Plant ID anyone?

**MJC417** · 08-21-2010, 02:52 PM

Can anyone ID this plant? They are out by my hives and the bees seem to love it. The bees are collecting a lot of pollen from these. Anyone know what it might be? We live in the North East.

Thanks!
Mike

**Ski** · 08-21-2010, 03:04 PM

From the USDA plants database it looks like it may be some type of sagewort.

**Omie** · 08-21-2010, 03:10 PM

A photo of the leaves would help a lot too.

**MJC417** · 08-21-2010, 03:24 PM

Here is a photo of the whole plant.

Mike

**Oldbee** · 08-21-2010, 03:33 PM

Thanks for adding photo of the leaves. That's a bad one,..big bad Ragweed! The main villain for hayfever and asthma. A little surprised to see a bee on it but I guess they do get pollen. It seems to shed a lot of pollen into the wind.
Strange it has a name like Ambrosia: http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/de...?SpCode=AMBART

More: > http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?s...artemisiifolia

The photos of the bee on the plants are nice.

**MJC417** · 08-21-2010, 05:35 PM

Thanks Oldbee, I was alittle confused because some writers and reporters use a photo of goldenrod along with articles about ragweed and allergies.

**Michael Palmer** · 08-21-2010, 06:15 PM

Thank you Mike. I'm seeing large yellow loads, same color as yours, coming in now and wondered what it was. Not much Aster yet. I never thought to check Ragweed either, Oldbee.