Invasive Plants Fall Campaign Day 8

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By J. Millen

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Big Bad Daphne

Today I roamed beyond my usual ‘Invasive Patrol Area’ to find a muture Daphne specimen.
Daphne’s soft fleshy roots are easily cut; but minimising ground disturbance is of value in reducing residual seed’s germination.

Traversing the area described on Day I encountered and pulled up 27 additional yearling Daphne plants.

Fig 1 Daphne Laural plant 5 – 15 years old

Fig 2 Flower buds will produce seeds next spring. The seeds are poinsonous to humans but not to birds.
Fig 3 Daphne’s soft fleshy roots are easily cut