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Making something bad look good
By Larry Halverson/Friends of Kootenay
The greenish-yellow flower may look pretty but it is one bad noxious weed. It degrades grazing capacity, and devastates wildlife habitat by reducing diversity. It is also poisonous to most livestock except sheep.
Pulling or digging Leafy Spurge up is ineffective as their roots can reach depths of 25 feet and it can extend 15 feet annually. Plus the seed capsules when ripe burst open and propel seeds up to 15 feet. This is one plant where you can say we’ve been invaded by green aliens.
For more info:
Kootenay National Park has created a great little fact sheet on the Habitat Snatchers .
Check out the Invasive Species Council of British Columbia. A non-profit society working to coordinate invasive plant management in British Columbia.
Leafy Spurge ‘looking good’ near Invermere is one of the largest out breaks in B.C. by Larry Halverson
