In Canada, a Fight Against ‘Phrag’

By Diane Peters

Eliminating the invasive reed manually is laborious, but tests of herbicides that are safe to use near water are underway.

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Manually eliminating Canada’s most invasive plant, Phragmites australis, or ‘phrag,’ is a Sisyphean task. But tests of water-safe herbicides are underway. Scientists, activists, and residents fighting it agree: the risk associated with an invasion overtakes worries about toxicity. (Visual: Wikimedia Commons)

In Canada, a Fight Against ‘Phrag’

By Diane Peters

Eliminating the invasive reed manually is laborious, but tests of herbicides that are safe to use near water are underway.

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