Common Backyard Weeds of the Upper Midwest [Paperback]

Learn to identify common backyard weeds!

Hundreds of full-color photographs with easy-to-understand text make this a great visual guide to learning about more than 150 species of weedstoxic, edible, or otherwise interestingfound in the Upper Midwest, including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The species (from Dandelion to Purslane) are organized by type, then by flower color, so you can identify them by their visual characteristics. Plus, learn about how each weed spreads, how to control it, and its possible beneficial uses. The information, presented by expert forager Teresa Marrone, is perfect for beginners but also useful for more experienced home gardeners.

Teresa Marroneis the author of more than a dozen outdoors-themed books, including theWild Berries & Fruits Field Guideseries (currently available for four regions of the U.S.) and a new series of mushroom ID guides. She has also written numerous cookbooks about wild foods and has been gathering and preparing wild edibles for three decades. Teresa lives in Minneapolis with her husband, Bruce, and enjoys shooting photos of mushrooms, berries, other plants, and all things wild in the area surrounding their property abutting Minnesotas Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

Eastern Poison Ivy(Toxicodendron radicans)

Overview:Although this native perennial can grow as a shrub up to 3 feet tall, Eastern Poison Ivy is more typically a vine that can be up to 60 feet long. Stems are woody and ropy, and develop thick aerial roots that attach to supporting plants or structures with fine, dense rootlets (see small photo at right).?

Where Youll Find It:An adaptive plant, Eastern Poison Ivy grows in sun or shade; it prefers moist areas with good soil but tolerates drought. It is most common in open woodlands and woodland edges but also grows along fences, on trees and climbing up buildings l³$