Common Name: Marsh Monster
Description: The purple loosestrife has attractive purple flowers that come off from a green stem. They can grow to be fairly tall as well as a bright purple.
Reproduction: The Purple Loosestrife can produce two to three million seeds while budding.
Problems Caused: Purple Loosestrife is an invasive plant in wetlands. It's had become an issue in all states but Florida. They can double in an areas almost over night so pulling by hand to get rid of Purple Loosestrife is not an option.
Prevention: More than a dozen biological controls have been studied and released onto these plants. It is imperative for researchers to find even more forms of pesticides to kill these invasive weeds.
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