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Author Message   Toxicware  Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 08:12 pm EST :    Ok, got two mystery plants growing in my backyard. The first one is more of a tress and is growing out of my egress window. There are two of these. They were just hacked off stumps in the winter when we moved in, and have grown about 3-6 feet in the past few months. Any Idea? Ok, and the second is more of a plant that is about 4 feet around and real leafy and green. It gre to about 4 feet tall and i cut it all down, and even dug up the roots, or so i thought, and it has already grown back to this size in about 6 weeks. Toxicware - Colorado, Zone "?"   Abgardeneer  Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 08:24 pm EST :    Your second plant looks like horseradish (Armoracia rusticana) - I don't suppose you noticed an odor of horseradish while you were doing all that digging? http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=Armoracia%20rustican a&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi Abgardeneer - Alberta, Zone "3"   Mrmunk  My Favorite Photo My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 09:15 pm EST :    Second one also could be Rumex crispus (Curly Doc) but if it's horseradish - yum! Rumex would have a bitter, woody taste. It is full of oxalic acid (causes crystals in the urinary tract). Strangely enough it does have (alleged) medicinal uses. First one looks like Tree of Heaven - Ailanthus altissima. Altissima, of course, is latin for far too darned tall. I have no Altissima on my properties and no photos to share. Mrmunk - Georgia, Zone "7b"   Abgardeneer  Posted on Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 09:47 pm EST :    Here's a good site for the ID of Rumex crispus: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.missouriplants.com/Greena lt/Rumex_crispus_fruits.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.missouriplants.com/Greenal t/Rumex_crispus_page.html&h=400&w=358&sz=39&hl=en&start=2&um=1&tbnid=UWHBU8 RtdT4gYM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=111&prev=/images%3Fq%3Drumex%2Bcrispus%26um%3D1%26h l%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DN Note that this dock has a tap root, thus doesn't have the capacity to spread by roots (though it can become weedy by seeding). Horseradish, however, spreads by the roots, and is very invasive... bits of root left in the ground will regrow. Abgardeneer - Alberta, Zone "3"   Dirtlady  Posted on Friday, June 27, 2008 - 03:10 am EST :    First one looks like sumac to me. Here is a link for you: http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=RHGL Dirtlady - Georgia, Zone "7b/8"   Mrmunk  My Favorite Photo My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Friday, June 27, 2008 - 10:28 pm EST :    I'm covered up with Sumac (Rhus) I don't think this is a Sumac - (red, smooth it would be). Too many leaves. But I've been wrong often! This is Sumac: Mrmunk - Georgia, Zone "7b"   Treelover  My Favorite Photo My Garden Posted on Saturday, June 28, 2008 - 02:46 am EST :    Looks like an ash to me Treelover - County Durham,UK, Zone "8/9"

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