UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia)

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A severe infestation of yellow starthistle in Calaveras County.
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USDA approves release of weevil to control yellow starthistle

September 23, 2019
From the ANR News Blog on Sept. 19, 2019 The USDA has announced it will allow the release of a weevil (Ceratapion basicorne) in the United States to help control yellow starthistle, an invasive weed found in 40 of the lower 48 states, reported Capital Public Radio.
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What a long, strange trip: Bumper crop of Datura stramonium, aka Jimsonweed, growing in planting bed on Columbus Ave. Greenway at 93rd St. in NYC. A well-known hallucinogenic plant, it is also fatally toxic when consumed in even tiny amounts. ⁦Adrian Benepe

Killer hallucinogenic weed found on Upper West Side

September 10, 2019
By Anabel Sosa and Lia Eustachewich | September 10, 2019 | 11:22am | Updated From the New York Post A wild spray of a hallucinogenic plant known as jimson weed which can be deadly in small amounts and has been linked to turning people into zombies cropped up on the Upper West Side before it was ch...
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