anyone know what this is?

[dylanholderman]

found it in the park behind my house the other
its a good 8ft tall at least

[Stringman]

Horse weed. Good for hand drills and atlatl darts.

[dylanholderman]

whoo i'm just glad its not hog weed
also cool to know that it has some uses  i will wait tell it has dropped its seeds and dried out a bit before harvesting it.

[Josh B]

Giant ragweed.  That crap will form near impenetrable thickets.  I hate the stuff.  Josh

[Pat B]

Yep, giant ragweed. Burn that crap.    This and the regular ragweed are what makes most folks allergic from now until frost. Nasty stuff.

[Outbackbob48]

Sure doesn't look like horseweed that we have in Penna, looks more like ragweed :oBob

[Stringman]

This could be another case of me "knowin" something all my life, but knowin it wrong. 

We've always called it horse weed. Guess I need to check on it.

[rkeltner]

I always called it horseweed...until someone set me straight!

[Josh B]

It's also known as horseweed, but so are several other weeds such as marestail.  I wasn't disagreeing with you Scott, just clarifying a bit.  Josh

[Stringman]

Thanks for the gentle rebuff, barnesy. Like as not, my fragile ego would have never recovered had you given me both barrels. 

I'm still gonna call it horse weed, but I get what you're saying. 

[Josh B]

 

[Spotted Dog]

Horse weed in in Mo. We used it as spears when a kid. Let them dry , pull it up and you got a spear after a little clean up.

[wildman]

Horseweed in West Ky too.

[Danzn Bar]

Horseweed in West Ky too.

Yep................a worm eats the center out of the stem and is a great fishing bait.....used it many times as a kid in the creeks of KY
DBar

[mullet]

We have it here and I didn't care what it was called when cutting it with a machete. It get's a lot thicker down in this swamp.