Had my annual checkup at the Doc's. It takes a little longer now because I'm over 65 and I'm seen first for a Medicare Wellness check. She asked if I'd fallen in the last six months and I told her that I'd fallen about three times. She handed me a paper about how to prevent falls. It didn't have any hints about avoiding slippery mud on the side of a hill, how to walk through a tangle of cleaver plants, or suggestions on preventing tripping over fallen branches that are covered by autumn leaves which is how I fell.
'Thumb' is an Old English word from the 12th century.
Arrowleaf Tearthumb's Latin name is Polygonum sagittatum and is a native plant in all of the Eastern U.S. The nectar and pollen attract small bees, wasps, and flies. Leaves are eaten by Copper butterfly caterpillars. Mallards, Bobolinks, and Red Wing Blackbirds eat the seeds. Because this plant often forms dense tangles of growth (I've fallen when walking through them also) it becomes a protective cover for other wildlife.
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