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September 27, 2007
Common Ragweed: Stealthy Sneezemaker
I was reading "THIS WEEK at HILTON POND" for 15-21 September 2007 today and I enjoyed the piece on common ragweed and goldenrod. Both of these are native plants, but it is goldenrod that is often blamed for hayfever, while the truth is that ragweed is the true culprit.
In the early days of Native Suburbia, we let a little ragweed grow just because it was native and it was willing to fill in a spot where nothing else had grown yet. Now that we have a much larger variety of native plants we have decided that ragweed already has enough habitat that it will survive without our help. In other words we tend to pull it out when we find it growing in Native Suburbia.
I have actually been pretty lucky this year as far as allergies are concerned. I have had very minor reactions so far. Fall is usually filled with itchy eyes and a never ending runny nose. Benia has not been so lucky, but it is not because of all the beautiful goldenrod in our yard.
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