Wannabefree...guess what I got in the mail today!?!?!?!?

Better stil I will send a murder of crows into your corn :P
 
So I went out today before the huge storm and gathered a few "weeds" to try and see if I could find the name of them online somewhere...to NO avail :barnie I really want to learn all the species of plants on my property, but it's so hard to find a good site :/ So I guess I am stuck not knowing what the stuff is for now *sigh* I have some weedy stuff that is thick that looks like hemlock, but it isn't hemlock, nor is it Queen Anne's Lace. Instead of an umbrella type top, it has 3 alternating stems of tiny white flowers. It's 3 not 5, has white flowers, and the bees, butterflies, and wasps LOVE it! The long stems resemble dill. Where it is growing is kind of marshy damp area in the back where the natural spring flows underground, so maybe it could be a aquatic type :hu it has a woody stem, and stands about 18 inches high everywhere back there, around my tree of heaven stand which is about to be chopped down because I have found out they are invasive. It sure is bugging the mess out of me trying to find this thing online though. If anyone knows what it might be...please PLEASE for the love of sanity don't hesitate to offer suggestions...or better still.. a GOOD plant identification site that I don't have to already know the darn name and whether it is poisonous or not!!! :rant I am not familiar with some of the terminology used on these sites either like the words for the type leaves and such, but I'm learning :lol: Slllooooooooooooowly learning ;)
 
What you really need to identify is an old-timer nearby who knows plants! I've been able to look up many weeds and wild plants by asking the knowledgeable old-timers what they are....often they have the local nickname of the plant, but that is enough to find it online.
 
All I can say is that I feel for you. I moved here a year ago and can't identify most of what grows here. I've been working on it, but it is slow and frustrating going. At this rate I'll finish in ... 50 years or so!

I did find a good site for Texas trees. Don't know as that would help you at all, but I have identified hackberry and Osage orange as good fodder for goats from it. Well ... Before I say its good ... It DOES have pictures, some better than others. You are better off if you know the name, otherwise you have to open them all. What I do like is that it gives the usage of the tree. I'll have to see if I can dig it up, if you want it. I'm on my phone now. PM me if you do want it and I don't get back here later today. My short-term memory likes to forget things. ;)

I hope you can find it out. I just wanted to say I know how frustrating it is!
 
freemotion said:
What you really need to identify is an old-timer nearby who knows plants! I've been able to look up many weeds and wild plants by asking the knowledgeable old-timers what they are....often they have the local nickname of the plant, but that is enough to find it online.
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They're extinct :lol: Yeah that would be helpful though. Not many folks are interested in local edible plants anymore :hu
 
deb I am working on getting pics of all of the ones I am trying to ID for a field guide for DD. I am working on a few things to do with her in homeschool this year, and finding it to be very frustrating trying to put things together. Here is the one I am currently stumped on and then i'll load pics of the others.

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ETA: wow that is a really crappy picture :lol: What has me stumped is it is not umbrella shaped, the top actually is divided, but I can't find anything on it.
 
miss the north...I'm looking on the last link, that first one i have already been on and couldn't find much of anything. thanks for the link!
 
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