Did you know…
Birds and insects, sometimes depend on weed seeds for nourishment.
Native Americans often used dandelions to cure certain ailments. They have large amounts of Vitamin A, Vitamin C, calcium, and fiber and can even be used to make tea and wine.
Dollar weed, also known as pennywort, is an aquatic plant that can be used in salads.
Pigweed, or amaranth, can be harvested as a leafy vegetable, and its high-protein seeds can be cooked just like quinoa. Its root is a white, alkaline vegetable that is high in vitamins and minerals.
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Weeds cause more yield loss and add more to farmers’ production costs than insects, diseases, rodents, birds, deer and other grazers.
Weeds such as cheat grass can pave the way for rampant wildfires.
Weeds like ragweed can release a billion pollen grains per plant from August through October, triggering allergic reactions for 38 million Americans annually.
Water lettuce serves as a breeding ground for mosquitoes, which can carry diseases.
Common groundsel, often found in alfalfa fields, contains highly toxic alkaloids that can cause irreparable live damage if consumed by cattle, horses or sheep.
On Second thought, yank those suckers out of the ground and burn them!!!
Info taken from Weed Science Society of America. http:www.wssa.net
