[APWG] NEWS: USDA sends in wasps to save water supply
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Mon Mar 9 09:49:41 CDT 2009
http://www.themonitor.com/articles/water_24020___article.html/reed_wasps.html
USDA sends in wasps to save water supply
March 8, 2009 - 4:45 PM
Melissa McEver - Valley Freedom Newspapers
In Mexico, the tall, bamboo-like plants are known as el ladron de agua, or
the "water thief." And for good reason.
The giant reed, also known as carrizo cane or Spanish reed, grows in dense
thickets all along the Rio Grande and often siphons off large quantities
of water from the river, according to experts. The plant, imported from
the Mediterranean in the 1500s, frequently chokes off waterways, depletes
water availability, destabilizes river banks and crowds out native plants,
researchers say.
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