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How to Get Rid of Invasive Plants

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Lois Stack Ornamental Horticulture Specialist

I’m Lois Stack with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension in Orono, Maine. I work

with Maine’s landscape nursery greenhouse industry and also with home gardeners, and

increasingly over the last few years, one topic has dominated my conversations –

invasive plants. Invasive plants aren’t just weeds – weeds are plants that get out

of place. An invasive plant has a number of characteristics.

Invasive plants are not a new issue in Maine, but they’ve become more important in the

last few years for two reasons. First of all, we have a lot more commerce and a lot more

plants coming into Maine. And secondly, we have global climate change, which is allowing

plants that didn’t used to survive in Maine to survive our winters.

Invasive plants cause a lot of problems. In our natural areas they out-compete plants

and animals, change the diet of our animals and cause serious problems with our native

communities. In recreation areas they can clog waterways and cause economic problems

to Maine’s tourist industry. In our own backyards they cause a lot of anxiety and

grief, and can cause our property values to go down.

So what can you do about invasive plants? There are five good plans of action. First,

don’t buy invasive plants. If you go to a place that’s selling a plant like this

one – this is Norway maple, which is a common street tree and becoming invasive in Maine

– ask the question. Find out if it’s invasive and then find an alternative plant.

Number two: Replace the invasives that are in your yard. This plant I’m standing in

front of is one of the invasive honeysuckles--Morrow’s honeysuckle. Rather than leaving a plant like


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