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Peter W · #1 (**permalink**) 05-07-2009, 05:19 PM

Help appreciated with these two plants. The first one is a Pokeweed, I am not sure which one, but the flower spike was compact and erect with white flowers.

The second is a grass. There were several spikes in the one tuft, it looks like a Rye Grass that has been affected by herbicide, but the other grasses all around it were quite normal. Thanks.

davidbr · #2 (**permalink**) 05-07-2009, 05:56 PM

The first one I'd say was Indian Pokeweed, Phytolacca acinosa - good find, it's become a bit of a bogey plant for me this season having failed five times so far at supposedly "reliable" sites

I'm afraid I don't "do" grasses (too cowardly

), so can't help you there

Tiggrx · #3 (**permalink**) 05-07-2009, 08:08 PM

I agree that the grass is a deformed Perennial Rye-grass

pobjoy7 · #4 (**permalink**) 05-07-2009, 09:18 PM

Rye grass is very variable and this is a 'crested' form which is quite common. Not caused by herbicide. It can be quite fun collecting all the weird forms of Rye grass of which there are many. Good hunting.