The Canadian Thistle is the perfect example of a species that affects my local environment here in Kentucky.
The Canadian Thistle is a member of the Aster family which the Artichoke also belongs to. Like other plants that belong in the Aster family, the Canadian Thistle and Artichoke are composite flowers with many small flowers bunched together which is normally protected by overlapping layers of bracts. Even though the weed is called Canadian Thistle it is not native to Canada. Canadian Thistle is native to Eurasia where it is actually called “creeping thistle”. And since attempting to chop up the plant can cause further reproducing to the plant it’s also known as “cursed thistle”. Because of competition with crops and other plants, weed control legislation for Canadian Thistle was passed approximately in 1795 in Vermont and …show more content…
Shoot height is at least 10 inches tall in the early June and 8 inches or more in the fall.
4. Flowers not fully opened.
5. The thistle has not been disturbed recently (within 2 months) by tillage.
6. No mowing or cultivation should be done for 10 days after application.
You wouldn’t assume this, but the Canadian Thistle is edible and can be used as a medicine. The leaves of the Thistle can be used on sandwiches. Young thistles or the thistle tops can be boiled as a potherb, and it can also just be eaten by itself. Medically the Canadian Thistle can be used to treat cancer, tuberculosis, and stomach cramps.
At USDA Agriculture Research Service in Beltsville, Maryland, Amy Y. Rossman is a research leader of the Botany and Mycology Laboratory. She studies microfungi that are related to plants which include those that cause disease of crops and also those that control noxious weeds. Amy discusses in one of her articles how invasive non-native plants were brought to the Unites States. When different varieties of plants and flowers were sent here the seeds of noxious weeds were accidentally mixed with the plants that were purposely being
The Canadian Thistle is a member of the Aster family which the Artichoke also belongs to. Like other plants that belong in the Aster family, the Canadian Thistle and Artichoke are composite flowers with many small flowers bunched together which is normally protected by overlapping layers of bracts. Even though the weed is called Canadian Thistle it is not native to Canada. Canadian Thistle is native to Eurasia where it is actually called “creeping thistle”. And since attempting to chop up the plant can cause further reproducing to the plant it’s also known as “cursed thistle”. Because of competition with crops and other plants, weed control legislation for Canadian Thistle was passed approximately in 1795 in Vermont and …show more content…
Shoot height is at least 10 inches tall in the early June and 8 inches or more in the fall.
4. Flowers not fully opened.
5. The thistle has not been disturbed recently (within 2 months) by tillage.
6. No mowing or cultivation should be done for 10 days after application.
You wouldn’t assume this, but the Canadian Thistle is edible and can be used as a medicine. The leaves of the Thistle can be used on sandwiches. Young thistles or the thistle tops can be boiled as a potherb, and it can also just be eaten by itself. Medically the Canadian Thistle can be used to treat cancer, tuberculosis, and stomach cramps.
At USDA Agriculture Research Service in Beltsville, Maryland, Amy Y. Rossman is a research leader of the Botany and Mycology Laboratory. She studies microfungi that are related to plants which include those that cause disease of crops and also those that control noxious weeds. Amy discusses in one of her articles how invasive non-native plants were brought to the Unites States. When different varieties of plants and flowers were sent here the seeds of noxious weeds were accidentally mixed with the plants that were purposely being