<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">From: The Columbus Dispatch </span><br><span style="font-size:12.8px">By Marion Renault </span><br><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">"Under new rules that went into effect Sunday, the sale and distribution of 38 destructive, invasive plant species will become illegal.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">In its list, the state agriculture department included various types of honeysuckles, Bradford pear trees, autumn olive shrubs and fig buttercup flowers that line freeways, coat forest floors and choke wild spaces across Ohio."</span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Read more: <font></font><a href="http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180107/38-species-of-invasive-plants-now-illegal-to-sell-in-ohio">http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180107/38-species-of-invasive-plants-now-illegal-to-sell-in-ohio</a></span></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#0c343d" style="font-size:12.8px">Leah Prescott</font><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-size:12.8px">Bureau of Land Management</span><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-size:12.8px">Plant Conservation Program Data Coordinator</span><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#0c343d">202-912-7232</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration</a><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">Plant Conservation Alliance</a><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Seeds of Success</a></span></div></div></div></div></div>
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