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The Invasive Scourge of Teasel
🕑 Added 2024-07-26 15:46:57 +0000 UTCGrowing up, this species was everywhere. It's kind of maddening how prevalent it is along the freeways and on-ramps of the Midwest. In its native ecosystem, of course, it behaves entirely different, since it has the antagonistic insect and fungal species that it evolved with present.
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Lisa Pinero
Found this article on how this old world invasive plant was introduced in upstate NY: https://www.fllt.org/cl-our-prickly-relationship-with-the-teasel/
Black Dragon Press
I'm glad this plant is native where I live because it's a stonking plant (I understand it may even be proto-carnivirous?). I'm not sure it's control mechanism here are insects and fungal species (I have never ever seen a half eaten or sickly looking teasel), but rather the ultra-competitive plants it has to grow alongside (things like nettles and bramble and docks, etc).
