Guest Blogger: Cheryl Harner, Lakesider and Weedpicker’s Journal Blogger
Lakeside arguably has the most beautiful mile in Ohio. Vistas of the Lake Erie islands, quaint cottages and lovely gardens along the lakefront path attract people both day and night. Our lakefront is also the home to both native and non-native plants.
Some of the native plants have not changed much since the time the Erie Indians paddled these shores. Cottonwood trees, Hackberries and Chinquapin Oaks have stood here for hundreds of years. Wild Grapes and Virginia Creeper Vines colonized the lakefront then as they do now. However, now we have some uninvited floristic visitors.