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Re: [ocba] Identifying weeds/potential pollinator plants
- From: Elisabeth Curtis <granda.curtis AT gmail.com>
- To: Michael Morrissey <mmorrissey AT fastmail.fm>
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- Subject: Re: [ocba] Identifying weeds/potential pollinator plants
- Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 08:14:29 -0400
Meredith,
I’m in the same boat, as we also have about 2 acres fenced from deer, that we are re-habbing with native wildflowers and shrubs.
NC State has great info here: https://gardening.ces.ncsu.
edu/weeds/ and the key to lawn weeds, many of which are also outside the lawn: http://turfid.ncsu.edu/
For example, here is my greatest enemy, Japanese Stiltgrass: http://www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/
weeds/japanese-stiltgrass It’s found anywhere a forest or roadside has been disturbed.
As for the plants you want to keep or acquire, I like Wildflowers of North Carolina by Justice, Bell and Ritchie; UNC Press, http://amzn.to/2rWUnJm .
There are nice lists of native pollinators at the Xerces Society site. http://xerces.org/pollinator-
conservation/plant-lists/
In my opinion, non-natives are fine in the garden as long as they are non-invasive and you can control them. Borage ( Borago officianalis) comes to mind – honey bees strongly agree: And it’s a great companion plant for tomatoes.
Michael Morrissey
Durham, NC
919.236.3230
From: Meredith Friedrick
Sent: Monday, June 5, 2017 11:23 AM
To: Orange County Bees
Subject: [ocba] Identifying weeds/potential pollinator plants
We have a 2.5 acre garden and lots of weeds (we don't use chemicals because of our desire to "bee" pollinator friendly). I'm weed eating/hand weeding our vegetables/fruits and I would love to be able to identify the weeds to know better what to keep/what to eliminate. What resources can anyone recommend (a color text, a website, etc.)?
Thanks for any info anyone can give!
Meredith Friedrick
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[ocba] Identifying weeds/potential pollinator plants,
Meredith Friedrick, 06/05/2017
- Re: [ocba] Identifying weeds/potential pollinator plants, Erika Wittchen, 06/05/2017
- Re: [ocba] Identifying weeds/potential pollinator plants, mark powers, 06/05/2017
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Re: [ocba] Identifying weeds/potential pollinator plants,
Michael Morrissey, 06/05/2017
- Re: [ocba] Identifying weeds/potential pollinator plants, Elisabeth Curtis, 06/06/2017
- Re: [ocba] Identifying weeds/potential pollinator plants, Robert King, 06/05/2017
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