[pct-l] What is NOT Poodle Bush

[Benjamin Grunbaum]

I personally do not see any resemblance between Poodle Bush and marijuana.
 The leaves are completely different.  The stalks are completely different.
 I lived in the emerald triangle, behind the "redwood curtain", in one of,
if not the, most popular spot on this beautiful planet for marijuana, I
must say poodle bush looks nothing like any marijuana I have ever seen.  If
I were looking for a horrible plant with purple flowers that looks like
pot, I would never have suspected the real Poodle Bush was the culprit.

Maybe, I am missing something.


On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Edward Anderson <mendoridered at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Hi Porsche,
>
> Now that you are through the worst of the Poodle Bush, watch out for the
> poison oak. Today I rode through Vasquez Rocks just north of Agua Dulce.
> Lots of PO in places along the PCT.
>
> Then, as you go north, watch for TICKS.
>
> Have a great hike
>
> MendoRider-Hiker
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: b j <xthrow at yahoo.com>
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2013 9:22 PM
> Subject: [pct-l] What is NOT Poodle Bush
>
>
> I'm now through the worst of the Poodle Bush (knock on wood), but I spent
> the first couple of hundred miles believing that other plants were Poodle
> Bush, yet another plant replacing the prior as I came across a new one that
> looked like pot.  It's not like I lacked information.  Halfmile's maps has
> a whole page describing Poodle Bush, complete with pictures!  I'd googled
> Poodle Bush images a couple of times before and during the trail.
>
> Despite that, I was unnecessarily doing the Poodle Bush Dance to get by
> these other innocuous desert plants.  I just wrote a blog post titled,
> "Every Plant in the Desert Looks like Cannabis" which also includes
> pictures of what is NOT Poodle Bush, hopefully to help others behind me or
> others planning on hiking the trail in the future.  Here's the link:
> http://www.walkonthewildside.site90.com/wordpress/
>
> -Rhiannon
>  (trail name Porsche)
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