[APWG] NEWS: N.C. bans cogongrass, which can take over

[Bob Beyfuss]

People can make laws to try to ban planting, possessing and distributing 
plants but plants don't pay attention to laws. Maybe we should have laws to 
ban diseases? Lets make cancer illegal.

At 01:28 PM 7/8/2008, McCully Heritage Project wrote:
>I don't mean to sound ignorant, but what are the other 9 of the "world's 10
>worst weeds?" And how is that determined? Is anyone working on banning them?
>Just curious.
>
>Michelle Berg Vogel
>McCully Heritage Project
>Kampsville, Illinois
>
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>http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/jul/08/nc-bans-cogongrass-which-can-
>take-over/
>
>N.C. bans cogongrass, which can take over
>Sold as Red Baron, Japanese blood grass, it is held to be one of world's
>10 worst weeds
>By Janice Gaston | Journal Reporter
>Published: July 8, 2008
>
>Is cogongrass North Carolina's next kudzu?
>
>Not if the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services can help
>it.
>
>The department announced yesterday that propagation, nursery cultivation,
>sale and distribution of cogongrass, an invasive perennial grass
>considered one of the world's 10 worst weeds, will be prohibited in North
>Carolina. Nurseries and garden centers must stop selling all cultivars of
>cogongrass, including Red Baron, also known as Japanese blood grass, by
>Oct. 31. Permits for the interstate movement of the grass will be denied.
>
>See the link above for the full article text.
>
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