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Ptah

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Sat Jul 12, 2014, 05:50 PM Jul 2014

Hungarian professor visiting UM (Montana) finds 99 invasive weed species on Mount Sentinel

On a switchback overlooking the Missoula Valley, Robert Pal knelt
down and pulled a Jim Hill mustard plant – aka tumbleweed –
from the arid soil alongside the trail.

The plant’s stems included tens of thousands of seeds waiting to
burst forth and proliferate. The European invader will be hard to
eradicate now that it’s here.

“Plant invaders have the capability of taking over and they can decrease
plant diversity once they do,” said Pal, a visiting professor at the
University of Montana. “When you look at what causes the most
species extinction on Earth, biological invasion ranks second
behind habitat destruction.”

Pal, a botanist and ecologist from the University of Pecs in Hungary,
recently arrived at UM on a Marie Curie Fellowship. He stepped off the
plane eager to study the mysterious flora of western Montana, doubtful
he would have much luck in naming what he saw at a glance.


http://missoulian.com/news/local/hungarian-professor-visiting-um-finds-invasive-weed-species-on-mount/article_9e4679de-0965-11e4-9d1d-001a4bcf887a.html

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Hungarian professor visiting UM (Montana) finds 99 invasive weed species on Mount Sentinel (Original Post) Ptah Jul 2014 OP
I cut down lespediza today just for that reason WhiteTara Jul 2014 #1

WhiteTara

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1. I cut down lespediza today just for that reason
Sat Jul 12, 2014, 05:56 PM
Jul 2014

they are getting ready to spew their evil seeds all over the hillside. Some won't!

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