{"id":1314,"date":"2010-02-18T15:45:26","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T20:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/?page_id=1314"},"modified":"2019-06-21T20:36:42","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T20:36:42","slug":"meadowsweet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/grower-services\/weeds\/meadowsweet\/","title":{"rendered":"Meadowsweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2014\/07\/Meadowsweet-July-9th-2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4192\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2014\/07\/Meadowsweet-July-9th-2014-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"View of the topmost portion of a meadowsweet plant, photographed on a cranberry bed July 9th, 2014\" width=\"156\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2014\/07\/Meadowsweet-July-9th-2014-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2014\/07\/Meadowsweet-July-9th-2014-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2014\/07\/Meadowsweet-July-9th-2014-105x140.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2014\/07\/Meadowsweet-July-9th-2014-317x423.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2014\/07\/Meadowsweet-July-9th-2014-423x564.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2014\/07\/Meadowsweet-July-9th-2014-634x845.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2014\/07\/Meadowsweet-July-9th-2014-846x1128.jpg 846w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2014\/07\/Meadowsweet-July-9th-2014-951x1268.jpg 951w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2014\/07\/Meadowsweet-July-9th-2014-1268x1691.jpg 1268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span><strong>Family:<\/strong> Rosaceae (Rose Family)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Genus:<\/strong> <em>Spiraea<\/em> | <strong>Species:<\/strong> <em>alba<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description: <\/strong>Woody, with a dense, pyramidal terminal cluster of small, pale-pink flowers (sometimes white); 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