Black locust - trunk & lower canopy - October 2025

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Rose Under Cypresses 🌹 (@rose_under_cypresses) - Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) is a toxic/poisonous plant, but has also been used historically (and is still used to this day) as food and medicine. It is a plant that should be treated with respect and one you want to get to know well before using. The young leaves in early spring are boiled in multiple changes of water to remove toxins, and used to make “poke sallet”. Toxins are found in higest concentrations in the roots and seeds. Yet the ro