Fighting Plants With Plants – On Land And Under Water
About 20 experimental “rock socks” (biodegradable bags containing head-started pickerelweed, water willow, and water plantain plants) were recently placed in Ashville Bay as part of a pilot program to combat invasive starry stonewort in that location. Photo by Bethany O’Hagan
The phrase “fight fire with fire” is not just an idiom – it actually works in practice. For example, when combating forest fires, crews will…
