Black locust - trunk & lower canopy - October 2025

Black Cohosh/Black Snakeroot/Black Bugbane on the Applachian Trail

Locust swarm at Hermidale, NSW

Swarms of locusts invade Mecca

Locust Swarm Destroys Greenhouse 🌽: Nothing Left 😢

Eat Black Locust / False Acacia (Robinia pseudoacacia) Flowers in Spring

Rose Spirea (Spiraea douglasii)

Rose Under Cypresses 🌹 (@rose_under_cypresses) - Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) is a toxic/poisonous plant, but has also been used historically (and is still used to this day) as food and medicine. It is a plant that should be treated with respect and one you want to get to know well before using. The young leaves in early spring are boiled in multiple changes of water to remove toxins, and used to make “poke sallet”. Toxins are found in higest concentrations in the roots and seeds. Yet the ro