Plants such as this Yellow Star Thistle are competing with native plants in Yosemite Image via Wikipedia
The Sacramento Bee just ran a very to clever and funny article about the serious threat Yellow Star Thistle poses. Most readers are probably aware that Yellow Star Thistle is a very invasive alien plant that threatens many native species.
Check out this very entertaining and educational story at: Invasive yellow star thistle aims to take over the world – Sac Paws – sacbee.com.
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I read that article this morning. Very nice. I knew that this was a problem but I didn’t realize that it was toxic to horses, and I didn’t know the magnitude of the water issue…
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By: CCRussell on August 22, 2011
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