Delcore's Lettuce

Delcore's Lettuce, Lactuca Canadensis, is a tall growing weed or crop, native to our region. Its an important tree-like weed. It's in the same genus as Lettuce, the most known species of the genus.
==AKA ==
Canada Lettuce Canadian Lettuce, Tall Lettuce, Sap Lettuce
==Desc==
This species is a common weed (Its most commonly seen as one) in our region. However, if your like me, I grow these. The plant bleeds a milky sap, which all the wild lettuces do. When a leaf or branch is removed, the plant will bleed. Why is it important? Bees, Flies, moths, etc favor this plant. Just today, there were at least 10 bumblebees and 2 honeybees on a big plant in my garden. They also are said to have edible leaves (all the lettuces do). 
The leaves on these plants are dandelion like, which as a fact, the are in the Dandelion division of wildflowers. They have small yellow flowers at the ends of its branches. They will have dandelion like seeds as well, which fly with the wind. This plant is a biennial, which means its life takes two years to complete. They grow tall during their 2nd year. They can top 9 feet tall however, I have gotten some plants in full sun that grew an amazing 11 feet tall. They will grow a single trunk, and will become a tree at the top. The branches can become very dense, especially in full grown plants, the bigger ones in full sun. If a plant looses a head, or even its trunk, the plant will grow new trunks, and will become a multi-stemmed bushy plant. This is also a good sign they would handle trimming very well. This plant is generally fairly easy to transplant, as Ive been getting a good majority to get transplanted into a single colony in my garden. 
== Experiment ==
This plant is technically an anual. These plants die off after the summers end. but this year, im going to do an expirament, and see if this plant can grow year round or be a perrenial indoors. Category:Native Plants
Category:Wildflowers