Its fruits look like berries but are also very toxic. Pokeweed holds a potent toxin, which is extremely poisonous to humans, pets, cattle, and other farm animals. This plant has several other names such as phytolacca Americana, dragon berries, American pokeweed, or poke sallet. Pokeweed is a perennial weed in the Phytolaccaceae family, native to eastern North America, the Midwest, and the Gulf Coast, as well as to some European and Asian countries. Yet, during winter, it makes some brown fruits, which many find ugly. When it matures, paulownia grows into a lovely flowering tree. It has a thick and tall stalk and large flat green leaves. When are only saplings, the paulownia tree can be easily mistaken with a gigantic weed if you’ve never seen one before. Hence, it is not unusual for these trees to expand even five meters in a single year. In several regions of the US, shrubs from the paulownia genus are considered an invasive species due to their fast-growing nature. This plant is native to central and western China and is often used as a decorative plant in landscaping across the world. Paulownia is one of the fastest-growing trees in the world and belongs to a genus of about 17 species of flowering plants in the family Paulowniaceae. Paulownia Tree Saplings by Bazsek / CC BY-SA So, here are some mysterious plants that could match this description.
While a blooming agave is probably the champion when it comes to plants with tall thick stalks, I have omitted from including it in the following list because it’s not usually a plant that simply pops in someone’s yard out of the blue. Others are harder to recognize when they are young. Some of these plants have more particularities, hence, they are easier to identify in any life stage. That also gave me the idea of making a list of tall weeds with thick stalks that sometimes grow unexpectedly on someone’s property. I didn’t know either because it was not a plant I’ve seen before.įortunately, I had a few apps for identifying plants installed on my phone and I was able to quickly find out the name of the weed by simply taking a photo of one of its leaves. He didn’t know if that was a weed or some kind of tree. Tall weeds with thick stalks are invading your yard or garden and don’t know what kind of plants are those? I made a list of plants with thick and tall stems to help you identify the intruders.Ī few days ago, my friend has asked me if I can help him identify a plant with a thick stalk and large leaves that was growing in a corner of his yard.
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