Gilbert, It looks like Japanese knotweed to me. (Polygonum cuspidatum) Checkout the URL below. It might have more information. http://fisher.bio.umb.edu/knotweed/ -- Karl Kleiner Department of Biological Sciences York College of Pennsylvania York, PA 17405 (717) 815-1754 - Phone (717) 849-1619 - FAX kkleiner at ycp.edu http://goose.ycp.edu/~kkleiner/index.htm ---