2 Pigweeds: Lambsquarters and Red-root Amaranth

It's Weed Wednesday! Every Wednesday for the next few weeks I'll be posting a video about some gnarly weed! This week I'm covering two pesky critters: Lambsquarters and Red-root Amaranth. AKA Chenopodium album and Amaranthus retroflexus.

BONUS!
Interesting stuff that I learned while making this video!
Chenopodiacea is no longer it's own family. It's now spelled Chenopodioideae and is a subfamily of Amaranthaceae, which actually has several subfamilies, including:
Amaranthoideae
Betoideae
Camphorosmoideae
Chenopodioideae
Corispermoideae
Gomphrenoideae
Polycnemoideae
Salicornioideae
Salsoloideae
Suaedoideae
This change apparently happened in 2016 and taxonomists are still working out the details....
This means that one of my favorite weed reference books is now out of date and now I just don't even know what to do with my life.... I think I know how Pluto feels...
Oh well. After a moment of reflection that some of my college knowledge may need to be updated, I pick myself up again and make sure to double check my facts online - the resource that is always updating in real time!

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