Can You Name These Michigan Weeds? Are they, indeed, weeds?
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The annual invasion is upon me... and I don't even know their names and I am not even sure that they are weeds.... can anyone identify/name these weeds? Some are even pretty!
24 answers
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I don't know, but I have them too...
Terry Thurston
on Jun 07, 2014
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The first one is Common Lambsquarters weed
Luis
on Jun 07, 2014
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All of my weeds are wildflowers!
Susan Humphrey
on Jun 07, 2014
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I was going to say the first one looks like pigweed, which is edible, and tastes kind of like spinach. Is lambsquarters the same as pigweed?
Gardenbuff
on Jun 07, 2014
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Number 4 is White Campion, Silene latifolia
Luis
on Jun 07, 2014
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I think they are all weeds. I have them also and pull them.
Love Digging in the Dirt
on Jun 07, 2014
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The first one is indeed edible, I used to "harvest" them with my granny, and they taste pretty good!
Niki Hart
on Jun 08, 2014
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pull it out!! it gets seeds all over it and you will have hundreds!!
Donna Huth-Willis
on Jun 08, 2014
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We've got them in NC, too, and they spread rapidly.
KathrynElizabeth Etier
on Jun 08, 2014
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Donna you are referring to the second one? I see seeds on the stems. I would love to know the 3rd and 5th ones. The 3rd is quite prolific and appears in the same location (near downspout/partial sun and shade... 3 leans toward the sun.... 5 leans toward the shade) as the 5th one - whose dark spots make it kind of pretty....
Mary Sullivan
on Jun 08, 2014
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I am also sprouting a couple of mushrooms around the garden and lawn areas....
Mary Sullivan
on Jun 08, 2014
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The last one is call Smartweed
Luis
on Jun 08, 2014
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Watch the mushrooms if you have pets, children.. Some are deadly if You eat Them.
Terry Thurston
on Jun 09, 2014
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Not 100% sure but I think nr 2 is young wild Amaranth
Luis
on Jun 09, 2014
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I get the first one and the 2nd one here in Seattle it is a damn nightmare, they are everywhere!! a constant battle
Rhonda Clements
on Jun 12, 2014
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All bad. Pull!
Brenda Holland
on Jun 17, 2014
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1st is lambsquarter, edible when young,.. too strong tasting old. Second, a type of Amaranth, sometimes called pigweed. There are different pigweeds. Mine is duller,but google it, you'll see. 3rd,maybe young amaranth,but it may have to get bigger to tell. 4th lynchnis alba (white champion), 5th smart weed, I don't know that it is good for anything.
Ct
on Jul 17, 2014
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Thank you so much!
Mary Sullivan
on Jul 18, 2014
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The first one I believe is lambs quarters and is healthy to eat
Shelley
on Jul 19, 2014
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http://www.ediblewildfood.com/edible-weeds.aspx
Shelley
on Jul 19, 2014
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I agree that the 1st one is lambs quarters. When growing up it was one of the weeds we had to pull out of the soybean field
Dianne
on Jul 21, 2014
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the 3rd photo looks like an alder tree seedling spread by the birds....
Wanda sinnema
on Aug 14, 2014
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top one is lambs quarters. If you have enough of them--eat them. like spinach. yum
Janet Stephenson-macfarlan
on Sep 14, 2014
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The one is called Lambs Quarters. As a child we used to pick them and they tasted just like spinach. Really good steamed with butter.
Patches
on Feb 25, 2015
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