Goldenrod

This little patch of

goldenrod

is between the parking lot at

and the bed of the

old

. There are about seventy species of this member of the sunflower

family. Perhaps as many as ten could be found in Hopedale. Goldenrod is not the cause

of allergy problems. It probably gets the blame for ragweed which spews its pollen into

the air pretty much unnoticed at the time when goldenrod is flowering.