A striped racer, also known as the California whipsnake, is a species of non-venomous snake native to the coast and foothills of California. It is a long, slender, and fast-moving snake, identified by its distinctive stripes running down the length of its body. They primarily feed on lizards and small rodents. The scientific name for this species is Masticophis lateralis.
Japanese knotweed
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A large [herbaceous] perrenial plant, native to Eastern Asia. It has hollow stems making it appear similar to bamboo, however it is in no way related. The stems can reach 3-4m in height every growing season. The leaves are green oval, and truncated at the base and it forms creamy white flowers on 6-15cm long racemes (wikipedia 2006)
This plant is every garden owners worst nightmare. The botanical version of the bubonic plague. So much so that in the [UK it] is illegal to plant (under the wildlife and countryside act 1981).
If you cut it down, a new plant can re-grow from a segment of stem only a couple of centimeters long and the roots go deep into the ground. Because of this most domestic waste sites WILL NOT accept it, and it has to be taken to an [incinerator], treated as hazardous waste.
If you find [Japanese knotweed], theres not much you can do
you can:
1, spend your next 10 pay-cheques on specialists to remove it
2, try cutting it down yourself, burning the plant completely as you go, and dumping whatever herbicides you can get your hands on all over where it was and hope!
3, [build a bonfire] on top of the patch..and incinerate it
4, move house and let someone else deal with it
Japanese knotweed meaning & definition 1 of Japanese knotweed.
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a plant with hollow stems and wide leaves that grows extremely quickly and is difficult to control or destroy:
Japanese knotweed meaning & definition 2 of Japanese knotweed.
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