The University Record, October 2, 2000
Fighting fire with fire
Horticulturalist Jim
Dickinson points out growths of purple loosestrife at Matthaei Botanical
Gardens’ willow pond. The non-native invasive species has pushed out
other vegetation around the pond and threatens to take over wetland
habitats across the country. The Gardens is part of a national program
that has been testing the appetite and hardiness of another non-native
invader—a tiny Asian beetle that feeds on the loosestrife.
Click here for story. Photos by Martin Vloet, U-M
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