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Hi Bill<br>
I have plenty of weeds up here I could live happily without! The June 29,
2008 issue of the NY Times magazine has an article entitled
"Can Weeds Help Solve the Climate Crises" It is well worth a
read for those who still have an open mind. According to Elizabeth
Cady Stanton "To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey,
serves to bring all law into contempt." <br>
Bob<br><br>
<div align="center">At 03:44 PM 7/8/2008, Bill Stringer wrote:<br>
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Bob, Bob, Bob!! There you go again! <br><br>
You appear to know nothing about cogongrass (<i>Imperata
cylindrica</i>). <br>
I would suggest that you take a vacation trip to AL, MS, LA, etc., before
you pontificate <br>
more on this super-weed.<br><br>
BTW, it's more important that people pay attention to laws. Most of
us gave up on reforming <br>
weeds several centuries back...<br><br>
Perhaps you might come down to the Eastern Native Grass Symposium this
fall.<br>
Oct 7 - 10, 2008, in Columbia, SC. You are within a couple of hours
of lots of cogongrass. <br>
And we in SC hope to keep it that way.<br><br>
Thanx<br><br>
Bill Stringer<br><br>
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At 02:41 PM 7/8/2008, Bob Beyfuss wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">People can make laws to try to
ban planting, possessing and distributing <br>
plants but plants don't pay attention to laws. Maybe we should have laws
to <br>
ban diseases? Lets make cancer illegal.<br><br>
At 01:28 PM 7/8/2008, McCully Heritage Project wrote:<br>
>I don't mean to sound ignorant, but what are the other 9 of the
"world's 10<br>
>worst weeds?" And how is that determined? Is anyone working on
banning them?<br>
>Just curious.<br>
><br>
>Michelle Berg Vogel<br>
>McCully Heritage Project<br>
>Kampsville, Illinois<br>
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>Subject: [APWG] NEWS: N.C. bans cogongrass, which can take over<br>
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>take-over/<br>
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>N.C. bans cogongrass, which can take over<br>
>Sold as Red Baron, Japanese blood grass, it is held to be one of
world's<br>
>10 worst weeds<br>
>By Janice Gaston | Journal Reporter<br>
>Published: July 8, 2008<br>
><br>
>Is cogongrass North Carolina's next kudzu?<br>
><br>
>Not if the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services can
help<br>
>it.<br>
><br>
>The department announced yesterday that propagation, nursery
cultivation,<br>
>sale and distribution of cogongrass, an invasive perennial grass<br>
>considered one of the world's 10 worst weeds, will be prohibited in
North<br>
>Carolina. Nurseries and garden centers must stop selling all
cultivars of<br>
>cogongrass, including Red Baron, also known as Japanese blood grass,
by<br>
>Oct. 31. Permits for the interstate movement of the grass will be
denied.<br>
><br>
>See the link above for the full article text.<br>
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