Could be, since each smartweed plant can potentially produce 20,000 seeds. Not all of those seeds will germinate. A large number will be eaten by ground-dwelling beetles and crickets -- others ...

I quickly reminded myself that the object of my admiration was a weed: smartweed. Once again, that line dividing weeds from garden plants blurred. No, I’m not about to transplant smartweed to my ...

The smartweed dies out through the winter (is termed a summer annual). Thus, it won’t hold the soil that much in late winter and early spring. For a perennial plant that could hold the soil ...

Where native cattails once stood, sprinkled among bullrush, smartweed and other plants, now there’s almost certainly a vast lawn of narrow-leaved cattails or their hybrid offspring. These ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. This viny plant is a member of the “smartweed” family, Polygonaceae, which includes hundreds of species, many of which are valued in ...

Am I right and if so, don`t you think it is strange to display a weed with such an important plant? I am perplexed. A–In the order written the answers are yes and no: Yes, you saw a smartweed ...

I quickly reminded myself that the object of my admiration was a weed: smartweed. Once again, that line dividing weeds from garden plants blurred. Smartweed (also known as knotweed) is the common ...