Ragweed renegades

The disheartening knowledge that a fall cooling is still weeks away is only mitigated by knowing the autumn allergy season will arrive with the moderating temperatures. Given the substantial and consistent rains during the summer of 2018, the growth and expansion of sneeze-inducing weeds has been tremendous. Chief among these offenders is common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia), an herbaceous plant in the Asteraceae family native to North America. Its capabilities to induce all the negative ha