[APWG] NEWS: Invasion of the killer plants (TX)

[Olivia Kwong]

http://www.statesman.com/life/content/life/stories/gardening/02/03/3invasive.html

Invasion of the killer plants
Nonnative species threaten to choke out natural habitats

By Julie Bonnin
SPECIAL TO THE AMERICAN-STATESMAN
Saturday, February 03, 2007

Nature's palette in Central Texas is a muted one, especially in winter. 
The buff color of limestone outcroppings and wild grasses is mottled with 
the soft gray-greens of live oaks and prickly pear.

So it was strange to find that natural look almost entirely missing when 
Rene Barrera, manager of the city's nature preserves, led a group of about 
45 volunteers into Blunn Creek Nature Preserves recently.

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