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invasive plants

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the bad plants away

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cover up with mulch

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Milkweed only food for Monarch butterflies, which are native to MD.

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Milkweed only food for Monarch butterflies, which are native to MD.

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They eat mosquitoes.

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Cone flowers have a very large center, good for bees and butterflies.

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Cone flowers have a very large center, good for bees and butterflies.

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Think about the impact of what you're growing before you put it in your yard - bamboo looks cool but it's very hard to get rid of. 

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Think about the impact of what you're growing before you put it in your yard - bamboo looks cool but it's very hard to get rid of. 

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Mulching helps keep invasive plants from growing. 

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Mulching helps keep invasive plants from growing. 

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You could use herbicides but the chemicals might go into the ground and into the plants that you're trying to grow. 

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You could use herbicides but the chemicals might go into the ground and into the plants that you're trying to grow. 

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Mowing your lawn is an important part of taking care of getting rid of invasive plants

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Mowing your lawn is an important part of taking care of getting rid of invasive plants

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Do research to find out what's a native plant to Maryland. 

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Do research to find out what's a native plant to Maryland. 

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Don't buy invasive species for your yard or garden, like Bittersweet or bamboo.

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Don't buy invasive species for your yard or garden, like Bittersweet or bamboo.

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Wear gloves and always long pants and sneakers to protect yourself. 

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Wear gloves and always long pants and sneakers to protect yourself. 

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Cut the whole plant before the seed can escape. 

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Cut the whole plant before the seed can escape. 

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Some plants that grow thorns to protect themselves can't even be eaten by animals, if you pull them out of the ground, the roots will create more thistles. 

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Some plants that grow thorns to protect themselves can't even be eaten by animals, if you pull them out of the ground, the roots will create more thistles. 

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Some invasives are vines, which can also damage the native plants

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Some invasives are vines, which can also damage the native plants

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Invasive plants might have really good root systems which prevent erosion, but they grow out of control. 

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Invasive plants might have really good root systems which prevent erosion, but they grow out of control. 

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Animals that eat the native plants won't have that much food.

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Animals that eat the native plants won't have that much food.

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Invasive species take away the nutrients from the soil and use it themselves, usually very fast. And so our native plants can't grow.

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Invasive species take away the nutrients from the soil and use it themselves, usually very fast. And so our native plants can't grow.

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What ecosystems are affected when there are invasive plants?

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What ecosystems are affected when there are invasive plants?