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Lamb's quarters—leaves and shoots, raw, also prevents erosion, also distracts leaf miners from nearby crops. Nettle—young leaves collected before flowering used as a tea or spinach substitute. Plants have use as compost material or for fibre. Purslane—prepared raw for salads or sautéed.
Apocynum cannabinum grows up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) tall. The stems are reddish and contain a milky latex.The leaves are opposite, simple broad lanceolate, 7–15 cm (2 + 3 ⁄ 4 –6 in) long and 3–5 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 –2 in) broad, entire, and smooth on top with white hairs on the underside.
The plant's leaves appear very early in the spring and are narrow. [6] Most of the leaves spring directly from the ground (basal leaves), though a few much smaller ones may attach to the flowering stem. [7] The length of the leaf blade is 12–50 centimeters long while only being 2–10 millimeters wide. [5]
The leaves taste similar to spinach; the stems, similar to asparagus. [38] A 1917 article on edible weeds stated that pokeweed shoots were popular in Pennsylvania, "tied in small bundles, boiled the same way as asparagus, and served with cream sauce or melted butter." [39] The roots are poisonous, as are mature leaves and stems. [11]
The medicinal uses of insects and other arthropods worldwide have been reviewed by Meyer-Rochow, [1] who provides examples of all major insect groups, spiders, worms and molluscs and discusses their potential as suppliers of bioactive components. Using insects (and spiders) to treat various maladies and injuries has a long tradition and, having ...
The hop is within the same family of plants such as hemp and marijuana, called Cannabaceae. [14] The hop plant diverged from Cannabis sativa over 20 million years ago and has evolved to be three times the physical size. [21] [22] [13] [23] The hop and C. sativa are estimated to have approximately a 73% overlap in genomic content. [24]
The U.S. Agriculture Department found dozens of violations at a Boar's Head plant in Virginia — including insects, ... Insects both dead and alive were found in the plant on July 17 and again on ...
Cannabis in Virginia is legal for medical use and recreational use. The first medical marijuana dispensary opened in August 2020, [1] and adult recreational use became legalized in July 2021. [2] [3] In April 2020, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam approved a bill to decriminalize simple marijuana possession, which took effect July 2020. In ...