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July 04, 2008
The other day I was out riding the mountain bike and took some shots of Japanese Knotweed
Its all over the place
Originally from Asia, it was brought here as a decorative plant and to control erosion.
The plant looks like Bamboo but is related to Buckwheat. It favors wet areas around creeks and rivers.
It forms dense thickets. It over polinates in the late summer to early fall, and is white flowers really make me sneeze.
The flowers have a sickley sweet smell and are swarming with bees, yellow jackets, wasps, and flies.
Some thickets grow to 13-15 feet high.
