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Article: New enemy attacks Northwest Indiana allergy sufferers
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- September 15, 2002
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A plant menace that's spreading through the Midwest is causing new grief this summer for allergy sufferers in Northwest Indiana.
Authorities in Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky report that giant ragweed, growing up to 18 feet high, has appeared in many new areas, growing beside its familiar, smaller cousin.
"It's quite abundant in the Coffee Creek area, and there is a lot of it along I-94," said Dave Hamilla of Chesterton, an educator and plant consultant.
Hamilla said the plant is a separate species from normal ragweed, which looks somewhat like a carrot plant, but both have leaves with three to five lobes and release their ...