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  botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Knotgrass - Herb Profile and Information
The Knotgrass is abundant everywhere, a common weed in arable land, on waste ground and by the roadside.
Shakespeare (Midsummer Night's Dream) speaks of this plant as 'the hindering Knotgrass,' referring to the belief that its decoction was efficacious in retarding the growth of children and the young of domestic animals.
The Russian Knotgrass (Polygonum erectum, Linn.) possesses similar astringent properties, and an infusion of this herb is used in diarrhoea and children's summer complaints.
www.botanical.com /botanical/mgmh/k/knogra08.html   (719 words)

  
 Herbal Descriptions - Knotgrass - Polyganum aviculare   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Knotgrass (Polyganum aviculare) is abundant everywhere, a common weed in arable land, on waste ground and by the roadside.
Knotgrass has astringent properties, rendering an infusion of it useful in diarrhea, bleeding piles and all hemorrhages; it was formerly employed considerably as a vulnerary and styptic.
The Russian Knotgrass (Polygonum erectum) possesses similar astringent properties, and an infusion of this herb is used in diarrhea and children's summer complaints.
www.viable-herbal.com /herbdesc2/1knotgra.htm   (563 words)

  
 knotgrass Goddess Plan Pr Ntr Kmt
Knotgrass (as well as other weeds such as fat hen, knaw, corn surry, and chickweed) were eaten in mesolithic and neolithic British Isles prior to agriculture.
Polygonum tinctorium (a relative of common knotgrass) was used as an early source of the dye indigo.
Paul of Aegina refined the definition of diabetes and prescribed a remedy of pot-herbs, endive, lettuce, rock-fishes, juices of knotgrass, elecampane in dark colored wine, and decoctions of dates and myrtle.
www.prntrkmt.org /herbs/knotgrass.html   (445 words)

  
 Knotgrass - Weed information - HDRA Weed Management
Seed is produced from July onwards and knotgrass can be found in fruit for 4 months of the year.
Knotgrass seed was a contaminant of cereal, clover and grass seeds, particularly home-saved seed.
In a comparison of tillage regimes in winter cereals, ploughing and other deep cultivation favoured knotgrass, while shallow cultivations discouraged it.
www.gardenorganic.org.uk /organicweeds/weed_information/weed.php?id=45   (648 words)

  
 Species:
SITE CHARACTERISTICS : Knotgrass is found along fresh and brackish marshes, coastal salt marshes, ponds, ditches, shorelines, beaches, and dunes; and in freshwater wetlands of the semiarid grasslands of the Southwest [4,8,11,18].
Knotgrass is then replaced by "annuals and unpalatable forbs" [1].
Along the southern Florida coast south of Cape Canaveral, knotgrass along with pink-flowered railroad vine may recolonize the upper beach from the foredune after storm erosion [11].
www.fs.fed.us /database/feis/plants/graminoid/pasdis/all.html   (1070 words)

  
 Impact Reports
Water paspalum is similar to knotgrass form a control standpoint.
Several herbicide programs for the management of brook paspalum, knotgrass, water paspalum, and creeping rivergrass have been evaluated.
Knotgrass control did not exceed 75% when treated with Regiment or Grasp programs.
www.lsuagcenter.com /impacts/public.asp?id=348   (481 words)

  
 Herbs for Healthy Living
Knotgrass is one of the oldest traditional remedies for arthritis and general joint inflammatory conditions.
It appears as a weed in many temperate countries, and, as a plant, is difficult to eradicate once established, due to its strong root and runner system below soil level.
Knotgrass is known to contain silica, which can help to improve the elasticity and strength of connective tissues in the body, and particularly joints.
www.healthywaymagazine.com /issue16/03_herbs.html   (824 words)

  
 Search for products to control Knotgrass (preemergence) based upon pesticides registered in various states to control ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Knotgrass (preemergence) is a 'pest' (an unwanted organism) that can be controlled through the use of pesticides.
Pesticides, such as products to control Knotgrass (preemergence), are regulated by State Departments of Agriculture.
To find all products ever registered at EPA to control Knotgrass (preemergence): www.kellysolutions.com/epadata (login as username: 'Guest' and password: 'Guest' - your results will be limited to 5 items).
www.kellysolutions.com /searchpests/Knotgrass.htm   (421 words)

  
 Florida's Freshwater Fisheries--VEGETATION MANAGEMENT FOR FISH--2000 Archive
Biologist J.D. Wikert said various plants native to the Sunshine State, including eelgrass, knotgrass, maidencane and/or giant bulrush, were (or are) being transplanted to accomplish several goals, all of which benefit anglers and the freshwater fishery.
Included are 7,250 eelgrass plants, 7,250 knotgrass (Kissimmee grass) plants and 3,800 bulrush plants.
Cain, who stressed that plants need time to grow and spread, estimates the 2,400 feet of fence surrounding the various sites may have to be left in place for anywhere from two to five years.
myfwc.com /Fishing/updates/ha-43.html   (875 words)

  
 knotgrass - Knotgrass a Hogwarts RPG - Pictures
Below is information about the "Knotgrass a Hogwarts RPG" community on GreatestJournal.
In about two weeks time, Knotgrass will be closing.
We've been up and running since June of 2004 and we had a good run.
www.greatestjournal.com /userinfo.bml?user=knotgrass   (250 words)

  
 Knotgrass - definition from Biology-Online.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
An infusion of polygonum aviculare was once supposed to have the effect of stopping the growth of an animal, and hence it was called, as by Shakespeare, hindering knotgrass.
We want a boy extremely for this function, kept under for a year with milk and knotgrass.
This page was last modified 21:16, 3 October 2005.
www.biology-online.org /dictionary/Knotgrass   (137 words)

  
 The Buff-tailed Bumblebee
Plants can't scurry about like animals to reach such places, but they find their way there one way or another.
Knotgrass (left) is one of the commonest weeds of cultivated ground.
Like its bigger cousins, such as the Japanese Knotgrass, it is very efficient at spreading its fast-growing zig-zag stems.
www.wildyorkshire.co.uk /naturediary/docs/jul00/jul03.html   (425 words)

  
 Knotweed / Polygonum aviculare / Armstrong / Bian Xu / Cowgrass / Knotgrass / Nine Joints / Pigweed / ...
Knotweed / Polygonum aviculare / Armstrong / Bian Xu / Cowgrass / Knotgrass / Nine Joints / Pigweed / Smartweed(fireweed->exnatrem)
If taking other medications, it is best to consult with a physician before using Knotweed for the treatment of your symptoms.
Knotweed / Polygonum aviculare / Armstrong / Bian Xu / Cowgrass / Knotgrass / Nine Joints / Pigweed / Smartweed
www.insensual.com /knotweed.html   (765 words)

  
 Knotgrass Complex
Knotgrass Complex is a combination herbal tincture using Knotgrass, Golden Rod and other freshly harvested herbs. This combination of herbs was formulated by Alfred Vogel, the well known Swiss Naturopath.
Unique dispensing insert guarantees accurate measurement and prevents contamination.
Knotgrass Complex, extract of Knotgrass and other fresh herbs.
www.health-store.co.uk /acatalog/Knotgrass_Complex.html   (333 words)

  
 Bioforce Knotgrass Complex 50ml - expresschemist.co.uk
See also: Main Menu • Knotgrass • Bioforce Knotgrass Complex 50ml
Bioforce Knotgrass complex includes common weeds, such as Knotgrass, Stinging Nettle and Horsetail, which are usually unpopular with gardeners, but which, when carefully blended with Golden Rod and the other four herbs provide a remedy that has found popularity over generations
This fresh herb tincture may also help with fibrosis, gout and carpal tunnel syndrome
www.expresschemist.co.uk /bioforce_knotgrass_complex.html   (216 words)

  
 knotgrass / a creative online journal
Joining us in knotgrass for this incarnation are Ryan Gross, Erica Hall, Matt Loftin, Kevin McColley, Andrew Nease, Dan Pinkerton, Holly Raatikka, and Leigh Schnell.
This issue features the innovative work of Kata Alvidrez, Paul Cockeram, Eric Dieterele, Danny Eness, Amanda Fields, Monica Kamps, Jen Hirt, Matt Loftin, and Tarisa A.M. Matsumoto
ISU Student Organizations, a list of ISU student organizations
www.stuorg.iastate.edu /bloc/knotgrass   (359 words)

  
 Polygonum aviculare agg. :: Flora of Northern Ireland web site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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There are two similar, and common, species of knotgrass in Northern Ireland - Polygonum aviculare sensu stricto and P.
For convenience we have mapped them together as an aggregate but P.
www.habitas.org.uk /flora/species.asp?item=3743   (101 words)

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