What is Pennycress?
Pennycress is a plant in the family tionfish . Several species in this family are referred to as Pennycress and common names for this species often intersect, sometimes it makes it difficult to determine which species is discussed. Some common species of this plant include common, fields and alpine pennycress. It also represents a danger to livestock because it is toxic to animals such as cattle and sheep, especially in large quantities. As a result, people often work to eradicate it, although it can be demanding in areas where the plant is widespread, because it can be reopened, with kind permission of other plants in the community. Usually these are annual, producing leaves that begin as low rosettes near the ground before developing tall containers covered in gears and overflowed clusters of white flowers. Pennycress is in a mustard family and flowers and stems are superficially similar to its radishes and broccoli.
"PennY 'in Pennycress is a reference to the shape of plant seeds. The Modus looks a lot like a coin and are often around the size of the penny, although they lack copper color, many people connect with one center center. When pods burst, they can spread the seeds at considerable distances and each plant produces numerous pods.
Although this plant is treated as weeds, it actually performs some useful functions. It seems to be able to sequencies some environmental toxins such as cadmium. For this reason, it is sometimes used in phytorediation, the practice in which plants are used to pull the soil toxin's for easy disposal. Pennycress used in phytoremmediation is particularly toxic thanks to accumulated heavy metals and other toxins and is usually treated with care.
The best way to deal with Pennycress in the garden is constantly pulling it out and planting dense ground roots that will prevent it from stage. Encouraging neighbors to control their PennycrESS, can also help prevent the spread of the plant; For neighbors who are not interested in gardening, volunteering can be required several hours per month.