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Offline dylanholderman

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anyone know what this is?
« on: August 16, 2015, 07:22:38 pm »
found it in the park behind my house the other
its a good 8ft tall at least



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« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2015, 07:30:48 pm »
Horse weed. Good for hand drills and atlatl darts.

Offline dylanholderman

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« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2015, 07:47:56 pm »
whoo i'm just glad its not hog weed :) ;D
also cool to know that it has some uses  :) i will wait tell it has dropped its seeds and dried out a bit before harvesting it.

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Re: anyone know what this is?
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2015, 08:12:38 pm »
Giant ragweed.  That crap will form near impenetrable thickets.  I hate the stuff.  Josh

Offline Pat B

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« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2015, 08:25:05 pm »
Yep, giant ragweed. Burn that crap.  >:D  This and the regular ragweed are what makes most folks allergic from now until frost. Nasty stuff.
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Offline Outbackbob48

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« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2015, 12:25:52 pm »
Sure doesn't look like horseweed that we have in Penna, looks more like ragweed ;D :oBob

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« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2015, 01:21:13 pm »
This could be another case of me "knowin" something all my life, but knowin it wrong.  ???

We've always called it horse weed. Guess I need to check on it.

Offline rkeltner

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« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2015, 02:28:16 pm »
I always called it horseweed...until someone set me straight!

Offline Josh B

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« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2015, 03:14:36 pm »
It's also known as horseweed, but so are several other weeds such as marestail.  I wasn't disagreeing with you Scott, just clarifying a bit.  Josh

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« Reply #9 on: August 17, 2015, 04:16:46 pm »
Thanks for the gentle rebuff, barnesy. Like as not, my fragile ego would have never recovered had you given me both barrels.  >:D

I'm still gonna call it horse weed, but I get what you're saying.  8)

Offline Josh B

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« Reply #10 on: August 18, 2015, 09:02:04 am »
 ;D

Offline Spotted Dog

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« Reply #11 on: August 18, 2015, 09:05:16 pm »
Horse weed in in Mo. We used it as spears when a kid. Let them dry , pull it up and you got a spear after a little clean up.
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Offline wildman

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« Reply #12 on: August 19, 2015, 12:30:33 am »
Horseweed in West Ky too.
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Offline Danzn Bar

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« Reply #13 on: August 19, 2015, 08:39:45 pm »
Horseweed in West Ky too.

Yep................a worm eats the center out of the stem and is a great fishing bait.....used it many times as a kid in the creeks of KY
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Offline mullet

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« Reply #14 on: August 19, 2015, 08:57:37 pm »
We have it here and I didn't care what it was called when cutting it with a machete. It get's a lot thicker down in this swamp.
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