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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
March 11, 2008
They’re insidious invaders.
Spotted knapweed puts out a deep root system that poisons the soil, thwarting native plants trying to grow nearby and sucking up the available water. The noxious weed releases as many as 500,000 seeds.
Try to uproot dalmation toad flax in one spot, and its....