[PCA] NEWS: Scientists link invasive barberry to Lyme disease

[Olivia Kwong]

http://www.theday.com/article/20110620/NWS01/306209953/-1/NWS

Scientists link invasive barberry to Lyme disease
By Judy Benson
Publication: The Day
Published 06/20/2011 12:00 AM
Deer are hosts for adult deer ticks and Japanese barberry provides them a 
nursery

Lyme - Friday morning, off a shady wet trail in the town that gave Lyme 
disease its name, a man with a 30-pound propane tank and a flame-throwing 
wand showed a group from local land trusts how a bit of fire in the right 
spots can make their woodlands healthier for both native wildlife and 
humans.

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