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Mystery solved: plant is the parasitic vine, dodder

By Wayne Baxter

When I first noticed this plant on July 11, it was just two patches at the shore of Campbellsville's City Lake. I thought it looked like a giant strain of the tiny parasitic vine, dodder, a pest of clover plants.

I learned that is exactly what it is, and by July 30 it occupied a huge portion of that lake's shore line. One theory is that it was developed in a Lab in Knoxville, TN and is being spread by people who think that color should be more prominent in nature. (Research disproved this theory). It is practically impossible to eradicate, so I guess we will have to get used to it. While looking at this plant I snapped a few other pics.




This story was posted on 2019-08-11 05:49:40
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Mystery photo from Wayne Baxter - What is it?



2019-08-09 - ? - Photo by Wayne Baxter.
This reader challenge comes from ColumbiaMagazine.com contributing writer and photographer Wayne Baxter. He said he wonders if anyone will have a clue as to what this is?
Thank you Wayne for sending this mystery! It looks like angel hair pasta, al dente, tossed out over the yard. We'll count on you to educate us as to what and where it really is when you're ready. - LW

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Mystery solved: here's another look at the ground cover



2019-08-11 - Taylor County, KY - Photo by Wayne Baxter.
Photographer Baxter reports that the identity of the mystery ground cover is "a giant strain of the tiny parasitic vine, dodder, a pest of clover plants. It is practically impossible to eradicate, so I guess we will have to get used to it." Comments re photo 84703 Mystery photo from Wayne Baxter What is it
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Mystery ground cover makes artful background



2019-08-12 - Taylor County, KY - Photo by Wayne Baxter.
The mystery photo was identified as "the parasitic vine, Dodder, a pest of clover plants" by photographer Wayne Baxter. In this photo it made an artful backdrop for the flowers in the foreground.

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