When birdwatcher Patricia Scanlon wrote to ask if I would write a column on pokeweed and all of its benefits for wildlife, I had a nice little feeling of affirmation. Just last year, I decided to let ...

This profile of pokeweed is another in a series on invasive plants from the City Green blog by the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services. Pokeweed might look decorative with large, smooth leaves, ...

The Oklahoma Poison Center is warning about pokeweed, a poisonous plant with green, red or purple berries that is toxic to humans and pets. The center said Thursday that it had received several calls ...

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that a plant with the word “weed” built right into its name would cause many people to have a sour attitude when they see its leaves popping up in mulched beds, along ...

“We did not plant it, but a good size, exotic wild plant is growing in our yard. We would like to know the name of the plant and whether it is poisonous.” Charles and Sheila Rhee, Mount Prospect You ...

Claim to fame: This common Ozarks plant gained national recognition thanks to Tony Joe White’s 1969 top-10 song “Poke Salad Annie.” Long before pokeweed became a topic of song lyrics, young leaves and ...

A friend of mine recently asked me to identify a plant in her yard. It was pokeweed (Phytolacca americana), sometimes called pokeberry or inkberry. This plant has an interesting history. In Southern ...

Q: We seem to have an unusually large crop of pokeberry weeds in our yard this year. A landscaper who does some work for us told me that these weeds are poisonous to humans. Now I am wondering about ...

While tromping earlier this week through some open, sunny woods near my home in Decatur, I found myself bushwhacking through a dense colony of pokeweed bushes more than six feet high. The lush growth ...

Common pokeweed is a perennial herb that grows in plant hardiness zones 2 through 11. New plants propagate only the seeds, which drop from the plant or are eaten and dispersed by birds. To rid your ...

We’re well into gardening season and you may have some questions. For answers, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU Extension ...