Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Leafy spurge flowers and leaves.
We are into summer now, and the weeds are showing their ugly or pretty heads. The Whitehall Biological Weed Control Project is finished with whitetop flower mites, yellow toadflax stem-boring weevils, and Dalmatian toadflax stem-boring weevils. Next, we will be monitoring for and collecting/releasing leafy spurge flea beetles and the red-headed leafy spurge root/stem-boring beetle.
Leafy spurge is a deep-rooted perennial plant invader from Eurasia. It has a latex-filled milky white sap that can irritate humans' skin and eyes. Cattle and horses generally do not eat it; sheep and goats will. Bec...
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