[APWG] Poison ivy, unholy holly, and lax weed laws

[Pamela Zevit]

Poison ivy, unholy holly, and lax weed laws
Washington backs off from declaring invasive holly a weed and banning forest-smothering ivy, but Oregon takes a tougher approach.
Spring has finally sprung, and green-thumbed Northwesterners have emerged to till the soil, fill the pots, plant the seeds - and see
how far the ivy has climbed over their yards and up their trees. Some will whip out their trowels and plant elegant new ivy vines to
decorate their gardens and drape their rockeries. Thousands more will dust off the pruning shears and set to cutting back vines and
ripping out roots, trying to restore some shreds of the original, pre-ivy Northwest forest.
http://crosscut.com/2012/04/19/environment/22228/Poison-ivy,-unholy-holly,-and-lax-weed-laws/one_page/
 

Pamela Zevit, R.P. Bio 
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