The Reporter

From the Ground Up: The return of the native

All spring and summer, I eyed the weeds growing up at the edge of the naturalized old hedgerow on the east side of our yard. Week to week I kept promising myself that I would pull them up. My mantra ...
Chicago Tribune

Outdoors column: Poisonous snakeroot serves as a reminder to avoid picking plants in the wild

Beneath my redbud, awash in spring with pink flowers, arises a new set of blooms. White ones, in late summer. These are the flowers of white snakeroot, a plant that reaches 3 to 4 feet tall, up to the ...
wnep

Weed Of The Week: White Snakeroot

CLARKS SUMMIT, Pa. — The weed of the week for October 5th, 2024 is White Snakeroot. White Snakeroot is typically found in meadows and woodlands in partially shady moist areas. White snakeroot is toxic ...
Quincy Herald-Whig

Finding the cause of Milk Sickness

The Aug. 23, 1925, Quincy Daily Herald announced the launch of a statewide campaign by Illinois Gove. Len Small for the control and extermination of the pasture weed, White Snakeroot. A bulletin, ...