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Foraging on Capeweed
Honey bees and native bees love capeweed, Arctotheca calendula, also called South African capeweed, cape dandelion and cape marigold or cape gold. It's an invasive plant originating from the Cape Province in South Africa (Here's what the California Invasive Council says about...
Native bees foraging on capeweed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Highlighting two uncommon noxious weeds
From the Lassen county Farm Advisor's Update newsletter (Aug. 2020) Highlighting Two Uncommon Noxious Weeds Let's keep them uncommon! There are two species of noxious weeds I want to bring to your attention, as they are not that common in our area: rush skeleton weed (Chondrilla juncea)...
Cruel vine
From the Topics in the Subtropics blog :: March 4, 2020 * * * * * * So I've gotten a few calls lately about this vine with a big green pod that is growing in lemon trees. What is done with it and how do you get rid of it? Araujia sericifera, cruel vine, moth plant, bladderflower is an...
Araujia sericifera WRA
Myrtle Spurge in Lassen County? Yes, indeed…
When I was an undergraduate back in Colorado, I spent the vast majority of two summers mapping the waterways of Boulder County for invasive species. It was an excellent experience which got me jazzed about weed science. Fighting through the thorns of Russian olive groves, while picking the...
