Knotweed

// (Italicize scientific name) //
 * Japanese Knotweed **

Producer or Consumer? Predator, prey, symbiotic relationship, mutual relationship?


 * Description ****: ** ** The Japanese Knotweed **** is an upright, shrub like, herbaceous perennial that can grow to over 10 feet in height. Its stem is surrounded by a membranous sheath. Its stem is very smooth, stout and swollen at joints were the leaf meets the stem. The normal leaf size for it is 6 inches long by 3 to 4 inches wide. **

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 * Sources **: http://www.nps.gov/plants/ALIEN/fact/pocu1.htm