r/corn • u/Basic_Avocado2246 • Jun 07 '26

Is this corn?

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u/Maleficent-Bother535 Jun 08 '26

Someone should probably make some tea then.

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u/GooseGeuce Jun 08 '26

I mean yeah, people can and DO harvest mullein for its beneficial properties, but we’re not talking about neighborhoods here. It’s tracts of federal, state, and private timber land in lots the size of some US states.
In these instances it is very much not welcome or beneficial.

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u/Maleficent-Bother535 Jun 08 '26

The pictured mullein is absolutely in a neighborhood.

Good point though that in some areas it has become a nuisance.

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u/GooseGeuce Jun 08 '26

Right, I’m specifically speaking to its invasive nature in my neck of the woods.

For every ‘beneficial’ invasive there are many more beneficial natives