been radically different from what we have seen the previous 4 years. In most years, high pressure usually moves in periodically sending Pacific cold fronts farther north and giving us periods of warm dry weather. However, this winter and so far this spring high pressure has not dominated and we have been continually bombarded by cold fronts.
The frequent rains this winter and spring has resulted in changes in the weed spectrum. One weed we have seen a lot more of in this area is bur buttercup. Bur buttercup (Ranunculus testiculatus) has been widespread this spring and in some cases dense populations have been...