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When to harvest each plant and how to do so sustainably

How to preserve your harvest

Most of the plants found in this guide are widely distributed in the U.S. and in Canada’s lower provinces. For convenience in looking up information, they are alphabetized by their common name.

Amaranth, Green

RANGE:

Introduced and widespread throughout the United States and Canada

HABITAT:

Wherever soil is tilled or disturbed and moisture is adequate, green amaranth will be among the first and most persistent of weeds.

POSITIVE ID:

• Green amaranth’s smooth-edged, oval leaves seem soft, hairy and flaccid. A flaccid leaf is one that appears slightly wilted, like it needs water.

• Also known as “redroot,” its taproot usually has a pink or reddish color to it.

• Seedheads at the top of the plant and in several of the leaf axils beneath it have several fingerlike clusters, or spikes, containing hundreds of seeds hidden inside.

• The ripe seeds are tiny and black, and have a flattened circular disc shape.