The Most Severe Pollen-Producing Plants
By Lisa M. Smith on March 1, 2011, 12:00am
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If you suffer from seasonal allergies, you know April to June can be slow and torturous months chock filled with the horrors of atypical reactions to pollen, that annoying little powder from plants responsible for their reproduction. You probably feel a sneeze coming on right now as you read this (Gesundheit!). Don’t think you can escape the torture of your allergic reactions by moving to another town; it would be the same story, different location. Connecticut has more pollen producing weeds, trees, and grasses that you can shake a stick at. For example, Hartford county has, at the very least, 32 different trees, such as a host of Oaks like Chestnut, Bear, Northern Red and White; 11 weeds (e.g., Great Ragweed and Biennial Wormwood); and 10 grasses (e.g., Nodding and Red Fescue) that might make you wish you could permanently plug your nasal cavities. In New Haven county, you still face the threat of the trees, weeds, and grasses listed above, but you have some interesting additions to the list of weeds, such as Jesuit’s Bark and Oldwoman (yes, that’s the name of the weed), and grasses Bermuda and Common Timothy. However, forewarned is forearmed. There are a host of websites that can school you on the pollinating time bombs in your county. With that knowledge and a visit to an allergist to know the ones your body is most sensitive to, springtime doesn’t have to make you run for cover.
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