Flowers  in the
Klamath Basin, Oregon
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Lepyrodiclis Lepyrodiclis holosteoides Synonym Gouffeia holosteoides	aka False jagged-chickweed, rennokki	Weed Control Noxious Weed Chinese Native
It looks as though there may be some fiber in this plant, but i don't think it will be viable until after the plant goes to seed. The water-rich stem seems, to me, to be too soft.	Since this is an Oregon invasive, next time I'm out to the dock I should harvest these plants and give them a whirl (pun intended).
			Flag Iris Iris Pseudacorus	This iris is a prolific, escaped cultivar and an invasive weed.
Poisonous	The entire species of Iris is mildly poisonous		The leaves of all iris makes beautiful paper and is easily processed in a kitchen blender.	This and the next two pictures were taken August 13 well after all blooming has stopped.
See how the fiber runs the length of the leaf, much like grass?		Here is a picture of Flag iris (left) next to Simplestem bur reed. The iris has blue-green foliage while the bur reed is yellow-green.

= Poisonous to animal and/or human
= Noxious or Invasive in Oregon
= Crop weed in Oregon
= Federal Noxious weed in Oregon

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