"Karen Fletcher" wrote in message
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Anonny Moose wrote:
Can anyone help me out on these volunteers? Noxious weeds or diamonds in
the
rough? I'm located in the Portland OR area.

Two pictures of this one:
http://users.easystreet.com/markie/images/unk1.2.jpg and
http://users.easystreet.com/markie/images/unk1.1.jpg

This is some sort of shrub. The "leaf" encircling the stem might help
with
ID. http://users.easystreet.com/markie/images/unk2.0.jpg

Looks like Horseweed to me. Scroll down to bottom of page:
http://www.ppws.vt.edu/scott/weed_id/erica.htm



Karen

I think you are correct on the Horseweed. Appears to be a native ground
cover, so I guess it can stay. Thanks so much for your help on that mystery.

Karen