- Author: Clebson G Goncalves Ph.D.
- Posted by: Gale Perez
In Northern California, Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana L.) has been around for a long time and is typically found in disturbed areas and fallow sites such as: under power lines, wooded areas, fences, pond edges, roadsides, etc. (Figure 1). However, in recent years, organic orchard growers throughout north coast have reported that pokeweed has been invading and contaminating new areas that were not found before.
Pokeweed is a perennial shrub whose shoot tissues die in the winter but exhibits rapid resprout from a large fleshy taproot in the growing season, causing panic among orchard growers. That kind of shrub can grow up to 10 feet tall, and a single plant can produce greater than 7,000 seeds annually. The...
- 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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