| McHenry County Conservation District / McHenry County College / ThistleNodding
Fall Wildflower - Blue & Purple Gallery Information: MCCD #(815) 338-6223 |
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Nodding Thistle
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| Scientific Name: | Carduus nutans
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| Habitat/Season: | Successional Area / June - October
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| Comment: | Invasive
a.k.a. Musk Thistle
This species is painfully spiny. It has spread to many states where it has reduced foraging habitat for cattle which refuse to graze in areas of dense growth.
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