Posted by Jack Russell on July 15, 2024 · Leave a Comment
We have a parasitic plant belonging to the morning glory family that is a hazard to the High Tide bush in the marshes. Dodder has many names, including colorful folk names such as strangle tare, strangleweed, scaldweed, beggarweed, lady’s laces, fireweed, wizard’s net, devil’s guts, devil’s hair, devil’s ringlet, goldthread, hailweed, hairweed, hellbine, love vine, pull-down, angel hair, and witch’s hair. Those known and used locally include devil’s hair, devils guts, goldthread, angel hair, and witches hair.
Category Leader Exclusives, Leader Features · Tags amarbel, and witch's hair. Those known and used locally include devil’s hair, angel hair, arsters, beggarweed, cooked crabs, cuscuta, devil's guts, devil's hair, devil's ringlet, Dodder, environmental education, Fins-claws, Fins+Claws, fireweed, fresh fish, goldthread, hailweed, hairweed, hard crabs, hellbine, Jack Russell, lady's laces, love vine, Message from the Cap’n, Message from the Captain, oysters, pull-down, scaldweed, softcrabs, St. George Island, strangle tare, strangleweed, witch's hair, wizard's net
Posted by Jack Russell on August 15, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Plant parasites, dodders, are increasingly invading the High Tide and Water bushes along the shoreline of St. George Island. Like the Cap’n, they send messages, too.
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