kauhl-meersburg wrote:
Cheers, it is called Fleabane or Horseweed. Conyza canadensis

thank you for revealing - in Europe it's called erigeron canadensis, but
flower color greyish blue and the long panicle with single flowerheads,
not in long spikes -

so you still have a chance to experiment on goldenrod with your plier

cheers

Found a patch of goldenrod and they are a bit more difficult than
horseweed
which is best done bare hand pulling. With goldenrod they are best
done bare
hand after a rain shower. Pliers are too much and often break at
ground level
without getting any roots. When the ground is moist with rain, all
weeds are
easier.

I tried the pliers, remember these are tongue-groove pliers, not the
usual plier, and
tried the pliers on milkweed and they pulled out in a breeze. But it
is the thistles that
the pliers are the best.