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purple loosestrife

NOUN
  1. marsh herb with a long spike of purple flowers; originally of Europe but now rampant in eastern United States

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  • When the native species is suppressed, the area becomes a monoculture of purple loosestrife.
  • Also rabbit-foot clover, mullein, day-lilies, and the first of the vexed purple loosestrife of the season. Sunday roadkill report
  • Other locally common tannin-rich plants include blackberry, raspberry, rose, lady's mantle, agrimony, meadowsweet, and strawberry (all members of the rose family), geraniums, purple loosestrife, and sumacs.
  • The first impression is of pink phlox, purple loosestrife, clematis, pelargoniums, roses and day lilies.
  • Purple loosestrife can grow to 3-9 feet tall with several, square stalks per plant.
  • We stayed away from pretty but non-native invasive plants like purple loosestrife and Japanese honeysuckle.
  • Purple loosestrife can grow to 3-9 feet tall with several, square stalks per plant.
  • The margins support a range of wetland plants including brookweed, arrowhead and purple loosestrife.
  • Purple loosestrife will grow vigorously and clog irrigation canals, ditches, stream banks and reservoirs, resulting in less water available for crop production and recreation.
  • Other locally common tannin-rich plants include blackberry, raspberry, rose, lady's mantle, agrimony, meadowsweet, and strawberry (all members of the rose family), geraniums, purple loosestrife, and sumacs.
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